Charlotte v/s the Bucks

[dav7z]

We going for three straight tonight. We should match up well . I don't see them with a big advantage inside now thet we have Nazr.We should have a advantage at the two and the three. It should be another Bobcats win as long as we keep playing team ball.

[Melanie]

Come on Bobcats!!!! Let's get this win tonight. Then we can stop being ridiculed because we can't handle these back to back games and always lose the second.

Then we'll have a 3 game winning streak!

[TheBeagle]

Yeah, this is a major game for the team tonight; not from a record standpoint, but from the messages it would send:

1. First 3 game win streak of season
2. First win on road on a back to back.
3. Unless I'm mistaken our 2nd road win of the entire season.


I have no clue what to expect, but I hope we'll be competitive and give ourselves a chance to win.

[WarioVsMooChicken]

DAMN!

This game is on the same time as the Panther game...

Decisions Decisions :g:

[x2pacalypse]

michael redd scares the shit out of me...no lie...he always goes big against us

[ALong13]

Charlotte Bobcats (10-14)

vs.

Milwaukee Bucks (10-15)

Game Info
8:30 PM EST Time
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
Game 25 of the NBA Season
Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI

Charlotte Bobcats Projected Starting Line-up
PG: Raymond Felton PPG 15.4 | APG 6.7 | 3P% .328
SG: Jason Richardson PPG 16.5 | RPG 5.3 | APG 2.9
SF: Gerald Wallace PPG 19.2 | RPG 5 | SPG 2.09
PF: Emeka Okafor PPG 13.8 | RPG 10.9 | BPG 1.9
C: Nazr Mohammed PPG 4.7 | RPG 4 | BPG 0.6

Key Bench Players
Bench: Jeff McInnis PPG 4.2 | APG 4.3 | SPG 0.4
Bench: Matt Carroll PPG 8.9 | RPG 2.2 | APG 0.7
Bench: Jared Dudley PPG 4.8 | RPG 3.6 | SPG 0.5

Milwaukee Bucks Projected Starting Line-Up
PG: Mo Williams PPG 15 | APG 6.7 | SPG 1.04
SG: Michael Redd PPG 23.8 | RPG 5.2 | APG 3.9
SF: Bobby Simmons PPG 6.4 | RPG 2.6 | APG 1
PF: Yi Jianlian PPG 10.3 | RPG 5.8 | BPG 1
C: Andrew Bogut PPG 12.1 | RPG 8.6 | BPG 2

Key Bench Players
Bench: Charlie Villanueva PPG 8.8 | RPG 5 | BPG 0.3
Bench: Royal Ivey PPG 3.9 | APG 1.6| SPG 0.6
Bench: Charlie Bell PPG 4.3 | RPG 2 | APG 2.8

Preview: The Charlotte Bobcats (10-14) are winners of two straight as they travel to face off against the Milwaukee Bucks (10-15). Both have pretty close records as you can see, it would love to get a game closer to .500. The Charlotte Bobcats are undefeated since MJ practiced with them and Nazr Muhammad began to start, but now they are on the road against a pretty good home team. The Milwaukee Bucks, led by Michael Redd are losers of two straight games, and are struggling to stay in playoff contention as well as the Charlotte Bobcats, a win for this could really help each team, it would allow Charlotte to continue to gain ground on the number 8 spot as well as keep their confidence up, while for Milwaukee it give them a win, and snap their two game losing streak. Can the Charlotte Bobcats and the new powered-up line-up continue their success, or will the Milwaukee Bucks continue Charlotte’s luck on the 2nd game of back-to-back games? We’ll find out tonight live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin!

[ALong13]

Also the game is online..thanks to channelsufing.net again...

http://s226606444.onlinehome.us/ttt/nba.php?x=http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=lp&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/nba/9922/500_nba-league_pass_milwaukee_051201.asx&gid=397

[Dead_Real]

DAMN!

This game is on the same time as the Panther game...

Decisions Decisions :g:

Yea I noticed that too I love the Panthers but I'm watching Bobcats live and recording the Cowboys/Panthers game.

Hopefully we'll see the same hard playing that we have witnessed the last two games again tonight. Last time we played them we did a damn good job of containing Redd if we do the same tonight we win.

[davcbow]

I gonna watch one game on tv and the other one online if I can get the game online from the above link. But if I had to choose one it would be the Bobcats game for sure because the NFL is already settled this season just about and the Cats have a long ways to go till the end of the season and need our support more than the Panthers that arent going no where except home after next weekends game against Tampa Bay.. :g:

[ALong13]

Hehe go Bucs! (The tampa ones, against the Panthers next week)
Bobcats should win tonight, and hopefully can snap their terrible losing record along with their terrible game 2 of back-to-back games record...

[spectre]

Looks like the game could be delayed. In any case the guys are going to be wiped.

Bobcats take winding road to Milwaukee (http://blogs.jsonline.com/bucks/archive/2007/12/22/bobcats-take-winding-road-to-milwaukee.aspx)

By Charles F. Gardner
Saturday, Dec 22 2007, 05:16 PM
It has been a long travel day for the Charlotte Bobcats, who are still on the road to Milwaukee.

The Bobcats were forced to land at Chicago's Midway Airport around 4:30 p.m., where they boarded a bus for the trip to Milwaukee. Tip-off against the Bucks at the Bradley Center is still scheduled for 7:30 p.m., although there could be a delay, depending on the Bobcats' arrival time.

Charlotte played at home against the New York Knicks on Friday and was not able to leave after the game due to weather conditions. Today, the team left Charlotte on a charter flight around 9:30 a.m. and was hoping to land in Madison.

But the Madison airport was closed due to heavy fog, the same conditions that made it impossible for the Bobcats to land at Mitchell International Airport. Charlotte's charter plane did land in Minneapolis and refueled, according to a Charlotte Observer report.

Finally, the plane was able to land at Midway.

The Bucks and Bobcats played in the second game of the season, with Charlotte taking a 102-99 victory behind 26 points from guard Raymond Felton. The Bucks lead the all-time series, 9-3.

[dav7z]

I give up tow Panther tickets to watch this game on television. So my Cats better come out lively.

[ALong13]

ESPN has tip off at 8:30, not 7:30...

[spectre]

ESPN has tip off at 8:30, not 7:30...


That was from the Bucks' blog...they're an hour behind us. It is scheduled for 8:30 our time.

[x2pacalypse]

wow...jack frost has it in for the bobcats

thats a big blow to us...maybe john madden can save us and come pick us up in his bus

[davcbow]

I guess they are still on the bus at 8:45pm no game yet.... :g:

[davcbow]

Game is on finally, I wish I was still waiting on it down 11-4 already... :g:

Go Bobcats!!!!

[ALong13]

They definitely haven't started good, Okafor with a blown dunk, and Wallace with a missed lay-up...

[ALong13]

Redd already has 7 points...we got to shut him down..

[Melanie]

Richardson's got 8. Hasn't missed anything yet. Hopefully the rest of the guys will get going too!

[ALong13]

Richardson has 11 of us, but Mo Williams, Redd, & Yi are killing us...between the three 25 of the Bucks 29 points...

[twebb]

this game isnt on tv for me so I guess its panthers for me.

[Dead_Real]

Bucks looked real good in the 1st hopefully we can get back into this thing in the second.

[davcbow]

Intensity on defence! Good lord.... :g:

[ALong13]

you can watch it online..

http://s226606444.onlinehome.us/ttt/nba.php?x=http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=lp&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia-live/nba/9922/500_nba-league_pass_milwaukee_051201.asx&gid=397


Bucks beating us 35-26...defense hasn't been good at all. Our turnovers were barely poor, definitely McInnis, whose ball went out of bounds even though no one was near him...We need to stop giving them open shots and get scoring...

Down by 12 now..:-(

[Dead_Real]

I must be seeing things Jake Voskuhl just threw down a dunk on us.

[Dead_Real]

Brightspot OK50 and Richardson look good so far.

[ALong13]

yeah, but he also blew one..

Mek and Jrich are having good games, not really anyone else for us

[Dead_Real]

Yea right when I posted that he missed a wide open dunk lol.

[ALong13]

What's with Wallace, he just slipped and fell...twice

[davcbow]

They are looking better defensive wise, I think we may be able to turn this around here..... :g:

[ALong13]

I think we can, we just got to make some shots when Milwaukee comes up with nothing...and limit our turnovers...some of them have been terrible..

[ALong13]

Some bad fouls too...Nazr nice tip though...

Edit: JRich fouled...1/2 from the line..

Edit: Raymond with the THREE! Only down by three now 44-41! LETS GO CATS!

[Dead_Real]

Nice shot by Felton about to take the lead.

[Melanie]

Yay, only down by 3 now! Let's lead this game by halftime!

[ALong13]

We need to get someone to stay on Yi

[ALong13]

Down by 11 again...Wallace misses open 3, Okafor misses open jump shot..Felton his jump shot...9 pt game...Bogut gets shot...down by 11...

Wow we were just down by three, and allowed them on an 8-0 run...

[Dead_Real]

Wallace needs to step it up in the next half seriously and Yi and Mo Williams are getting on my damn nerves.

[Melanie]

Well, so much for that almost comeback....

Come on Bobcats! Let's turn this game around in the 2nd half!!!

[davcbow]

Did any body else watch the chubby checker halftime show? good lord I didnt even know he was still performing, has a daughter that plays in the WNBA.... :g:

[Dead_Real]

Emeka throwing it down tonight.

[ALong13]

this damn stream is pissing me off..it keep stopping and having to buffer...getting on my nerves...I don't like to wish pain on others, but I hope Mo & Yi collide into each other and will be out for the rest of the game...

[Melanie]

this damn stream is pissing me off..it keep stopping and having to buffer...getting on my nerves...I don't like to wish pain on others, but I hope Mo & Yi collide into each other and will be out for the rest of the game...


That's kind of what I was thinking...

[ALong13]

How come it only buffers right when someone makes a shot and by the time it's back back the other team has the ball...pisses me off...

I wish China would have taken Yi...and Bogut can go back to Utah..

[Dead_Real]

Damn the Bucks can't seem to miss a shot this quarter.

[Melanie]

Great, now we're down by 20! :mad:

[ALong13]

Bobcats are somehow shooting 48%, but the Bucks are shooting 58%...we are getting killed tonight, and the stream is being gay too...Our team looks real tired, I say let the bench play some, maybe they can give us some rejuvenation (not sure if that's a word, but sounds cool)

Lett DA, Carroll, Dudley, Jermareo & Hollins come in and play a bit...

[Dead_Real]

Yi is nice.

[ohara831]

This is just bad bad Defense by the Cats. I almost want to stop watching now. When I see this bad Defense being played, it just gets me pissed. I'd rather watch the Panthers suffer another loss than my Bobcats failing to play Defense.

[ohara831]

Yi is nice.
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That's an understatement.

[ALong13]

I like watching the Panthers lose, so yea...The defense is pissing me off, Got to give it to JRich and Okafor offensively, they've done great...Wallace is having a terrible game with only 4 points...

Yi missed...woo

[ALong13]

Down 14 at the end of the 3rd...

[Dead_Real]

Jeff is hurt it seems.

[Melanie]

We need a huge 4th quarter! Doubt it's gonna happen though....

[ALong13]

Just looked at Stats: Felton 15 pts 7 assist...he's not having a bad game at all...our defense has just been terrible tonight...

[Melanie]

Well we've cut their the lead some. Down by 10 now.

[ALong13]

Gerald Wallace needs to drive...

[ALong13]

I hate Yi...& Mo...all these damn TO are getting my nerves..8 point game with 1:29 to go...

[davcbow]

You can chauk this game up to "bus lag". :g:

[ALong13]

Why did we wait til 15 seconds til we started calling timeouts and intentionally fouling?

[Melanie]

Lost by 4. Dangit.

[ALong13]

Yi is so dumbfounded infront of the mic:

Interviewer: Hey Yi, how was it getting a win tonight?

Yi: Ohh, yea...we won tonight...umm...yea we won

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So we lost by 4...if we started fouling earlier we could have came back...Plus that dunk and layup that we missed at the beginning of the game that I mentioned...came back to haunt us...and all them turnovers...

[Wallace15]

Damn, we had a nice comeback attempt there in the 4th. J-Rich had a really nice game but I just have 1 question. Why did all 4 of our other starters have more FG attempts then Gerald?

[ALong13]

Because he was too busy passing the ball away...7 assist..

turnovers killed us...Nazr's worst turnover night for us..6 of them...Felton added 4 more...my stream was messing up during McInnis injury...what happened there, did it look bad?

[ohara831]

We lost because we did not play Defense at all tonight. I am very disappointed. We have to win games against sub .500 teams. If we do not, we are doomed to be a sub .500 team ourselves.

I was pleased with J-Rich tonight, and again with Nazr, another double double. The turnovers hurt some, but that did not decide the game. What lost the game was leaving men wide open for uncontested jumpers. Just lack of focus!! Also, when we did get close, we started chucking the damn ball rather than work the ball in for a close shot. Gerald and Carroll were getting me so damn angry by just failing to work for a better shot. So aggravating!

[Dead_Real]

I didn't see it either and I was watching on TV all they showed was him sitting on the sideline it seemed to be a leg or ankle injury.

[davcbow]

We lost because we did not play Defense at all tonight. I am very disappointed. We have to win games against sub .500 teams. If we do not, we are doomed to be a sub .500 team ourselves.

I was pleased with J-Rich tonight, and again with Nazr, another double double. The turnovers hurt some, but that did not decide the game. What lost the game was leaving men wide open for uncontested jumpers. Just lack of focus!! Also, when we did get close, we started chucking the damn ball rather than work the ball in for a close shot. Gerald and Carroll were getting me so damn angry by just failing to work for a better shot. So aggravating!


I agree with your account of the game. It was like we didnt know how to gaurd Yi, he hit everything.... :g:

[ohara831]

We lost because we did not play Defense at all tonight. I am very disappointed. We have to win games against sub .500 teams. If we do not, we are doomed to be a sub .500 team ourselves.

I was pleased with J-Rich tonight, and again with Nazr, another double double. The turnovers hurt some, but that did not decide the game. What lost the game was leaving men wide open for uncontested jumpers. Just lack of focus!! Also, when we did get close, we started chucking the damn ball rather than work the ball in for a close shot. Gerald and Carroll were getting me so damn angry by just failing to work for a better shot. So aggravating!


I agree with your account of the game. It was like we didnt know how to gaurd Yi, he hit everything.... :g:
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Yes, I have to say, Yi is going to be a solid Pro. I had my doubts about him prior to the Draft, but I think he is going to be solid. When you are that big and can handle yourself around the post, and also can step out for the jumper, he will be tough to guard.

[Muttley]

damn. I was at the panthers game tonight, and was really hoping for some good news when I got home. It seems that our offense was fine, but it was our defense that was lacking. My BCP fantasy team has both JRich and Yi on it(used to have MO too!), but I'll be damned if I wouldn't trade a win any day of the week for whatever "fantasy" crap I get from tonight's game.
I blame the travel.
I even said that tonight would be the true test for Nazr. The dude had 14 pts, 11 reb though! Crash had 7 assists! JRich had 30 frickin' points! This was a matter of tiredness affecting our defense. Let's pick up the "streak" where we left it of when the wiz kidz come to town on Wednesday. Merry Christmas, Happy Channukah, and Happy Kwanza, but more importantly, Happy "let's beat the Gandolfs day" on the 26th.

[Alex]

They guys were tired, that's why the defensive effort was lackluster. I think we're gonna win all three of our home games coming up.

[davcbow]

Not only win our 3 at home but a big long win streak would be good.
The Wiz, Hornets and Pacers all over .500 with 1 away game between the 2nd and 3rd home game at Orlando another over .500. Its going to be a long road to hoe but it is doable if we have no bus rides due to fog.... :g:

[ohara831]

Guys, I know that the back end of a back to back is tough, but we cannot use that as an excuse. Everyone has those back to backs, and the good teams suck it up, stay focused, and win. This was against a team with a 1/2 game worse record than us. I cannot use that excuse. We must be more focused, and we cannot lose these type games. We now have a tough few games coming up, and even though we are at home for some, we will not likely be favored by much if at all.

[Fromage]

i saw the game. all you need to know:

The Bucks shot lights out. our D was up and down, but regardless - they shot well.
we did not have the utah (4th) and NY fire. played well in the final minutes, but we had ben playing from behind most of the night.

after the previous two efforts, it was frustrating to watch. Way too many turnovers at bad times - fast breaks, clutch moments when we needed baskets. i'm starting to think TOs are our single biggest problem.