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I watched a little of the game last night and my takeaway is OKC is so hard to play.  There defense is really impressive.  The part I watched was where both teams were struggling to score, not the part of the game where it looks like the Bucks were scoring and the Thunder were not.    Obviously OKC had a terrible time shooting.  The key though....you need to limit the turnovers.  It is really hard because OKC is really good at it.  Turnovers are just fuel to them.  They destroy you if you turn the ball over.

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Zach Lowe
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Biggest key to beating OKC (other than having them miss all the 3s) is limiting live-ball TOs and keeping them out of transition. MIL did fairly well there. Giannis defense is trending way up over last 3 weeks. Doc has settled on a rotation/set of lineups. Good stuff.

The Bucks seem to have hit their stride after a slow start. Giannis is just dominating the paint, and playing like the MVP, Dame seems to have found his stroke. Andrew Jackson from UConn really gets after it on D, he's part of the reason SGA had a bad shooting night. Another one is AJ Green. I hadn't paid too much attention to him, but he really can shoot the 3 well.  We'll see if it's sustainable, however.