Bucks Diary: Pounded by the Clippers

Redd Rejected By Redneck

You could see this one coming from the Bradley Center to Sussex. The Bucks were beaten soundly on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Clippers. They deserved what they got. You simply cannot continuously get down by huge margins and not expect that one day someone ain't gonna let you up.

The Bucks have spent the early parts of every game this season seeing how big a hole they can dig for themselves, and then spent the remainder of each game trying to dig out. I said in my last posting their good fortune was bound to run out. Tonight it did. The Los Angeles Clippers destroyed the Bucks in every way possible, building leads that bordered on 30 points, and generally humiliating the visitors.

Ford Eaten by an Alien

TJ Ford had a nice night offensively, but his man on the other end, the alien looking Clipper PG Sam Cassell, ate him for lunch. Cassell sank 9 of 12 shot attempts, 5 of 5 foul shots, and never appeared to be even bothered by Ford's defense on his way to 23 points. Ford needs to find a way to be more effective on the defensive end. He will often give up size in his matchups; he has to learn some tricks to help himself overcome that handicap.

Where was Magliore?

This is now becoming troublesome. Bucks C Jamaal Magliore is providing nothing. Where is the offense we were promised? Last night he had zero points in 22 minutes of action. Combine that with Bogut's 2 points in limited action and guess what? The Bucks are back to being the donut team. They're getting nothing from the middle. They have no post up game. No one has shown themselves to be effective on the blocks. That must must must change.

No Effort

The Bucks did not give a professional effort in tonight's game, especially in the second half. They looked like they didn't even care. It was embarrasing. Did anyone else detect an inordinate amount of laughing and giggling between the two teams? It was infuriating. Why didn't Stotts put a stop to it? Moreover, the Bucks, for a supposedly good team, really took this thrashing with a smile. Very disturbing. They better check their luggage and find their collective game or this West Coast trip is going to be one blowout after another.

Williams Back to Earth

You knew Mo Williams wasn't going to remain mercury hot for the entire season. He was bound to cool off and he did. The problem was no one else picked him up. I'm really uneasy about the Bucks' two biggest scoring threats being essentially jump-shooting guards. The better teams in the league are just going to destroy the Bucks unless they can get some reliable production down low.

Welsch looks good

Though his statistics didn't show it, I thought FG Jiri Welsch looked pretty good out on the court Tuesday. There was a certain flow to his game. At this point its just intuition, but I think he will be productive.

Scary Kamin

This is not relevant to anything, but have you ever seen a bigger redneck looking player in the NBA than Clippers C Chris Kamin? He looks like he belongs on the graveyard shift at the auto parts salvage yard, not on an NBA court. Cut your frickin hair man. You look like a Camaro driver.