LK doing his thing in the Association.
Take a look at this Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article and tell me you don't miss Larry Krystkowiak a little bit. Yes the program will be just fine in the giant paws of Wayne
Tinkle but I have to say these second half runs/adjustments were what made last year's Griz team as good as it was.
Lost in the hoopla surrounding guard Mo Williams' first career triple-double in Wednesday's victory over Miami at the Bradley Center was the fact that assistant coach Larry Krystkowiak deserved an assist for the victory.Krystkowiak entered the halftime locker room and reminded the Bucks - a team that likes run for a living - that they had exactly zero fast-break points at that stage of the game.
Asked about Krystkowiak's halftime message, guard Michael Redd said, "That was shocking to us. We were scoring but we didn't get any fast-break points and we were like, 'Wow.' So we made an effort in the second half to go out and push it."
The Bucks only ended up scoring 7 fast break points in the game but the change to the offense was drastic.
How dramatic was the change in style from half to half?
Let's put it this way. In the first half, the Bucks scored 53 points on 44.2% shooting. In he second half, the Bucks scored 68 points - two shy of their season high for a half - and shot 61.5%.
Miami, on the other hand, scored 56 points in the first half on 55% shooting. In the second half, the Heat scored 39 points on 35.1% shooting.
The Bucks have been searching all season for an identity and might finally be finding one as an open-court team.
This happened too many times to count last year. If the over/under for years until Krystkowiak is head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks was 2.5, I'd have to take the under.
Update: The Bucks have won five in a row with their win tonight over the Spurs. The game mentioned above was the second in the stretch.