Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Win Over Los Angeles Lakers

The Moose We Don’t Deserve

Greg Monroe is the hero we need, but there’s no way Bucks fans deserve to have him after all the grief he got last season. Monroe has served as a protector for the younger, smaller Bucks all season, and he took exception to Swaggy P pushing his rook, Malcolm Brogdon.

Let’s break down why this made Moose everybody’s favorite Buck for the night. First off, the time it took him to react to Brogdon getting pushed was nearly zero. Seconds after Young pushes Brogdon, Monroe impacts Young (pushes didn’t seem accurate because Young really looked like an actual real live Moose ran into him.)

If you look closely, if Matthew Dellavedova hadn’t been there to catch him there’s a very good chance Young would’ve fallen over. When he sees who it was who impacted him, Young smartly begins jawing without actually moving any closer to the action.

Brandon Ingram, who is a rookie and less smart, tries to insert himself into the conflict. Moose dismisses him by basically mushing his face. Even though he may have caught more neck than he should’ve, it seemed dismissive than anything else, although Moose was clearly still ready for war at that point.

Monroe stayed intense until the moment he finally was ejected, after a very long review. While Young looked amused to be done for the night (because he picked up his second technical as part of the incident) Monroe looked like he was ready for another scuffle.

It’s no coincidence that the Bucks won via a ton of and-ones after Moose got ejected. They did it for him for sure. There’s no doubt he was watching the game in the locker room and enjoying each and every one of those and-ones.