Saturday, October 07, 2017

Bulls 114, Bucks101 "We in the past have had trouble with is playing teams that might not have an all-star,"

Chicago wins but lost Kris Dunn to an open dislocation.

Milwaukee's newspaper sez:

Bulls 114, Bucks 101: Giannis Antetokounmpo makes emphatic return in loss
Antetokounmpo turned that excitement into a performance in which he appeared to be in midseason form as he scored 24 points, grabbed four rebounds and dished two assists in nearly 23 minutes.

Outside of Antetokounmpo's noteworthy debut, the main takeaway from the Bucks' effort was their issues on the defensive end. The Bulls found consistent open looks, especially from long range, and made the Bucks pay. Chicago lived behind the three-point line, going 17 of 34 from long range, with Holiday scoring 21 points on 5-of-7 shooting from distance and Denzel Valentine adding 15 points all on three-pointers (5 of 6).

Kidd said. "We can’t play to the level of our competition in the sense that we’re waiting and thinking we’re just going to turn it on. Tonight they got a lot of great open threes and we just didn’t come out and respect them.” 

To put Kidd's "all-star" remark in perspective, his Bucks finished '16-'17 with a 42-40 record.

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