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Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:30 pm EST

The Milwaukee Bucks' bizarre box score

By J.E. Skeets

BDL reader Dexter, in New York, points out an extremely unusual statistical anomaly arising from last night's Bucks-Lakers game. Check out the box score. See anything odd? Note that not one of Milwaukee's starters managed to reach double figures in any category — save minutes played. Not points, not rebounds, not even field goals attempted. Neither Dexter nor I know when this last happened — or exactly how rare it is — so I figured I'd toss it out to you stat heads. Any idea, Elias' Army?

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  1. Vinny
    1. Posted by Vinny Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:12 pm EDT

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    Who cares about the NBA or the lowly Bucks?
  2. Daniel C
    2. Posted by Daniel C Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:55 pm EDT

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    I didnt know the lakers were that good or if the bucks are just that bad.
  3. migs
    3. Posted by migs Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:36 pm EDT

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    where is bakseball jones skeets you slacker
  4. TheOtherBootyBrother
    4. Posted by TheOtherBootyBrother Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:39 pm EDT

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    Well I see your problem Milwaukee...somehow you've gotten Malik Allen into your starting lineup. A little cosmetic surgery to remove him and you'll be as good as new.
  5. Jay N
    5. Posted by Jay N Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:29 pm EDT

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    noticed this as well, maybe trying to prove a point to the starting 5? richard jefferson played 9 minutes? health concerns? no idea
  6. Gordon H
    6. Posted by Gordon H Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:11 pm EDT

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    I'd noticed this when I saw the box score too...although I only saw the lack of double-figure scoring in the starting 5, not the other stat categories and thought that was weird enough...and I was wondering why there would be such a scoring disparity, since it didn't seem like a massive blowout or anything...but now that I look at the scoring in the first 3 quarters...yeah it was a blowout. Also, migs: If you'd watched the last basketball jones you would know that there isn't one til tomorrow...Skeets had a big day of sports watching yesterday.
  7. skterkid517902
    7. Posted by skterkid517902 Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:26 pm EDT

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    That is extremely weird, I wonder how often that happens if it has ever happend before.
  8. Quito
    8. Posted by Quito Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:31 pm EDT

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    Maybe migs just watches the jones' for the music... Also, RJ had 4 fouls by half (if memory serves me right). Also, Skiles is insane with his lineups/rotation. I know him and Charlie V have some issues, but 19 min??? And if you're gonna start a PF whose not the aforementioned Charlie, at least make it Mbah...I mean come one, whats the point of starting a guy and giving him THREE minutes...
  9. Edmund
    9. Posted by Edmund Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:52 pm EDT

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    The NBA, where Scott Skiles happens.
  10. Mike L.
    10. Posted by Mike L. Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:17 pm EDT

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    All Skiles. All Skiles.
    @ no. 3 - No Jones video today, as announced by Skeets on Friday's show. The Jones resumes tomorrow.
  11. xangoir
    11. Posted by xangoir Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:52 pm EDT

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    let's punish our millionaires by making them sit on the bench. then they'll have more incentive to keep being paid for doing absolutely nothing
  12. kyle d
    12. Posted by kyle d Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:55 pm EDT

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    jefferson played 9 minutes because he was in foul trouble the whole game. BTW bucks made it close at the end. Malik Allen hustles and Skiles likes D better than scoring.
  13. nja700
    13. Posted by nja700 Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:39 pm EDT

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    I remember checking the box score with around six and a half minutes left in the 2nd quarter, and both teams were shooting roughly 28 percent from the field. Neither team had even hit 40 points at that time. It was one of the ugliest box scores I'd ever seen.
  14. Rory A.K.A. Ginnz
    14. Posted by Rory A.K.A. Ginnz Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:24 pm EDT

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    Anyone who watches Lakers games would see that they often like to play their starters in the 1st and mid-3rd, 4th quarter. They blow up the first quarter and cruise on in to win.
    When they last played Toronto, LA threw Toronto off their game by playing the bench at odd times. Toronto tried to do the same and keep Bosh n Calderon n other players back for the 3rd and 4th quarters but fell behind in the score by then.
    Lets not forget Milwaukee, or pronounced Milly-walk-kay, isn't a polished team or anywhere near naming their franchise AND star players. They just got caught. Besides, it was a Sunday game and in L.A., they didn't have a chance.
  15. TD-117268
    15. Posted by TD-117268 Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:55 pm EDT

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    How did this happen? One name - Scott Skiles. Congrats Milwaukee on hiring perhaps the worst coach in NBA history. This guy will make Krystowiak (sp?) look like a genius.
  16. last living bucks fan
    16. Posted by last living bucks fan Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:54 pm EDT

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    Lakers had 25 turnovers. It was the ugliest game I have ever seen. The Bucks shot like in the 35% range from the field.....awful. Games don't get uglier. Hey A-Team. If Skiles had kept his starting lineup in the game longer they would have lost by 50. Skiles matches his players up the best he can, game in, and game out. The Bucks have sub-500 talent for Skiles to work with. You have to defend Skiles coaching skills. The Bucks should lose by 30 to the Lakers 8 out of 10 times. Krystowiak would be 0-season with this team.
  17. jlpamc
    17. Posted by jlpamc Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:36 pm EDT

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    Found this gem: http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/200403060DEN.html
    Doesn't qualify though as Camby hit 10 rebounds. Weird that 6 players led Denver in scoring with 8 apiece.
  18. Mike L.
    18. Posted by Mike L. Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:17 pm EDT

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    Hey, Skiles isn't a bad coach (the Bucks are playing much, much better defense this year than last--11th in the Association, at the moment), he just plays the scrappy, no-offense types to excess. That's a problem, of course, but he still has squeezed tangible improvements out of his squad. And we also ought to sound a note of small praise for playing Luc Richard Mbah a Moute and Joe Alexander as much as he did last night, because they were about the only Bucks who bothered to score efficiently.
    Of course, he *could* have played Andrew Bogut a few more ticks. You know, seeing as how the Aussie played 24 minutes without a foul, picking up 9 boards and 5 dimes. 'Course, with Bogut coming back from a knee injury I can sort o' understand.
    But here's something crazy, and THIS might be the indictment on Skiles--Milwaukee hasn't shot above 50 percent in a game this year. Not once. That is utterly amazing. By way of comparison (unless I missed a box score somewhere) the Oklahoma City Thunder--the [censored] THUNDER!--have shot at least 50% on four different occasions.
  19. The Man
    19. Posted by The Man Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:36 pm EDT

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    Skiles for some reason took the starters out early because we were getting killed. It was weird, I'm a Bucks fan and I didn't understand it, but whatever.
  20. Jimmy D
    20. Posted by Jimmy D Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:35 pm EDT

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    The Bucks have one of the best bench teams in the league. RJ barely played because he started with 3 fouls in 6 minutes. I dont like the fact that Allen started but he got hurt anyways. It would have been a different game if the Bucks didn't always have foul trouble.
  21. KD
    21. Posted by KD Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:48 pm EDT

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    If only Yahoo! had a M-F column that delved into NBA box scores ...
    I'm actually surprised it didn't happen with Chicago during Skiles' turn, what with the five-man substitutions he used to throw out.
  22. V
    22. Posted by V Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:36 pm EDT

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    I just want to point out one more thing i notice while browsing through the newspaper, which is that Kobe Bryant with outscored all FIVE of the Buck's starters, 20 to 18. I dont know if this is common, but i found it interesting
  23. Lelouch L
    23. Posted by Lelouch L Thu Sep 03, 2009 2:49 pm EDT

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    Scott Skiles is on fire!

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