OT: NBA Playoffs

[nelsonmuntz]

Heat vs. Celtics will be a good series.

 

[aceboon]

Playoff Eric Bledsoe is a disaster.

Paying him and letting Brogdon walk is a league altering decision

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Last two calls were kind of crazy. Reverse a foul call when Herro got a lot of arm, then call a foul on a jump ball?

 

[Rocktheworld]

Milwaukee better know how lucky they are for the Packers because otherwise that town would be in a sports black hole right now

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Paying him and letting Brogdon walk is a league altering decision

The qualifier to that is that Bledsoe is a really good defender, Brogdon is a little below average. But it is hard to argue that Bledsoe is not a massive choker offensively in playoff games.

I like Budenholzer's defense. The Heat guards have a tendency to catch the ball with their backs to the basket, and the Bucks were springing a lot of traps. The Heat had over 20 turnovers tonight, which is great work by the Bucks. The Heat were hot tonight, which happens sometimes.

Offensively, the Bucks sucked tonight. They missed some open shots, but they didn't get nearly enough. Too much of their offense was long contested jumpers, and it is hard to score in those situations. Everything doesn't need to be 5 out. Inside out offense works too, and actually improves the total spacing and passing angles. Lopez was eating up Adebayo and Olynik down low, and the Bucks should have kept feeding him. They also got to post Middletown up if the Heat were going to defend him with Herro or Robinson. Middleton has a size advantage and is a better athlete.

Finally, the Bucks should have played Ilyasova 15-20 minutes. He is past his prime and not a great fit for the modern game, but he is a crafty, physical player and would have helped the Bucks down low.

 

[auror]

We've been over it, but Heat were always a bad matchup for Bucks.

Bucks D is designed to shut off paint and as a result gives up more (contested) 3 pointers than any other team. Miami is the most accurate 3 point shooting team and barely attempts any shots at the rim outside of transition. Plus Bam is one of the best Giannis defenders and Bucks don't really have wings to take Herro/Robinson off dribble.

Bucks still could/should have won the series, but not shocking to me.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Thunder cutting Donovan loose and appear to be looking to dump salary. Sixers and Bucks may both take a run at Paul. Bledsoe for Paul would put Bucks in Luxury Tax for next two years, but would be a big upgrade at point guard. Thunder move a big contract and get a reasonably talented player back. Thunder aren't challenging for a title anytime soon but Bledsoe would keep them competitive and save them a lot of cash.

 

[aceboon]

Kemba gotta show up in the 4th

 

[Ratso]

yup , 4th quarter

what would ray do?

gotta remember he was a shoot first pg @ charlotte. his role changed

 

[aceboon]

There we go, much more active and getting in the lane forcing the defense to collapse

 

[Ratso]

van vleet star?

 

[aceboon]

Kemba got hacked like crazy on that drive

 

[superjohn]

Wow, refs blew everything there.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Does Kemba miss a layup in the last 5 seconds if he’s not getting hacked?

How did a second and a half tick off?

How did Toronto get a timeout?

 

[Ratso]

if kemba misses a step back it’s against the raptors

 

[Ratso]

OT 2

 

[superjohn]

Does anyone in the league get treated worse by the refs than Theis?

 

[superjohn]

Kemba never gets a whistle either.

 

[Horatio]

My God, Kemba doesn’t get calls and the defense knows it. SMH

 

[HooperScooper]

This game is crazy. How did Lowry hit that?

 

[UconnU]

Kemba never gets a whistle either.

Making up for the fact he always got the whistle for us?

 

[aceboon]

Blown call aside Kemba was horrible tonight, an average game from him and this series is over. Pretty big difference b/w the PGs, you could tell who has been here before and who hasn't.

 

[nomar]

Kemba got hacked with 2.2 on the clock. That was criminal. But he got completely outplayed by Lowry.

Worst play was Brown going 1-on-2, up 4.

Runner-up was Tatum passing up a wide-open 3 to drive into traffic. Although his two passes into the stands are in the conversation, too.

Smart was awesome.

 

[superjohn]

It's hard to believe this series is going 7. At times it looks like the Celtics are playing against a team of guys from the Y but they are tough as hell and never go away and sometimes everything they throw up goes in. Kemba better show up game 7, he is the vet.

 

[the Q]

Does anyone in the league get treated worse by the refs than Theis?

The man was super kicked in the face and couldn’t even get an above the neck flagrant