Eastern Conference Finals: Milwaukee Bucks vs Toronto Raptors

[FVBrewerFan]

Great game by Lopez

[PinaMadness]

Huge 4th quarter so far. It seems like a miracle we're up by five at this point.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Great game by Lopez

 

I was told this is why they shoot through cold snaps.

[PinaMadness]

Great game by Lopez

Great game as far as cleaning up on on the boards and finishing. His 3 point shooting has been horrific all postseason.

[PinaMadness]

My hate for Lowry is approaching Vesuvius levels.

[adambr2]

Middleton almost single handedly keeping the Raps in it.

[brooks_quichenick]

Middleton has been sloppy with the ball

[PinaMadness]

My hate for Lowry is approaching Vesuvius levels.

It's now past that and has reached Cubs fans level.

[adambr2]

I want to violate board rules with words about Lowry.

[FVBrewerFan]

I want to violate board rules with words about Lowry.

 

Or Middleton.

[PinaMadness]

Lopez finally finding his stroke, and just in time.

[lcbj68c]

:Waiting patiently for BucksFan to come tell me Lopez +/- on the floor tonight:

[DuWayne Steurer]

Lopez has had a great game. He's played fantastic interior defense, played really good offense down low, actually grabbed some boards, and hit some big threes late.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Good job bled. Ate up clock and go to the line.

[adambr2]

Yes!

[PinaMadness]

Lopez has had a great game. He's played fantastic interior defense, played really good offense down low, actually grabbed some boards, and hit some big threes late.

Gotta hand it to him. His outside shot was brutal but he has done everything else very well.

[DuWayne Steurer]

8 blocks. Block party.

[PinaMadness]

How are we going to win this game?

[PinaMadness]

On a side note, I love Reggie Miller as an analyst. I hope we have him all series long.

[PinaMadness]

Talk about stealing one. Bucks were thoroughly outplayed tonight and still won. Just wait until they bring their A game.

[adambr2]

It cannot inspire confidence for the Raps to throw everything they have at us, have Lowry go berserk, have us make 25% of our 3s, and still lose by 8.

[DuWayne Steurer]

Raps playing their starters 40+. Not sure how much that potential fatigue will matter in the greater scheme of things, but the Bucks lean on the bench a lot more.

[DuWayne Steurer]

It cannot inspire confidence for the Raps to throw everything they have at us, have Lowry go berserk, have us make 25% of our 3s, and still lose by 8.

 

 

Lowry definitely won't go 7/8 from three again, but I think Lopez won't go off for 29/11 again either.

 

The Bucks shot really bad from three, but they can get to the line and score points inside when they have to, and prevent other teams from doing the same. Raps went cold from three in the 2nd half (except Lowry)

 

Gonna be a good, tough series still, I think.

[homer]

Bucks simply wore them out. Toronto has no bench. Bucks dominated every 4th quarter stat.

[nate82]

The Bucks also missed a ton of open 3's I don't believe they will miss that many again.

 

Three takeaways:

 

1. Bledsoe needs to stop shooting 3's

2. The Raptors look like the Bucks last year where they didn't have enough depth and their star players were playing too much. Kawhi looked dead at the end of the 3rd and part way through the 4th. If the Raptors keep on playing their core for 36+ minutes a game I think the Bucks can win this.

3. The Bucks need to switch it up with Giannis and have him start in the paint on some possessions.