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Bucks are very fortunate KD is having an off night so far because the midrange is there for him all game with Lopez dropping back
 
aceboon said:
Bucks are very fortunate KD is having an off night so far because the midrange is there for him all game with Lopez dropping back
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The Bucks are the better team, but they are just a choke squad. There is no other way to describe why they get so much worse as they go deeper into the playoffs. They will find a way to lose. Budenholzer is a choker, Middleton is a choker, and Giannis has not exactly been clutch throughout his career.

Edit: If Budenholzer coached in a market anyone cared about, he would be getting shredded in the press. Imagine the collapses from the last 2 seasons if this team was in Chicago or New York.
 
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aceboon said:
Bud gotta bench Lopez if he can't punish a small lineup
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The Bucks are wasting so many possessions with terrible shot selection. It is like they are a completely different team in the playoffs than they are in the regular season.

Giannis 0 for 6 from 3 in one of the most important games in the franchise's history. Every one of those 3 attempts was a dumb shot.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
The Bucks are the better team, but they are just a choke squad. There is no other way to describe why they get so much worse as they go deeper into the playoffs. They will find a way to lose. Budenholzer is a choker, Middleton is a choker, and Giannis has not exactly been clutch throughout his career.

Edit: If Budenholzer coached in a market anyone cared about, he would be getting shredded in the press. Imagine the collapses from the last 2 seasons if this team was in Chicago or New York.
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Lolz, keep em coming.
 
This Bucks offense in the 4th quarter is tough to watch. They're not running anything. They're not getting any of their guys in preferred spots. They're not getting into transition.
 
auror said:
This Bucks offense in the 4th quarter is tough to watch. They're not running anything. They're not getting any of their guys in preferred spots. They're not getting into transition.
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Bucks are #5 in Offensive Rating in the regular season per the NBA's website. And then this happens in the playoffs.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Bucks are #5 in Offensive Rating in the regular season per the NBA's website. And then this happens in the playoffs.
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Coming out of the timeout, they clearly scripted to get Middleton into space on a midrange pullup. And it worked, it was good. And then they did a similar play and Middleton hit another semi open midrange shot.

And then clearly they were out of scripted plays and they took a no action foot on the line contested deep 2.
 
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Middleton is a choker,

This is the 1st time in his career that anyone has placed that label on Middleton
I would take him on my team any day
Going through a rough spot doesn't make someone a choke artist
Sometimes you are over dramatic Nelson so I guess that makes you a drama queen? - I dont mean to be derogatory but lets get real
 
aceboon said:
Bruce Brown thought he was back in the NEPSAC, dude lost his mind there
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Everyone else was covered.

All in all, one of the ugliest games I can remember.
 
auror said:
Coming out of the timeout, they clearly scripted to get Middleton into space on a midrange pullup. And it worked, it was good. And then they did a similar play and Middletown hit another semi open midrange shot.

And then clearly they were out of scripted plays and they took a no action foot on the line contested deep 2.
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The Bucks were taking terrible shots all game. The Nets lost because they didn't have Harden, Kyrie and KD had off nights, and the other Nets missed a lot of open shots. Harris, a 50.5% shooter (47.5% from 3) was 1-11, and a lot of those were wide open looks.

Bucks got lucky.
 
Maybe Jazz / Clippers will be a professional game.
 
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That was hilarious by Bruce Brown. He basically wrestled Kyrie for the ball almost knocking him out of bounds. Then totally forgot who was on his team and went straight to the basket challenging the big man and throwing up a shot that missed the rim by like 5 feet.

Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz on Twitter: "Bruce Brown coming down the lane: https://post original url/ipm8SVnTu1" / Twitter
 
gtcam said:
Middleton is a choker,

This is the 1st time in his career that anyone has placed that label on Middleton
I would take him on my team any day
Going through a rough spot doesn't make someone a choke artist
Sometimes you are over dramatic Nelson so I guess that makes you a drama queen? - I dont mean to be derogatory but lets get real
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I think Middleton is one of the better 2 guards in the NBA during the season, but he nose-dived in the playoffs last year, and is having some rough games this year. What do you want to call that?
 
Huskyforlife said:
I love Bruce, but that 4th quarter cost us the game.
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I thought Brown played fairly well. No shame in losing a road playoff game by 3 when a first ballot hall of famer is on the bench in street clothes.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
Nope. Not what happened.
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He caught the ball with 9 seconds which is an eternity in basketball, they had timeouts, and one of the greatest scorers of all time plays on his team.
 
superjohn said:
Nah, he completely lost his mind. They had plenty of time and a timeout.
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to make a crap contested pass into Durant. (Dont even want to see how many TO's)

I admit Brown missed some easy shots down the stretch but usually good things happen when you can drive into the basket with the defender deep in the cylinder.
 
eebmg said:
to make a crap contested pass into Durant. (Dont even want to see how many TO's)

I admit Brown missed some easy shots down the stretch but usually good things happen when you can drive into the basket with the defender deep in the cylinder.
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Bruce Brown should never be the guy taking your final shot in a playoff game especially when you have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as teammates. He crapped his pants and was totally out of control.
 
superjohn said:
Bruce Brown should never be the guy taking your final shot in a playoff game especially when you have Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as teammates. He crapped his pants and was totally out of control.
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Kyrie took himself out of the play and Brown had an clear shot at the basket. Lopez bumped him a little, and he missed the shot. It happens.
 
It still amazes me Donovan Mitchell played his first 2 years at Canterbury and wanted to play major league baseball. A broken wrist running into his catcher at Canterbury shifted all his energy to basketball.
 
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nelsonmuntz said:
I thought Brown played fairly well. No shame in losing a road playoff game by 3 when a first ballot hall of famer is on the bench in street clothes.
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He did overall. But he missed some shots in the 4th quarter before that final layup that would've had us in a different position. Can't blame him for the loss though.
 
superjohn said:
It still amazes me Donovan Mitchell played his first 2 years at Canterbury and wanted to play major league baseball. A broken wrist running into his catcher at Canterbury shifted all his energy to basketball.
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He wanted to play with the best athletes.

Chris weinke couldn’t hack it in baseball, so he went back and won a heisman instead in the easier sport lol
 
tzznandrew said:
Clips v. Jazz a reminder of the value of home court. Also a reminder that if George plays with aggression the Clips can win the whole thing.
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We lost out on this last year. The point isn’t made enough that the reason home court is so valuable is because of how it impacts role players.
 
Mr. French said:
series over - Bucks in 6.
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Man I was making a joke after the first 2 minutes of game 3 ... I could actually be correct. What a weird series.
 
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