Preseason Game 4: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Dallas Mavericks | 6:30pm CST on TNT

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I hope Klay‘s struggles won’t take months to go away. It’s been only three preseason games but his rough starts are really tough on me already. Otoh those few shots who went in within a couple of possessions already felt pretty fricking awesome. They changed the flow of the game entirely. Those quick scoring outbursts were always what made it so frustrating to play GS. You stick around and then someone randomly goes of for 4-5 possessions and suddenly you’re down 12+ points and they won’t stop. 

On paper our firepower is ridiculous. Kyrie is still in his prime, Klay might not be his old self but he will have his bursts, PJ, Lively and Gafford can bully and punish you inside and then there’s still Luka.

I too worry about the backup guard spot. Dinwiddie really needs to show that he still has another gear, otherwise things get shaky quickly. Hardy is fun when he is on but even then his defense is a problem. Most other guys are 3D-types, you’ll have to live with the bad and the good, especially on the road. 

Overall a pretty subpar preseason though. Grant Hill brought it up on the broadcast, during his days teams used at least the last few games to get some game time repetitions before the real season starts but that’s just not happening anymore. No Luka, no Giannis, no Lillard. 

Can’t wait for the real season to finally start.