Milwaukee Bucks at Charlotte Bobcats 11/2 - Home Opener

[Keetch]

Was there as well and can't say much more than has already been said....

The Bobs clearly love Jeff McInnis. His main job seemed to be to bring the ball up court and then once he got across the half-court line; give it to Ray. In the fourth Q some guy behind us yelled "McInnis Sucks" loud enough to get some of the teams attention on the bench and a couple coaches turned and shot him some ugly looks.....It's clear that Sam has a lot of confidence in him. And I'll admit, Jeff has plenty of confidence in himself and is playing with a lot of spirit and heart. Still....every minute he plays I keep thinking, are minutes that Hermann, Carroll and even Dudley don't.

Same with Brezac. He also played with great spirit and heart, fist pumping and hustling. Still, he's pretty much a liability on the court; and is stealing minutes from Hollins, Hermann, Davidson and Dudley. Don't care for that much.

Couldn't help but notice that Jermario looked like he hadn't slept in a while. His eyes were glassy and he kept yawning and sagging his head down. Maybe he couldn't sleep last night with the first game heebeejeebees

Overall though, so many positives tonight. No need to rehash, the other posters have covered it well...can't wait for the next home game against the Suns!

[qchoops]

Just finished my number crunching - http://www.queencityhoops.com/GameRecap110207.php - check it out.
1 and 0. Nice way to start the season. 2 and 0 would be even better. And might we even be favored heading into the game?

[twebb]

What a win!
I scalped tickets out front from some guy named greg and they were 3 rows back in the corner. I just have to comment on the great performance by Felton. His 12 assists are huge and set a great tone for this year.
I also loved the way that Gerald got all his touches while JRich got his as well. It was nice to have Richardson in the 4th where it seemed he carried this team to victory. Great opening night, even though it was only the bucks i hope it is a sign of things to come.

[dvdbumpus]

From the Bobcats official website:

http://www.nba.com/bobcats/recap_bucks_071102.html

This one’s a tie. Standing at his locker after the game, Wallace was caught mumbling to himself, “We’re going to be shooting free throws all day tomorrow.” To which veteran Derek Anderson responded laughing, “What were you doing out there? You made Shaq look like Reggie Miller out there.” All Wallace could do was shake his head saying, “That’s cold man, that’s cold.”

That's hilarious.


P.S. The suns are getting dominated 90-61 by the lakers tonight in the 3rd quarter.

[ziggy]

From the sounds of this thread, it looks like the Bucks fans are ready to mail in the season already.

[dvdbumpus]

Wow, the bucks forum is a hilarious read. One of my favs:

Seriously, what the f*** is Mo Williams doing out there? You cannot possibly win with that stupid of a point guard. He goes for two points with less than a second on the clock? What am absolute idiot. They HAD to take a three there.

Well, 0-3 after they get destroyed by the Bulls tomorrow. Probably won't even be a sell-out. This team REALLY sucks.

He is right, WTF was williams doing? Down 3 with a few seconds to go and he drives for a 2? GET THE BALL TO REDD!!!

It seems like EVERYBODY hates Williams, as well as the entire team.

[Keetch]

Gotta agree Bumpus...we were happily relieved when the Bucks went for two (twice) in the closing seconds. With the missed free throws, the Cats were leaving the door wide open but the Bucks seemed inept about taking advantage. No idea why they didn't feed Redd in the last minute. Maybe it was good Bobcats defense, but more likely poor Bucks coaching and poor Mo Williams play.

[TheBeagle]

Absolutely, my cousin and I were forecasting a Redd 3 when we were only up by 2 to win the game, then a Redd 3 to tie the game. Mo had a good game early on, but I have no clue what that drive to the hoop was all about. I'm still not sure how the clock didn't run out; from my end of the court (behind the Bucks bench on platform 107) it looked like the clock stopped before the ball was out of bounds, and I was screaming why did they stop the clock?!?!? Yes, like everyone else, I was a basketcase b/c of the woeful FTs. That was pure torture. One funny thing, which I can say is funny b/c we won the game, did y'all notice how every time Mek, Raymond, GW or JRich went to the line, the others would meet at the line to give him a pep talk? Once, GW cradled Mek's shaved head as if he was trying to rub some good vibes into him.

I don't know of the attendance numbers, but I too was pleasantly surprised by the atmosphere. I have to agree with Edrow, it did have a little bit of the college atmosphere to it! Let's hope we're looking at 2-0 when Phoenix comes to town!!

[Bradleiu]

As usaul I got the highlights and thats all unfortunetly I wont get to add to my quota of 15 bobcats games watched, I saw the stats and they looked good except for like everyone has already said the ft%.

Mo Williams is a gig issue for the Bucks I think they need to ship him out to be honest, I think he is a good third option on a team but most of the scoring should be through Bogut and Redd and perhaps even Villanueva he is stifling there growth and the best thing for them to do would be to trade him, such a stupid move by a supposed team leader taking that drive.LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD!

Go Bobcats

[spectre]

Jason Richardson with the "Steal of the Night"!!!

http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/nba/nbacom/sotn/sotn_071102.asx&video=blank&nbasite=nba