![]() It’s fair to wonder if rookie coach Adrian Griffin’s team is properly building toward the postseason. To the eye test, how are the Bucks doing on that front? Milwaukee is unquestionably one of the league’s elite teams, they are racking up wins, but it hasn’t always looked pretty and has felt uneven. For contenders like the Bucks, the NBA regular season should be about building and reinforcing good habits, creating a foundation to lean on during the playoffs. The Thunder have already finished their season series against the Warriors and won it 3-1, a sign of the direction both teams are headed right now.Ĥ. To my eyes, he is a clear third (Jokic and Embiid are 1-2) and it’s not the 30.4 points and 6.2 assists a game, or his improved defense and the 2.8 steals a game, it’s the value to the team - who is more critical to their franchise than SGA? If he’s not in your MVP mix you are doing it wrong. There’s been a lot of “quarter of the season MVP” talk around the league this week and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been getting shortchanged in those talks. Things get tougher this week with the Mavericks, Pacers and Heat on the docket (part of a run through the end of the month against teams over. That didn’t stop Minnesota from winning all but one (New Orleans on Monday) but the victories were thanks to the Timberwolves’ league-best defense, them spreading the offense around (Naz Reid had 18 against San Antonio) and a soft schedule (Jazz, Hornets, Spurs, Grizzlies). Anthony Edwards has missed three of the last five games with a hip injury (he looked limited in the two he did play) and without him the Timberwolves offense becomes stagnant. Boston is 10-0 at home this season, where they will be this week with two games against the Cavaliers and two against the dangerous Magic.Ģ. Of course, they are better with a guy who looks like he will be back on the MVP ballot - the Celtics are +10 per 100 in the minutes Tatum is on the court. ![]() That has not been the case in past seasons, they have just tried to hang on for dear life in those minutes. In a sign of the depth and maturity of this roster, the Celtics are +4.7 points per 100 possessions when Jayson Tatum is on the bench. The Lakers won the In-Season Tournament and while that moved them up one spot in our rankings, the sloppy loss to a shorthanded Mavericks team reminded us the margin for error in Los Angeles is small.ġ.
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