We're starting where we should: with absences. Robert
Williams played a few minutes. The Bucks were in perfect
form except for Bobby Portis. Tuesday's game looked like a
serious game. Only it wasn't frivolous as the ever-rising
Malcolm Brogdon, Blake Griffin, Grant Williams, Mike
Muscala, Sam Hauser and Derrick White took it very
seriously. Meanwhile, they nearly knocked out a 10-game
winning Bucks team from Tuesday's game and walked away
with a very timid overtime win. Of course, you can't take
these things into the playoffs. The Celtics won't blast the
Bucks with Tatum, Brown, Horford and Smart on the list just
because they came close to beating the Bucks in their
absence. That's not how the NBA works, many players have
played very well, but all of these players are in the NBA,
which means they are great basketball players. Giannis
Ntetokounmpo is also a standout player for the NBA, and