2021 ECF. Bucks vs Hawks: UPDATE - - - BUCKS IN SIX

[DuWayne Steurer]

This is exactly what we had to do. But reminder that Philly was destroying them in Game 5, by about 25, and lost.

 

Philly is soft babies.

[sveumrules]

This is exactly what we had to do. But reminder that Philly was destroying them in Game 5, by about 25, and lost.

 

Philly is soft babies.

 

Yup. Philly's D can't hang with ours.

[PinaMadness]

Atlanta is getting steamrolled inside the paint

And they should continue to do so. No need to shoot threes and risk going into a slump and give the Hawks a chance to come back.

[SeaBass]

Can't get lazy and just jack up threes every possession. Gotta keep putting pressure on their interior defense and make ATL really work if they want to try to stay in this game.

[nate82]

Nice to see Giannis and Lopez playing up more when help is needed on Young. Game 1 they were playing way to far away and just allowing Young to get whatever he wanted.

 

Some good defensive plays by Middleton and Jrue.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The Bucks are just better. Not 40 points better but better, and if they lose to this team they blew it.

[GAME05]

Why is Forbes shooting so soon on the clock? Slow down!

[PinaMadness]

So what's the record for biggest fourth quarter lead blown in NBA playoff history?

[GAME05]

Challenge that? Nah, that was definitely an illegal pick.

[adambr2]

I'm hoping we get 2019 Celtics series out of this.

 

I was worried coming into tonight not because I thought they would lose, but because it's one game from 2-0 and anything can happen in one game, and if they DID lose it would be pretty devastating. Still a little irritating because they should probably be up 2-0, but they should be fine now. Go into Atlanta, get a split, come back home, take care of business at home and go finish it out in 6.

[GAME05]

So I guess now we'll see all the scrubs get time and just immediately jack up 3s to try and make the box score.

[adambr2]

So what's the record for biggest fourth quarter lead blown in NBA playoff history?

 

I don't know what the biggest in the 4th is, but the biggest blown lead in NBA history is 36, and biggest in the playoffs is 31.

[GAME05]

Yeah, Young has another couple of 45+ games in him this series.

[adambr2]

Imagine being a D league guy getting to play in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, and you biff a dunk.

[DuWayne Steurer]

So what's the record for biggest fourth quarter lead blown in NBA playoff history?

 

I don't know. But it won't be tonight

[sveumrules]

48 points from Trae tonight. I thought Jrue was this supreme defensive player.

 

6/16 with 9 turnovers for Trae tonight.

 

In the lone regular season game against Jrue this year he went 3/17 with 6 turnovers.

 

We'll see how the rest of the series plays out but I think by the time it's over that 48 point game will be the outlier.

[adambr2]

48 points from Trae tonight. I thought Jrue was this supreme defensive player.

 

6/16 with 9 turnovers for Trae tonight.

 

In the lone regular season game against Jrue this year he went 3/17 with 6 turnovers.

 

We'll see how the rest of the series plays out but I think by the time it's over that 48 point game will be the outlier.

 

Hey I hope so. He certainly held Trae in check tonight.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Even series and nobody played much more than 30 minutes. I'll take it.

[homer]

Hawks game one from three - 25%

Hawks game two from three - 25%

[homer]

So what's the record for biggest fourth quarter lead blown in NBA playoff history?

 

Dunno but Sixers were up 14 with 6:25 left in the game and lost to this Hawks team.

[adamb100]

That was a fun game. It’s nice to have a stress free game for once.

[adambr2]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/refs-facing-pressure-keep-count-212552631.html

 

The attention given to enforcing 10 second rules on Giannis is a bit ridiculous. Ok, he went 10.5 and they should blow the whistle? How about calling the lane violations that occur on every single free throw that can be rebounded, then?

[jjfanec]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/refs-facing-pressure-keep-count-212552631.html

 

The attention given to enforcing 10 second rules on Giannis is a bit ridiculous. Ok, he went 10.5 and they should blow the whistle? How about calling the lane violations that occur on every single free throw that can be rebounded, then?

 

Exactly. Not to mention as Hollinger has pointed out - this isn't something refs called all year so why are they making an issue with it now? This and the constant discussion of Giannis shooting 3s - we get it they aren't his best shot - has made Reggie Miller almost unlistenable. Trae young turns it over 9 tea and misses a ton of bad 3s and Reggie says almost nothing. Giannis takes 2 3s when we are up 30 and he talks about it for 5 minutes.

[PinaMadness]

Giannis, Bucks & Milwaukee deserve so much better from national media, especially from Sam Amick from the Athletic who seems to have made it his life mission to destroy them. If they’re not trying to pry an MVP out of our town, they’re tearing him and the city down. A fan base & city have been waiting decades for these moments. Show some damn respect & let us have them.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/refs-facing-pressure-keep-count-212552631.html

 

The attention given to enforcing 10 second rules on Giannis is a bit ridiculous. Ok, he went 10.5 and they should blow the whistle? How about calling the lane violations that occur on every single free throw that can be rebounded, then?

 

Exactly. Not to mention as Hollinger has pointed out - this isn't something refs called all year so why are they making an issue with it now? This and the constant discussion of Giannis shooting 3s - we get it they aren't his best shot - has made Reggie Miller almost unlistenable. Trae young turns it over 9 tea and misses a ton of bad 3s and Reggie says almost nothing. Giannis takes 2 3s when we are up 30 and he talks about it for 5 minutes.

 

 

This is the thing I don't really understand. Giannis isn't a bad 3P shooter. He's OK. There's definitely a time he should knock it off, but him taking the occasional 3 is fine. There are lots of players better at driving to the hoop that take random 3s.

 

I think when it looks bad is when they give him 10 feet of space - he should use that space to drive.