NBA Playoffs 2023

[Scoe]

Ah yeah that’s terrible planning by the NBA there.

Have one game on TNT and one on TBS it’s not hard.

 

[Scoe]

I'm in the same boat, this stinks.

I watched on the Knicks TV stream.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Kevin Love is quietly having a solid postseason. Cleveland and its terrible bench probably regrets the decision to give Love a buyout.

 

[Scoe]

Domination by the Knicks with Julius Randle coming out who was on his way to a 25 pt night and no Grimes, although Josh Hart should be starting anyways, now you have to have Hart in the starting lineup going forward.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Miami looks like a team of destiny this series. I don't know what the Bucks can do when an opponent is hitting the crazy shots Miami is hitting.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

The Ghost of David Stern is smiling at some of the calls the big market Heat got tonight against the small market Bucks.

 

[navery12]

That is a ridiculous shot by Jimmy Butler to tie the game

 

[Mike Honcho]

That is a ridiculous shot by Jimmy Butler to tie the game

He's not human

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Boston Celtics have one of the most ridiculous first round chokes in NBA history. Milwaukee Bucks: Hold my beer.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Budenholzer should pack his bags.

 

[superjohn]

That is a ridiculous shot by Jimmy Butler to tie the game

Incredible but the foul needs to be called, you can't be allowed to shove a guy the way Buckets shoved Connaughton there.

Miami HEAT on Twitter: "JIMMY BUTLER IS NOT OF THIS PLANET https://post original url/uPFZfF8p5W" / Twitter

 

[UConn990411]

Incredible but the foul needs to be called, you can't be allowed to shove a guy the way Buckets shoved Connaughton there.

Miami HEAT on Twitter: "JIMMY BUTLER IS NOT OF THIS PLANET https://post original url/uPFZfF8p5W" / Twitter

I agree, but the call against Lowry was far more egregious and nearly ended the game.

The Bucks played with fire again tonight and got what they deserved.

 

[aceboon]

Lakers vs Grizz are now every other day, gonna be interesting what Bron and AD look like on Friday because Bron didn't have it tonight after the 1 day turnaround. If Kennard can't play tho the Grizz are cooked.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Jimmy is insane. But that push off was one of the more obvious fouls in a game. Incredible they did not call that.

 

[traitor71]

Miami’s best player really led them. The Bucks best player missed 13 free throws. Did Butler push off? Sure, but the Lowry play was terrible, and Giannis basically running away from the jump ball for fear of being fouled was as pathetic as it gets.

 

[traitor71]

The Ghost of David Stern is smiling at some of the calls the big market Heat got tonight against the small market Bucks.

The Bucks had a 45-17 advantage at the free throw line. Maybe they just should have made some more of them. Watching the way this game played out makes me think the Bucks would have lost in Miami if they got there. Miami just got on some weird roll offensively, and the Bucks seemed to have no idea how to counter it.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Good Riddance to the Bucks. If Only Golden State could have gone out as well. Hopefully the Lakers lose to Memphis.

Boston choked away the last game but is still up 3-2. Hopefully can put this away. Across the NBA and NHL we are seeing most series be quite difficult for the favored teams.

 

[Horatio]

That version of the Bucks is done. And that was a foul on Butler. Nobody mentioned it and the Bucks said nothing

 

[REB1094]

Sure it was a push off, but can’t blame refs when you miss 17 free throws in a 2 point loss. Giannis accounting for 13, ouch..

Bucks had a timeout with 0.5 seconds left and a tie game in regulation. They just saw Miami hit an inbound alley oop. Didn’t call the timeout and just let the game go to OT. That’s when they lost the game imo. Jimmy snatched their souls

As much as I want Giannis to win, I also want Jimmy to win and it was pretty funny watching Grayson Allen dribble the clock out while down 2 to end the series

 

[nelsonmuntz]

"Budenholzer is a good coach" is one of those weird conventional wisdoms that doesn't survive even a cursory revenue. It is based on the 22 win jump the Hawks made under Budenholzer between 13-14 and 14-15. That jump happened in a large part because Horford played a full season and Schroder matured into a very productive 6th man. The rest of the team at the time, Teague, Millsap, Carroll and Korver, all in or near their prime, was a pretty good team. Not a threat to win the title, but a team that should have gotten 50+ wins. Hawks had a 60-22 season, Budenholzer wins coach of the year, and everything thinks he is a genius. The team got worse each of the next three seasons, despite adding Dwight Howard and Tim Hardaway. It wasn't Budenholzer's fault the Hawks decided to tank in 17-18, but he did win only 24 games that season. So why did the Bucks hand him the keys?

He has had arguably the best team in the NBA the last 5 years, with maybe the exception of last year after Middleton got hurt. He has a championship, but after that, a first round and two second round exits. That is brutal given the talent he has had.

I am trying to think of a coach that did less with more over an extended period than Budenholzer. Rick Adelman of the late 80's/early 90's Trail Blazers wasn't great in big games, but he still made two NBA Finals and a Conference Finals over a three year stretch, although the prime of that team ended when a lot of the players were still pretty young. He registers because he had two teams underachieve, doing it again at Sacramento 10 years later with the Webber/Stojakovic teams, only making one conference finals despite having one of the best teams in the NBA for a four year stretch.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Sure it was a push off, but can’t blame refs when you miss 17 free throws in a 2 point loss. Giannis accounting for 13, ouch..

Bucks had a timeout with 0.5 seconds left and a tie game in regulation. They just saw Miami hit an inbound alley oop. Didn’t call the timeout and just let the game go to OT. That’s when they lost the game imo. Jimmy snatched their souls

As much as I want Giannis to win, I also want Jimmy to win and it was pretty funny watching Grayson Allen dribble the clock out while down 2 to end the series

Uh, yes you can blame the refs. They didn’t do their job. Missed free throws or not, that egregious no-call stole the game from them. Milwaukee should be talking to the league office.

 

[Jaydumo20]

Love the

"Budenholzer is a good coach" is one of those weird conventional wisdoms that doesn't survive even a cursory revenue. It is based on the 22 win jump the Hawks made under Budenholzer between 13-14 and 14-15. That jump happened in a large part because Horford played a full season and Schroder matured into a very productive 6th man. The rest of the team at the time, Teague, Millsap, Carroll and Korver, all in or near their prime, was a pretty good team. Not a threat to win the title, but a team that should have gotten 50+ wins. Hawks had a 60-22 season, Budenholzer wins coach of the year, and everything thinks he is a genius. The team got worse each of the next three seasons, despite adding Dwight Howard and Tim Hardaway. It wasn't Budenholzer's fault the Hawks decided to tank in 17-18, but he did win only 24 games that season. So why did the Bucks hand him the keys?

He has had arguably the best team in the NBA the last 5 years, with maybe the exception of last year after Middleton got hurt. He has a championship, but after that, a first round and two second round exits. That is brutal given the talent he has had.

I am trying to think of a coach that did less with more over an extended period than Budenholzer. Rick Adelman of the late 80's/early 90's Trail Blazers wasn't great in big games, but he still made two NBA Finals and a Conference Finals over a three year stretch, although the prime of that team ended when a lot of the players were still pretty young. He registers because he had two teams underachieve, doing it again at Sacramento 10 years later with the Webber/Stojakovic teams, only making one conference finals despite having one of the best teams in the NBA for a four year stretch.

That Adelman Blazers team should have had multiple rings, also those Paul Westphal Sun's teams should've had rings (I blame Jordan for this though). But those teams were stacked.

 

[Dogdeacon]

Jimmy is insane. But that push off was one of the more obvious fouls in a game. Incredible they did not call that.

Eh, they both had their hands on each other, so mutual pushing inevitable and typical of inbounds plays. Connaughton lost b/c he was pushing at shoulders and Jimmy got a low push on Connaughton's hip that took away PC's jump. Then once he got NO air, Connaughton embellished a flopping fall backwards. And it is possible that even without the push Connaughton misses the ball and Jimmy has only a slightly tougher shot with PC a bit closer to the ball to contest.

It is 50 - 50 whether you call that or not & it didn't win the game, certainly would be pissed if Bucks, yet as others have said they frittered away the game and other chances.

 

[navery12]

It's an easy foul call on Butler if they go to review it. Luckily Budenholzer wasted his challenge 3 minutes into the game to try and get Giannis's 1st foul overturned

 

[HuskyWarrior611]

It's an easy foul call on Butler if they go to review it. Luckily Budenholzer wasted his challenge 3 minutes into the game to try and get Giannis's 1st foul overturned

Never understand why coaches use those challenges early, especially if it’s not to get a star player out of foul trouble.