Knicks 117, Bucks 85: “Looked like it was a layup line all night”

Kasparas Jakučionis tried. He really tried to follow Jalen Brunson around a screen. But then something blasted him almost all the way back to his beautiful Lithuanian hometown of Vilnius some 4,300 miles away. Okay, he might have only gotten pushed out to center court by a Karl-Anthony Towns pick but considering the play happened right at the three point line it was still something.

Apparently though, it was not enough for the young Milwaukee Bucks guard. A couple of minutes later he still decided to straighten himself in front of the natural force of a Tyler Kolek drive. It ended just as well for him as the screen navigation had a few moments earlier. Flying underneath the basket the 20-year-old former Fightin’ Illini was afraid he might land on top of James Dolan while Kolek swiftly finished with an easy lay in at the rim.

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Just like the youngest heir of the great Šarūnas Marčiulionis, the Milwaukee Bucks tried last night at Madison Square Garden. They tried hard, time and again. When the New York Knicks pushed them into a hole in the second quarter with good, rock solid team basketball Tayler Jenkins’ young men didn’t think of their postgame pizza at John’s, but outrageously climbed out of said hole to start the third quarter. Because it was so much fun to play with their food, the Knicks squashed their uprising, only to see those little fawns stick their heads out once more a few minutes later. Milwaukee even cut the New York lead to 11 in the beginning of the final frame. But at some point the overmatched Bucks just couldn’t respond anymore. And everything went like it was supposed to.

On the surface, and judging by the final score, one could share Allzingers’ impression that he posted in Russell’s Postgame Thread: “Looked like it was a layup line all night.” At times the Knicks really did whatever they wanted with their counterparts and enjoyed unbothered trots down a layup line. But make no mistake: The Bucks played them hard and they tried. The only problem, you ask? Well, the Bucks are just really bad. Like “Superbad” without McLovin. Yet most of them are still professional basketball…

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Publish date : 2026-11-11 11:46:00

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