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00:00Reminder to stay tuned because coming up the Lexus Halftime Report with Vanessa and Calvin is both quarters
00:06And sometimes you can be complacent. It looked like Milwaukee was making a little bit of a run
00:11But right back on pace where they need to be getting those first half leaders are Chipotle real difference makers
00:18especially Reed
00:21Shepard
00:23Shangoons spins through a double team and say I want to bank it up and into two
00:28And nobody from the walking stopped the ball and now Pete did what he's supposed to do got to a
00:32sweet spot and
00:34Able to get the score Bucks now only have seven guys dressed. They lost Trent doing an injury
00:39They only had eight when the game started that one ricochets
00:43out of bounds
00:45Cormac Ryan in the
00:46Starting lineup for them here in this second half and it's like nobody there
00:51There's more guys in street clothes than there is in uniform
01:00Back to read
01:02This is rebound to Thompson back to read another chance another miss
01:08Two great looks staring almost wondering how he cut that open
01:15Both teams winning
01:17Last night
01:18Rockets looking for their four straight win over all their four straight here at toyota center green we talked about
01:24Talked him up how great of a shooter is and he is but that's not been the case in this
01:28game
01:29One of eight now for the floor and one of seven from three reach Shepard
01:33Third time as a charm run
01:35Yeah, I get I'm baffled that Milwaukee keeps leaving him open nobody even just just running him off the line
01:42there get his career high for makes from three in a game is
01:45Seventy six of ten now
01:47So he's got a real shot at that with a lot of basketball left
01:52And Ryan was able to get himself in the lane
01:55Part too easy
01:58Bucks have lost four or five they snapped a four-game losing streak last night with their blow went over
02:04the Dallas Mavericks Kevin Durant
02:07Oh
02:07Of four from three and just three of twelve overall the Bucks just four and fourteen in their last eighteen
02:13games
02:14They're thirteen and
02:16Twenty-four all the road the Rockets twenty-six and ten here at toyota center
02:28And sims was held
02:31It was held by Alper and shingu and that's number three for Alpi
02:37Yeah, sims is a big-time athlete right now more of a a lob threat
02:42When Kevin our Kevin Porter jr. Plays with at least those two other have a pretty good connection. Yeah, KPJ
02:48one of the guys for the Bucks who's out tonight
02:50Amongst many many many others. There's the law, but it's broken up. Yeah, that was a thought just
02:56Dang more of a score and Durant drops it off to Jabari beats the Bucks to the rim. That's just
03:02his second mate
03:03That you talked about this transition defense from Doc's teams. What's going on Craig?
03:08No, I just said that
03:09It goes back just sort of a reason why they don't scratch the glass Rockets believe they can do both
03:15and frankly they have done both
03:18Here's green for the free-throw line. This is another one. He's one of nine. They call him Dairy Bird
03:28He is an Iowa guy he's an Iowa kid. Where did you get that nugget?
03:33If that's his nickname. Here's Shen Goon
03:36Trickles out to Durant shoots the three makes the three. That's his first. He's got ten
03:41trickles out is right
03:42It looked like nobody responded to the ball but Kevin that was a slow boil type of play there for
03:49the Rockets
03:50Houston now with their biggest lead of the game the Bucks call the timeout reach Shepard really shooting it well
03:55Six of ten from down cut off the right hand spin back to the hook eight point six rebounds three
04:02assist for Shin Goon
04:04And he's been moving differently. We've discussed that since coming back where he missed a couple of games due to
04:09a back issue
04:10and again
04:12As we talked about the open as you mentioned coming out of the game in New Orleans when he plays
04:16like this the Rockets ceiling is elevated
04:18Yeah, because in fact there may not be much of a ceiling
04:22jang
04:23Off-balance shot short and rebound Shepard did you glory?
04:28This is this is not a group that just wants to outscore you they've got to be able to
04:32Yeah, she's going to steal off that time. Yeah mouse in the house. Nance is
04:37Smaller than his brother. So he's not that it's created guarding the post more of a wing
04:42Pete this way listen at 611 doesn't seem like he's that that tall from here
04:46But he does make that three his third he's had a good game though six of nine overall 15 points
04:52And his two-way deal converted
04:55Again son of larry nance brother of larry nance jr. Yes
05:03Had a cup of coffee a couple different places in the league shangoon rolling to the rim that one rolls
05:07off
05:11Nance ultimately went undrafted in 2023 he'll line up another one
05:14And he makes
05:17Another one okay, it's legit rip out there. Yeah back to back threes for him
05:21He's got four of them 18 points. He's their leading scorer now. He's tied read shepherd for the most points
05:26for any player in this game
05:30Rockets up 14 they were just up 20 shangoon has been much better from three lately takes his first tonight
05:36and sticks it
05:38He has we're kind of wondering where this has come from not that he can't shoot
05:42But he just hadn't really taken a lot had the five threes in new orleans as part of that ridiculous
05:49Historic stat line and now it's green
05:51Making of three that's his second make from deep and it's kind of crazy
05:55I don't even know if he had like a like a three three-pointer game
05:58And since then that and it's it's okay see to open the season and then just out of nowhere
06:03Another five three-pointer game jabara his corner three it goes
06:07That's his first make from three now all the sudden both teeth making a bunch of threes starting to get
06:13Infectious, but you know when you focus on the houston rockets then them shooting the ball well from the outside
06:19It's so important and that's turnover number 12 on the bucks the rockets just three turnovers
06:28And again look at him in thompson mouse in the house and in good seal
06:32You know you don't need to be too cute and you can't double team those plays and
06:36craig is i mean he's all smiles watching that three go down for alpy and and no hesitation and
06:43Something that he i don't want to say he's making the effort to do but
06:47He's looked for it lately where he's knocking down three is this rocket's offense could be next level tari misses
06:52shangoon resting capella back in gets the offensive rebound the last five made shots of this game have all been
06:58threes
06:59here's a mini for jafari
07:01And the rebound comes out to sims hands it to cormac ryan
07:08Slithers in throws the lob even for sims that was too tall
07:12Yeah, but behind his head
07:14here shepard slips by ryan comes back across
07:17To jabari green picks him up works baseline now to durant back to reed from the wing he's opened the
07:23three
07:23And he's just tied his career high with seven threes oh my goodness looks like he's gonna shatter
07:30And now the last six mates makes in this game the bullpen threes three for milwaukee three for houston
07:36The rockets have matched their biggest lead here at 20 and for years you know
07:42of late
07:43Houston's been just saying they need some some level of outside shooting so
07:48Can you see everyone so excited with the potential being there with reed shooting like that?
07:53Oh, oh wow dairy bird
07:55Off balance in the corner his second in a row. I think he heard you craig at halftime calling him
08:01out
08:01So that's now the last seven shots in this game for these two teams all from three four for milwaukee
08:07and three for the houston rockets
08:11Well, he he was a much better shooter than one of seven going into his last two
08:15Oh, no, but you know normally he's playing with you honest after the cupo
08:19You're a lot more open when you got him. Okay. I like it too, man. Yeah
08:24Capella misses it, but durant does not
08:27But really well done
08:29Between shepherding capella. Yeah, clinch has got to throw that down jang the skip
08:34the catch the release and another three
08:39Cormac ryan gets into the act
08:41All of a sudden nobody can miss correct
08:44Everything going down from three
08:47The rockets finally bucked the trend with the follow-up by durant. Oh
08:53In and out no good for a new career. I hit seven threes
08:57Against the kings here at toyota center back in february
09:01That was
09:02The only other time up until tonight in which he had made seven threes at a game. Here's
09:07Green boy. He checked missed it offensive rebound sims to ryan
09:11And he misses over the top of capella
09:14Small no, but the signs of a great shooter look how far out re took that shot and how softly
09:20it came off the rim
09:22Jabari got pushed to the back by a.j. Green
09:26See this little two-man game you got to jump up the way he shot the ball capella
09:30Should have threw that down nonetheless his band katie had his back watch kevin crashing right behind him and
09:38Kevin does so many things man it's it's it's like ridiculous 12 points four rebounds seven assists
09:45You see that that's a lot shot as well you see that dunk he had against the knicks
09:50Yes, it's impressive rejepard. I mean, I know you saw it, but I mean
09:56Uh-oh
09:57I think clink capella was caught in the lane too long and indeed he was oh since tari limping
10:04I don't know big knees or maybe he knocked knees
10:09Both guys look fine, but yeah, it's here to see what happened here
10:18Ouch ouch both guys appear to be all right
10:22I mean milwaukee can ill of course anybody else oh yeah the tricks out right so
10:27Yeah
10:28Ryan lines it up. He's open another three that's number six for milwaukee from downtown in this quarter alone
10:36Look at what rejepard started all the shooters want to shoot now
10:40They're six of tens from three in this quarter
10:44Lights out from three are the bucks here in the third and the rockets defend the three well that's deflected
10:49by quormack ryan
10:51picked up by jackson
10:53Milwaukee isn't really good shooting team another one another open look another make goodness
11:01The rockets 20 point lead has been abbed in a blink of an eye because milwaukee will not miss
11:09Cormack ryan four of six from deep he's got 18
11:16Wow the three-point shooting in this third quarters impressive rocket team timeout
11:22Because milwaukee playing off ball being locked in on defense has been fun alongside reed those two of course just
11:29continue to develop that two-man game
11:31Craig and ryan and shepard as you saw there lighting it up
11:35The bucks are seven of 11 from three of the quarter ryan is 11. He's made four
11:40Four of his six shots in the quarter including all three of his threes and the rocket's 20 point lead
11:44has been halved
11:44shangun to thompson good patience, but he missed it
11:49And milwaukee looking for more
11:52Rockets looking to sweep the bucks for the first time since 2018
11:57Jackson kept the pivot foot down
12:00And shangun back tapped to tatari tari erasing the front first left by ryan he got fouled actually
12:05And he'll get free throws at 238 to play in the third
12:11Cormac ryan just his fifth nba game and yeah
12:14Rear high 18 points and four threes the bucks on a 12 to 2 run
12:18Houston's got to find a way to slow down this three-point shooting
12:21And the rockets defend the three well, but again milwaukee an excellent shooting team and now this message from reliance
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12:34Torrey makes a free throw in fact coming into this game milwaukee was shooting just under
12:3939 percent from three while winning just
12:4240 percent of their games
12:44This season one of the highest three-point percentage seasons ever
12:48For a team winning only about 40 percent of the time
12:53Usually when you shoot that well you win a lot of games, but you've got to play some defense craig
12:58Here's jang into the body of shin goon misses offensive rebound jackson back out to the hottest man at the
13:03gym right now
13:06apparently oh
13:07Wow number eight for the bucks from wow in this quarter alone eight threes and according to you you got
13:14a rebound also
13:16Correct rockets are a plus two on the glass i don't know if doc's gonna love this
13:23I'm sure he's loving the way they're shooting the ball
13:28Durant thompson not great spacing back to shin goon touch pass durant but they they made the most of it
13:35Played that triangle in the paint i can't believe i like how you cleaned it cleaned it up and well
13:40That's where alpi is special because he can operate in tight quarters you got to respect him and he's an
13:46unbelievable passer
13:48Which allows for even in that great spacing to make it work he should have taken it the first time
13:53Flying in there is jackson for the offensive rebound. I did stick the landing. Thank you. Here's green
13:59He knocks it down the ninth three for the bucks here in the third quarter
14:05Ridiculous shooting for them. Yeah, well houston's gonna have to be careful here
14:11Rockets were up 20 and this shooting is erased a lot of the lead somebody's open and shin good
14:17Is able to whirl and score there to kind of?
14:20Stop the bleeding a little bit. He's got 15 he's six of nine from the floor
14:23One thing we're seeing houston do is they're really starting to read these double teams a whole lot better than
14:29they have early in the season
14:31They've seen a lot of them for sure yeah, and they're gonna keep seeing them
14:35Rolling to the rim goes dance. It wasn't a three
14:38But it was still a bucket and they're getting lots of buckets the bucks are here in the third
14:43Yeah, I gotta step it up here defensively everything coming way too easy
14:46And that's why my big key tonight was was the hustle you you got it. You can't get out work
14:52chingoon down the baseline to holiday goes behind his back
14:56Gonna have to go here one-on-one with jackson and a lot of contact here and they call the
15:01foul
15:03And call jackson for the foul
15:05And you've got the whole bucks bench just just standing in street clothes after everything happens. I feel sorry for
15:12those in the
15:13front row sitting behind them
15:18No free throws here for holiday
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15:32I don't know if I've seen why is the clock running the clock was running for a moment
15:36You got more game clock was running you got more players in street clothes, and they're just standing
15:43It's like a like a like a summer league game like the pro am
15:49See if the nasus there at least the nasus has you know tory issue here on there right there yannis
15:56kpj
15:57kuzma turner they have more guys out than they have guys dressed
16:03Would you say hi to kevin porter when you were down there? I did not see him down there. No,
16:07I did not
16:07Now they put 34.4 back correctly. So on the game clock. No, I did not I was not
16:14I did not when I was when he was on the floor walking around the floor. I was I didn't
16:18see
16:23Durant working on sins. There's the double into shit goon. There's the quadruple team. He drew four defenders
16:29I mean
16:30With all due respect they don't have the size to stop him once he gets behind sims four guys on
16:36chin goon
16:37And he still scored he's got 17 shin goon has had a real nice scoring
16:42Third quarter 11 of a 17 here in this period
16:46Game and shot clock basically identical almost picked by eason now there's jackson
16:51It's a really bizarre play and guess what he makes a three
16:55But another one for milwaukee number 10 for them in the third did he kick it to himself though?
17:01off the top of the backboard for a holiday to end the third quarter
17:05so
17:06The rockets led by as many as 20 in the third third but guys like cormac ryan and nance and
17:12jang
17:13carrying it for the milwaukee fox and again they were down 20
17:17In the third and came roaring back behind some ridiculous shooting
17:22Ideally right now you'd like to see one more huge push there from houston. That's a nice start the second
17:28race for jabari smith jr
17:29And now they're gonna have to guard the three
17:37And you got ryan and green just just blazing hot
17:42Oh, no, jackson cuts tried to dunk on shangun and shangun
17:48picked up the foul he's got four of those
17:51good foul
17:53jackson had it at a launch pad and alpy didn't let him get in the air good foul so he'll
17:58go to the free throw line here
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18:22and
18:25Three burgers bricks for burgers an empty trick trip for jackson
18:37Rockets have not trailed in this game
18:41shepherd back to shangun two-man game into the chest of sims nowhere to go
18:48And a shot clock violation
18:51and a turnover a rare turnover for the rockets for the fourth game in a row the rockets turnover numbers
18:56are starting to plummet
18:57meanwhile the assist numbers are starting to skyrocket you get under 10 turnovers in a ball game that is
19:05it doesn't get any better than that craig
19:11No reason to feel comfortable with a 10-point lead
19:14shang short
19:19jake's had an outstanding game
19:28it's taking some deep ones tonight this one may be a tad bit out of his range
19:32he's working on sims making him put him on skates runs it up
19:36missed it shangun battling for the rebound thought he got fouled no call
19:41green into the front court green to jackson jackson
19:45and he drops it in shangun did not want to pick up his fifth
19:49jackson so athletic
19:51and hey it's an eight-point game
19:54you can can bill afford any bad turnovers in
19:58in a perfect oh number two from three for shangun again all of a sudden over the last three games
20:05that three-point stroke has looked great and it's got 20 now in the perfect world you push this thing
20:10out
20:11and you're getting everybody an opportunity to play and you're letting kevin durant rest some more
20:16jake from the free throw line too strong offensive rebound back up with it sims foul
20:22i got to give the bucks credit they've done
20:26they've done a nice job
20:29crashing the offensive glass in this game in fact they have outscored the rockets because of their
20:34offensive rebounding in checking second chance points so far and again i know this is a much different
20:39looking milwaukee team with all the guys out but they came into this game again dead last in
20:44offensive rebounding and dead last in second chance points per game
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21:05thank you are you trying to make good with dr rivers after no i'm just stating that you said i'm
21:11just
21:11stating facts they've all they have they have they have offensive rebounded the ball well yes no vanessa
21:18you you didn't say anything bad about doc no no no i didn't say anything bad about me no no
21:24no no he's
21:25a hall of famer he's top six all-time and wins he's gonna eat vanessa he blasted the rebounds
21:31i did not blast i did not i did not blast no blasting it's kind of like ryan you played
21:38for him
21:39yeah it's kind of like you know you got something on your face or something in your teeth you don't
21:43say it out loud man oh shin goon the flamingo 22 for shin goon he's nine of 12 from the
21:49floor
21:49he's had an outstanding shooting and scoring second half but is he favoring that lower back
21:53that boy oh gosh he is he's touching it hopefully not i remember oh no yeah last time we kind
22:00of saw
22:00that get tweaked a little bit but shortly after your return but obviously he was able to play
22:05through it and has taken his game to another level but you hope this this isn't something more than
22:12just maybe a minor tweak dang has gotten better man i like he's the game he's having he's the olivier
22:19maxis prosper of the milwaukee bucks here tonight jahari he misses from the baseline
22:25and what do you have 31 prosper did against the rockets in memphis a little bit activity a lot of
22:30activity dang has been pretty good here off the bounce they've had a lot of guys step up offensively uh
22:38in this one and oh that's gonna count and that's the guy we were just talking about that's number five
22:44on shin goon and a little scoop and score plus the foul for jang who's got 23 and counting yeah
22:49you got
22:50to be early on those drives
22:54alpi's feet were also watch these feet they're they're on the line so that's pretty much a no-brainer
23:00for the officials he lifts them up but initially never gets those feet set outside of the restricted
23:08and it looks like uh coach udoka
23:15i think he's gonna leave alpi no alpi is gonna come out and
23:19you're gonna downsize well cormac ryan and it's just just his fifth nba game you see again shingun
23:26favoring that lower left side of his back cormac ryan's had a career game usman jang has 23 that's a
23:33career high for him makes the free throw make it 24 for him this is as close as the game
23:39has been since about
23:40midway through the second quarter when it was 39 33 and shingun is heading back underneath the
23:46stands to be looked at by the rockets medical staff
23:50that's the last thing you want to see here's reed shepherd and that is number eight and that is a
23:57new career high for reed shepherd eight threes here against the bucks that went from 30 feet out
24:03he now has 24 points and again houston's been in oh oh wow he was going for it all
24:11sims missed durant draws two across to akogi and he walked yeah yeah all that happy feet but
24:21fortunate there jericho sims can fly but look at reed shepherd off the bounce
24:26and that little slip screen that hesitation allowed him to just pull up from the parking lot
24:3332 feet 28 feet 28 feet 28 feet 29 feet 26 feet 25 feet and from 30
24:42eight threes a lot of them very deep for reed shepherd on a career night and again we're watching this
24:49in the
24:50game think about the the preparation that he puts in craig how do you know i mean impressive data from
24:57you
24:58we have the best statisticians in the league working for us here at toyota center
25:03trey and eric primarily are in the rotation that again craig
25:08they make me sound a lot smarter than i actually am oh you're smart craig come shade that rockets
25:15only up by nine but they have not trailed here's jang i don't know if it's from the elbow come
25:21on jang
25:22that dance is off sims grabs the rebound back to dance by the way nance is 20 points of career
25:27high they got three guys with career numbers here in this game and jabari knocked that away from jackson
25:32because he was trying to to take the rim off the backboard yeah he was two two good saves here
25:39one was
25:39a block and look at the hands there from jabari spiff jr as jackson wants a clear for takeoff seven
25:46seconds on this possession though in fairness i don't think you're as smart as our statisticians
25:50they are unbelievable they are that's not a knock to you no no i i i i don't take it
25:55as no no you're
25:55great ryan in jackson out ryan had an incredible third quarter they go into him as it deflected had it
26:03knocked away and ultimately picked up by durant the quick outlet to thompson working on nance and he wraps
26:07them up gonna force a man thompson to earn these points at the foul line do have a timeout rockets
26:16have outscored the bucks 12 nil tonight on the break and they lead by nine timeout here on the
26:23floor 654 stretch the defense out and for for kd and alpy they love guys that are going to stretch
26:30the
26:31defense now they have room to work now i'm in thompson can get downhill i think the challenge for reed
26:35is
26:35is obviously you know defending not turning the ball over remaining confident and aggressive but
26:41this is a great sign because houston doesn't have the advantage that you would expect with seven guys
26:48on the other side and and more bucks in street clothes than than jerseys yeah and then again with
26:52the opposing defense is all stressed out the ball's able to move with more purpose yes and guys can cut
26:58and then mint thompson starts to thrive with more room to cut and obviously shen hub the whole nine
27:03yards did you start shin hub did you create that i don't think i created that phrase jang the turnaround
27:10and air ball by the way alfred shangu has returned to the rockets bench that's good news yep jefford
27:20he thought about it now he'll take it and he misses tari's got to have the first mindset to look
27:25at the
27:26rim one of seven from three tonight for tari one of eight from the floor and scored 15 or more
27:33in three
27:33straight and it looks like right now you know pipping on the matchup it might be tari starting it might
27:39be
27:40restarting i don't i don't think it's it's a demotion to either of those guys durant gets cormac ryan
27:47you're kind of the big cormac ryan guy he's played well again as i mentioned earlier jang nance ryan
27:54all career highs in this game they had somebody had to score for them by the way the rockets are
27:58calling a timeout they disagree with that foul that was called on duran and eme and his coaching staff
28:03will challenge that foul on kd eme's ruthless enough of this career high stuff huh so we're almost
28:10uh halfway through this fourth quarter and the rockets lead 100 to 89 will be dot com ultimately
28:16an unsuccessful challenge by eme and the rockets this foul will stand all this closeout for duran
28:23on that cormac ryan three did not allow him to land safely it'll be three free throws for cormac ryan
28:30and the bucks his first three free throws of this game he's only attempted five in his career going
28:36into these three but no flagrant though no flagrant four or five from three from three from the free
28:45throw line in his career coming in again a lot of career first for him here tonight makes that and
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29:03hadn't been a lot of free throws in this game he makes the first two of the bucks now six
29:07of nine
29:07the rockets 10 of 12 at the line got a game here on friday out against the jazz and the
29:15rockets
29:15gonna head out west for a couple of big games looks like steph curry's gonna be back when they play
29:21in san francisco got a road game in phoenix and of course that one against minnesota's
29:27moving very very large here at toyota center
29:32pockets by eight halfway through the fourth
29:43tops it got fouled and he'll go to the free throw line look how simple a man is starting to
29:49make his game
29:50and vanessa talked about how he liked playing with reed it gets him back to more of a natural
29:54position than he's been in but he's just using his athleticism to get downhill and chuck over guys and
29:59sometimes it doesn't have to be pretty just use what you have and you saw that right there over ryan
30:06and second foul on ryan not this right no correct
30:13rockets have 40 rebounds in this game as do the milwaukee bucks the rockets have out rebounded their
30:18opposition in nba high 59 times this season they're 40 and 19 in those games in march alone they had
30:2714
30:28games with a positive rebounding margin and the one last night against new york the rockets won the game
30:33despite being on rebound
30:37but they did literally everything else at an elite level oh it was a fun game there were so many
30:45moments where it just looked like everything was coming together
30:49wow what the good touch for ryan driving through the lane he's got 23 now he's 8 of 12 from
30:57the floor
30:57the rocket's lead is only six shepherd the loft tops of the dump
31:02and i i i'm telling you this team starts to gel at the right moments and craig remember i said
31:09it we
31:09talked about hey what do you expect coming down the stretch or or with this tightly seated battle
31:14in the west just the rockets being the best version of themselves like like forget what's going on in
31:19denver spon jay yep turning the corner he's got he's got 28 nance has 20 ryan has 23. forget what's
31:28going
31:28on anywhere else houston's got to be the best version of themselves reed shepherd three ball number nine
31:39he's going to be setting some records here houston man he keeps doing this
31:50jane the hits fell down that was a good play
31:55he's got a 30 ball right now all right it's just like max's prosper did and it meant thoughts this
32:02is
32:02a little different the prosper was like hustling and well still a 30 position still playing well it's a
32:09little different when you're getting busy off the bounce right shepherd wow is that a double on
32:12shepherd he got doubled now to lakogi to durant he's wide open that doesn't happen very often and that's
32:18what happened that's what happens when he has left that open kevin durant saying right now god bless
32:23reed shepherd they just run and double somebody not that's not me not albee wow you don't see that very
32:35he's got a couple of threes he's got 17 rockets pressuring jang and did he walk with it now they're
32:41going to call a foul they got to call a foul they want to get off to the races and
32:48look at this
32:50you don't see it but he's doubling kevin saying i'm wide absolutely open thank you reed
32:57the devil off me you gotta save that off of me no rockets over the foul limit second personal
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33:30good lead score 32 for him past michael jordan
33:41thompson foul back to the line he will go i like that you saw that little look away
33:47got sims to raise up out of his stance for a second sims picks up his fourth thompson will shoot
33:53too and
33:54looks like the bucks are going to call the time out they challenge it
33:59i'm not sure
34:01let's not look maybe just getting this guy some rest yeah there's only like seven of them
34:05yeah it didn't look like they're going to challenge it so we'll step aside 337 to go
34:09110 100 used in the western conference lots to be decided the man thompson's standing here
34:17at the free throw line for for two his team up by 10. he's got 14 points almost half of
34:25those have
34:25come at the free throw line as he rims that one and he's 77 and now word from novel logger
34:31the novel log group will get you what you deserve do not settle.com
34:40lock it's 13 and 9 since the all-star break but they have certainly picked it up i mean they
34:46had
34:46that again the bad loss in chicago the historic loss in overtime in minneapolis and one in memphis
34:54one in new orleans beat new york last night trying to beat the bucks at completing sweeteners nance
34:59and another three wow he's made five he's got 23.
35:05kind of give some respect to what
35:08the bucks have done here tonight tang has been
35:11he's been really good i think he's opened some eyes here
35:16there's been 34 combined threes made in this game 16 for the bucks 18 for the rockets
35:21reach shepherd a career high nine threes to lead the ball if i'm not mistaken dame was a high draft
35:26pick
35:27there's a lot of excitement around him you're seeing why
35:32jabari nope simms with the rebound
35:39jake was the 11th pick in the 2022 draft by new york and then traded oklahoma city another one
35:46jake green fires one up that's his fifth
35:50that one was 31 feet it's only a two possession game yeah
35:56and alprin looks like i don't know if he's he's ruled out he's on the bench but that that back
36:01is
36:01sore yeah likely might not see him again yeah you wonder if he's gonna check back in he does have
36:06five fouls though that might have something to do with it durant to a cutting eason wide open jabari
36:10they need it they don't get it and back come the bucks it's only a two possession game here's jake
36:17foul and he's gonna get three throws 205 to go and uh it is nail biting time this is just
36:25what
36:26houston is gonna be seeing is double teams and we spoke it into existence alprin is gonna come back but
36:34they're leaving guys wide open those double teams are are there and that's by design and that's what
36:40just about every team in the league has done to houston grant picked up his second jane makes a free
36:45throw is four for four also has 10 assists seven rebounds to go along with his career high 33 points
36:56he's had an incredible night
37:01he's playing not only to show things for the bucks but to show what he's capable of for every team
37:09in
37:09the league one thing all the coaches would preach to you that every night you're auditioning for the
37:14rest of the league and you want to you want to put your best foot forward you never know what
37:20well you can end up or or where you could be 10 to 2 is the current bucks run this
37:25is as close as
37:25they have been since it was 37 33 durant with a shot clock winding down into shinguni just checked
37:33in left and short it goes off of a man thompson uh-oh 141 to go milwaukee only down four
37:39houston just
37:40slow to get into that possession and a bit of a soft trap there on on durant but nonetheless they're
37:47leaving and that's why now p is going to be important in the middle defense is important here
37:55milwaukee threatening nance fakes the three comes through the lane goes oh tried to bounce it inside
38:02to sims it went out of bounds and it ultimately was off of milwaukee their 15th turnover and when playing
38:09with sims you want to throw that thing up yes you go get up and and dunk it and don't
38:13throw it at his ankles
38:16i'm surprised man as hot as he's been passed up to three yeah good clothes out though
38:23rockets need a bucket
38:27durant the liver it's like a soft double there you go little ball faking out of shingun and
38:33cormac ryan bear hugged him from behind gonna force it and again he's favoring that back that's i don't like
38:39that
38:42almost had too many guys open houston trying to be careful here look a mint thompson i think had a
38:50layup and then
38:53here's my thing though on those plays
38:56penalize the defense because you don't make a play on the ball you just you can't just bear hug a
39:00guy
39:01make a play a legitimate play on the ball or that should be an extra free throw and the ball
39:07out of
39:07bounds third on ryan shingun makes the free throw he's got 23. i get it though craig we just accepted
39:15okay he was in a bad position hug him don't let him get the ball in the air but make
39:19it a basketball play
39:21that was not a basketball play and i'd say that for for both sides
39:27one more to make this a uh full two possession game similar to that you know transition take foul
39:32you're taking away from the athleticism and the speed of the game 24 for shingun he's made all of
39:39his free throws inside of a minute to play jang pulling back elbow jay good 36 for usman jang he
39:48he looks smooth they look apparently they need to feature him let's be before let's be honest when
39:53he was in oklahoma city that roster stacked yeah there it just wasn't going to be the opportunity
39:59and here's the thing you don't want to get cotton just
40:03two on durant now to toss it and he's able to slip underneath green for the land he had that
40:08play
40:09before yes i agree
40:16so we have a timeout thompson with 18 rockets trying very interesting only a two possession
40:24game again milwaukee only had eight guys dressed lost one got an injury gary trent jr so they're
40:29down to seven six of those guys have scored four of them in double figures three guys having career nights
40:35they're gonna have to go quick here is milwaukee yep jang for three oh sims tried to dunk it back
40:44and
40:45ultimately on the second effort got fouled so what seven ish seconds went off the game clock and
40:50it's now stopped and milwaukee can again try to extend this thing out they're down by six
41:03he's gonna make him have to earn it yeah he's only about a sixty percent career
41:12free throw shooter although he is three of four in this game by the way sims
41:1720 rebounds oh man i i i kind of it's kind of got lost in the shuffle with jang and
41:24nance and ryan
41:2620 rebounds for jericho sims 20.
41:32sims has one of the craziest vertical jumps may probably the best in the nba right now
41:37and here's another he came into this game shooting 81
41:43percent from the floor he's one of the field but he has the 20 rebounds
41:50you rebound like that you're likely gonna always have a job
41:56and there's a knuckler no no spin oh no the turnover he went one for two the bucks get it
42:02back here's
42:03ryan he misses rebound houston they finally secure it disaster avoided shepherds double
42:09now to shingun he got to get it across and he gets fouled oh he gets fouled
42:15that that that's where houston's got improved we talk about these these games down the stretch oh we've seen about
42:21houston
42:22we've seen it one too many times a season you don't obviously you'd like to blow this game out and
42:26get
42:26everybody rest but um the more that houston can be in these situations and get film
42:32and and say hey come back to the ball be tighter with the ball
42:37go hold it get get free throws make a tough play
42:41because they'll be in these situations again hey not step up in a situation where you need a free throw
42:45and make a free throw these are all valuable moments that
42:49you can't substitute this in practice
42:52if that three had dropped for milwaukee and it was a great look great look
42:58and for houston
43:00i'll bring it up that that minnesota game that those are the moments you lose sleepover
43:04you you remember we lost sleep imagine how they feel playing in the game here's jang back to green logo
43:11three off the front rim right to ryan lays it in 7.5 to go rockets leading by four just
43:19don't turn it
43:19over yeah just hold it and you know these moments where fred van vliet would just run back and get
43:26the
43:26ball and knock down free you don't have that he ain't walking through the door so uh these all valuable
43:31moments to put guys in these situations and and where the turnover turnovers have been an issue all season
43:37but where they really hurt this team is like in these very close tight situations
43:42and
43:43it almost hurt him again you know goes to the line and also for the coaches and for email he
43:48gets
43:48a chance to give guys these opportunities hey man who who can i trust
43:52he may say when it gets out the playoffs things get tight like who can i trust to inbound the
43:57ball who
43:58can i trust to get open who can i trust to make free throws you know top finney smith was
44:07good inbound
44:07the ball i would trust kevin durant with my season on the line in any moment made both free throws
44:13obviously and then and other than from there experience why just see who steps up to the table
44:20so milwaukee using their uh last time out some shenanigans they were doc rivers and kevin durant
44:26what do you think was so funny i have no idea 6.3 to go rockets by six almost time
44:35to exhale
44:3727 points to leave you some scoring career high nine threes milwaukee out of timeouts will advance the
44:45ball here and just don't foul if you're houston you just figure out what was so funny correct i think
44:54duran may have given doc a hard time for calling that time out
45:00india jang is just taking a long time now he'll shoot just don't foul him
45:05and it goes off of ryan and the rockets are gonna escape with their fourth straight win overall their
45:13fourth straight home win over the box and they will end up sweeping milwaukee for the first time
45:18since 2018 the final score here not a little bit closer i imagine than most people would have
45:24expected especially with the extremely short-handed roster that the bucks came into this game with
45:28but the rockets ultimately did not trail they led by as many as 20 and they win by six as
45:36reed shepard goes off
45:37too
45:37you
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