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LaMelo Ball became the fastest player ever to 1,000 career 3-pointers, getting there in his 311th game in the win over the Bucks. The previous best was Duncan Robinson, in 343 games.
The defeat highlighted the brilliance of Doncic, whom the former champion with the Milwaukee Bucks placed among the finest offensive talents. “When you have a guy like Luka, obviously, he’s one of the best scorers to ever play this game, if not the best,” he mentioned. “I feel like some people are scared to say that, but he’s got to be up there. He’s also an elite passer.” “I try not to follow the race and stuff like that and try to focus on what I can do and my team, and how can we be better,” Giannis added, answering a question about his fellow his fellow European’s MVP cases over the years. “Is he an MVP-caliber player? I think, no doubt he’s been up there. He’s definitely up there this year.”
Jon Krawczynski: Wolves beat the Bucks, 112-100. It wasn't always pretty, but it was needed. Ball: 34p 6-13 3s Ayo: 19p, 12r, 8a Gobert: 10p, 10r Lyles: 12p, 4r Kuminga: 8p, 10r
Myles Turner: “More reps are great. You can’t keep using the excuse that it’s early, that we’re a new team. This league moves fast, and it’s easy to be forgotten in this league. No one’s going to feel sorry for us, so for us in general, you just got to keep working through the mistakes. It’s easy to come up here and keep saying that, keep working, keep working, fans don’t want to hear keep working, but that’s what this is. You show up day in and day out for a collective goal. It’s not just going to happen overnight, so I continue to have faith in the system that we’re building and in the people that are in this building with us.”
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Danny Cunningham: #Cavs beat the Bucks 136-111 in a game that wasn't as close as the final score. Cleveland led by 36 points in the second half of this one. Evan Mobley had 27 points, Jarrett Allen had 25 & 11 as both guys played 24 minutes. They took care of business on both ends of the floor against a bad team.
Will Guillory: Final: Rockets 132, Bucks 100 VanVleet 24 pts (season-high), 6 rebs, 5 assts Thompson 23 pts (10-16 FG) Durant 18 pts (5-9 FG) Rockets improve to 5-0 to begin the season after another blowout win, despite missing Alpi, Smart and Steven Adams. Fred VanVleet had his best performance of the season after catching fire in the 3rd quarter. Clint Capela was really good off the bench. This team is extremely locked in right now.
Damian Lillard on Milwaukee: "The experience for me was a solid experience. I think people look at it from the outside and they're like, man, Dame was miserable and they didn't do this, they didn't do that. But in my mind, I'm like, I met a lot of people there that I'm still good friends with today. I had a good experience with the organization. I think I was going through a lot personally that made it a little bit more of a challenge. But it was a solid experience, I would say, doing something outside of Portland, playing with a great player like Giannis. I think that was a luxury that I hadn't experienced."
Myles Turner: “I really rock with Taylor (Jenkins), who he is as a person and what he stands for as a coach. The accountability aspects have been unbelievable. He holds everybody to the same standard no matter who the player is, and he just demands our focus and our energy on such a high level every single day. He doesn’t stand for any lackadaisical nonsense, and he came in here and has really been a fun drill sergeant to say the least.”
Myles Turner: “It’s been dope, man. I really rock with Taylor [Jenkins], you know, who he is as a person and what he stands for as a coach. The accountability aspects have been unbelievable, you know. He holds everybody to the same standard, no matter who the player is, and he just demands our focus and our energy on such a high-level every single day. He doesn’t stand for any lackadaisical nonsense. He’s came in here and he’s really been… I’m not going to say a drill sergeant, but you know, he’s been a fun drill sergeant to say the least. But it’s been fun. You know, I think just for me, it’s just about continuing to be a leader, and again, finding ways to impact winning.”
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The Rockets have ruled out Alperen Sengun (low back soreness) for Wednesday's game against Milwaukee. Marcus Smart (left forearm strain) is questionable.
Will Guillory: Rockets injury report at Milwaukee: -- Alperen Sengun (low back soreness) is OUT. -- Steven Adams (Right Soleus Strain) is OUT. -- Marcus Smart (left forearm strain) is QUESTIONABLE.
Oh No He Didn't: Damian Lillard on his time with the Bucks: "Doing something outside of Portland, playing with a great player like Giannis, I think that was a luxury that I hadn't experienced, playing with somebody that's gonna show up, he's gonna compete. So that was like fun for me. I could just feel that it wasn't my home"
Porter, 26, was a 2019 draftee and thus not close to two-way eligibility. One source briefed on Porter's status said that, as a result, finding a new home will not be immediate. Not even after he averaged 17.4 points, 7.4 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game for Milwaukee last season. Yet several teams, sources say, are still evaluating their respective backcourts and could emerge as potential Porter suitors depending on how things unfold. Two such teams, according to sources, are Denver and Sacramento. Our early read is that Porter, who is drawing immediate overseas interest after a previous stint with PAOK Thessaloniki in Greece, is determined to stay in the NBA and optimistic he'll be afforded a chance to do so.