'They're going to get swept in the first round,' claims Shaq as Inside the NBA star rips into team on live TV | 6W78439 | 2024-02-19 02:08:01
The Bucks fell 113-110 to the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in yet one more poor performance of head coach Doc Rivers
INSIDE the NBA analyst Shaquille O'Neal has sent a warning to the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bucks fell 113-110 to the injury-ravaged Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in yet one more poor performance of head coach Doc Rivers' reign.
Milwaukee went 3-6 with Rivers in charge before the Grizzlies conflict.
Memphis performed with out Ja Morant, Marcus Sensible, Desmond Bane, Jaren Jackson Jr., Blandon Clarke, Jake LaRavia, Derrick Rose, Luke Kennard, and John Konchar on Thursday.
But they beat the overwhelming favorites as Ziaire Williams and rookie forward GG Jackson led the best way, scoring 27 points each.
Giannis Antetokounmpo put up 35 points and 12 rebounds towards the Grizzlies while Damian Lillard added 24 points, seven assists, and 5 rebounds.
After the sport, O'Neal, 51, stated that within the present type, the Bucks are headed for a first-round playoff exit.
"Milwaukee needs to know that because of Giannis and Dame, the opponents are going to be enjoying method above their heads," the TNT analyst stated on Contained in the NBA.
"However overlook all that. You're presupposed to blow this staff out by 30.
"The truth that you're 3-6 … if you're not enjoying properly, you need to [enter] the All-Star break on a constructive word.
"They have been supposed to return out and smash this workforce, however – Chuck stated it – that they had hassle with the defense, no timely stops, no effort.
"It's a championship staff on paper, but the best way they enjoying proper now, they're going to get swept in the first round."
Rivers will coach Staff East within the 2024 NBA All-Star Recreation as his Bucks had the second-best report within the conference two weeks before the event.
Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla – whose C's have been atop the standings – was ineligible to teach on the showcase conflict because he received the consideration last yr.
<!-- End of Brightcove Player --> However Milwaukee enters the All-Star break in the third and, after the loss to the Grizzlies, slipped to 35-21 on the season – falling additional behind the second-placed Cleveland Cavaliers (36-17).
This yr's All-Star Weekend takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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