2021 NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoenix Suns BUCKS WIN THE TITLE!!!!

[nate82]

In a pure basketball game sense game 7 versus the Nets was just a better game overall. That game 7 if it was played in the ECF or in the Finals would get more publicity. The game itself though is one of the top 10 games in the last 10 years in any sport.

 

Game 7 had everything you could ever want or hope for in a game. It was that special really any sports fan could watch that game and appreciate it not just Nets or Bucks fans. This is why it was just a better game than any other game.

 

I am not sure what doesn't value a championship enough has to do with which game was better overall [sarcasm]but then again if you wear a different teams hat you are not really a true fan.[/sarcasm]

[Outlander]

It's all individual preference but not ever seeing a Milwaukee Championship Game 6 had the biggest high. I have seen plenty of games where it didn't look like my team would win but they pulled it out. However never had that feeling of the team I rally care and follow win a championship and it was because our team had the superstar that took it up another notch and would not lose. I know the Packers are #1 in the state but they have always been a distant third for me and it didn't feel the same.

[rickh150]

Whoever is saying Game 7 Nets was the best game does not value a championship enough IMO

 

Lol, OK. This makes no sense considering if the Bucks lose that game there is no championship.

 

It was the only game that came down to the final possession and the only elimination game for the Bucks against what was most likely the best, and most unlikeable team they played. It was also the only game I was fully convinced they'd lose.

 

And if they didn’t win any other won game (Games 3,4, or 6) in that series, they wouldn’t have won the championship either. It was a great game to watch for everyone and obviously needed win for the Bucks, but it was still just a 2nd round win. The games get bigger as you progress in the playoffs in every sport, in case you were unaware.

[nate82]

 

And if they didn’t win any other won game (Games 3,4, or 6) in that series, they wouldn’t have won the championship either. It was a great game to watch for everyone and obviously needed win for the Bucks, but it was still just a 2nd round win. The games get bigger as you progress in the playoffs in every sport, in case you were unaware.

 

 

Just because the games get bigger doesn't mean they are better. None of the games against the Hawks were all that good or even memorable. Other than game 6 in the Finals that was the only game that was memorable. Game 7 against the Nets just was a better game and far more memorable.

[rickh150]

Literally 1" from being eliminated from the playoffs. I saw the Nets as the biggest threat to beat the Bucks, even moreso than the Hawks or Suns, and even without Kyrie or a 100% Harden. It was the biggest hurdle. Plus against the Hawks and Suns there was always a way out if we lost a game we had won, which obviously doesn't exist in a Game 7. Oh, and coming back from being down 3-2.

 

And what does "doesn't value a Championship enough" even mean? It reads like some kinda assessment of who is the bigger Bucks fan.

 

Biggest fan?

Just saying the games get bigger as you go along. If the Bucks don’t win the championship, meaning losing NBA Finals Games 6 and 7, no one is talking about Nets Game 7 being THE defining game. It would all be about the Bucks not closing out Game 6 at home (especially) or taking Game 7 in Phoenix. People would have taken losing the Finals much harder than a 2nd round game 7 to a higher seed. It’s also why for Game 6 there were 65,000 were in the streets.

[rickh150]

 

And if they didn’t win any other won game (Games 3,4, or 6) in that series, they wouldn’t have won the championship either. It was a great game to watch for everyone and obviously needed win for the Bucks, but it was still just a 2nd round win. The games get bigger as you progress in the playoffs in every sport, in case you were unaware.

 

 

Just because the games get bigger doesn't mean they are better. None of the games against the Hawks were all that good or even memorable. Other than game 6 in the Finals that was the only game that was memorable. Game 7 against the Nets just was a better game and far more memorable.

 

For a Bucks fan or follower, it was not bigger/better than Finals Game 6, and it isn’t even close. Life changer. Organization changer. City changer. Now, Game 7 was big too; it allowed them to continue the road to an NBA championship. Yet, there was nothing life altering that was won…. Just more games.

Just respectfully disagree. spongeBOBBY! spongeBOBBY! spongeBOBBY!

[rickh150]

In a pure basketball game sense game 7 versus the Nets was just a better game overall. That game 7 if it was played in the ECF or in the Finals would get more publicity. The game itself though is one of the top 10 games in the last 10 years in any sport.

 

Game 7 had everything you could ever want or hope for in a game. It was that special really any sports fan could watch that game and appreciate it not just Nets or Bucks fans. This is why it was just a better game than any other game.

 

I am not sure what doesn't value a championship enough has to do with which game was better overall [sarcasm]but then again if you wear a different teams hat you are not really a true fan.[/sarcasm]

 

If you were wearing a Suns hat at Game 6, yeah, you are not the Rickey Henderson of Bucks fans. No blue.

[rickh150]

Biggest high being the Nets series sounds about right. It was a Game 7 and came down to the last missed shot, the others developed slowly.

 

You were more pumped beating the Nets in the 2nd round than winning an NBA Championship?

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Yes, I had more of a dopamine hit Durant missed that last shot than I did when the Bucks beat the Suns because it was apparent for a good half hour or so that the Bucks were going to beat the Suns. This isn't complicated and you are making another one of your classic straw man arguments that winning the championship is the biggest game of the year. We get that, we know, "in case you were unaware."

 

It was a more exciting game and if the Bucks lost, the season was over. It was an OT in a Game 7 in the series that lots of people thought was really the Finals. They could have lost Game 6 to PHX and lived another day. I mean Game 6 wasn't even the best game of the Finals. Game 5 was, the steal and dunk finish is at least an argument over Nets Game 7. The Finals Game 6, as a standalone game, is not even close to those other two for excitement.

 

Last year's NFC Championship was a better game than the Super Bowl. I don't know why you die on these bizarre hills so consistently, Rick.

 

...and for the record, nothing "life-altering" has ever happened to me after any Bucks game.

[rickh150]

Yes, I had more of a dopamine hit Durant missed that last shot than I did when the Bucks beat the Suns because it was apparent for a good half hour or so that the Bucks were going to beat the Suns. This isn't complicated and you are making another one of your classic straw man arguments that winning the championship is the biggest game of the year. We get that, we know, "in case you were unaware."

 

It was a more exciting game and if the Bucks lost, the season was over. It was an OT in a Game 7 in the series that lots of people thought was really the Finals. They could have lost Game 6 to PHX and lived another day. I mean Game 6 wasn't even the best game of the Finals. Game 5 was, the steal and dunk finish is at least an argument over Nets Game 7. The Finals Game 6, as a standalone game, is not even close to those other two for excitement.

 

Last year's NFC Championship was a better game than the Super Bowl. I don't know why you die on these bizarre hills so consistently, Rick.

 

 

...and for the record, nothing "life-altering" has ever happened to me after any Bucks game.

 

Now I’m not sure what you think. Enough double talk and insults to confuse a guy…

 

Respectfully and again, I agree that Game 7 was more exciting, back and forth whatever for fans of basketball. But it doesn’t compare to the actual winning of something like a championship for a fan base following a team. You also make Game 6 sound boring for some inexplicable reason. Tied at the end of 3…. Giannis goes off for a legendary 50 hitting 17 of 19 fts….Big shots by Bobby and Middleton down the stretch. And as a fan of the winning team, I’d rather be winning by more than by less at the end of a game. That’s a better game to me. Isn’t beating the Cubs 15-0 better than 2-1 in extras?

 

Game 7 kept the Bucks alive. But Game 6 was for all the marbles in a small market where championships dare not be whispered too loudly. Game 6 will be talked about in Milwaukee for centuries. Not close, Old School. The biggest and best win in the history of the franchise. The biggest high with or without the dopamine hit…. 65,000 in the streets. Unheard of.

[MrTPlush]

It is almost like...a guy could have a differing opinion or a differing definition of what the biggest game is.

[CheezWizHed]

It is almost like...a guy could have a differing opinion or a differing definition of what the biggest game is.

I guess it depends on what you like.

 

Agreed...x2.

 

No way to say what is "best" as "best" is subjective. We are all happy they won.

[nodakfan17]

The first comment in the 2020-2021 season thread (now locked) is about the Bucks losing their opener due to Giannis missing free throws. How cool is it that they clinched the title with Giannis going 16 of 18 from the line?

[OldSchoolSnapper]

It is almost like...a guy could have a differing opinion or a differing definition of what the biggest game is.

 

Nobody was arguing which was the biggest game though. That was just Rick arguing with himself.

[DuWayne Steurer]

My bad y'all. I said game six of the finals trumped everything, but I literally ended my post by saying "imo".

[rickh150]

It is almost like...a guy could have a differing opinion or a differing definition of what the biggest game is.

 

Nobody was arguing which was the biggest game though. That was just Rick arguing with himself.

 

Still looking to “die on this bizarre hill,” a week later, I see. Am I allowed to respond without being attacked for not letting this die?

 

You went well out of your way to say that Game 7 was better than Finals Game 6. Go check the posts. Plain to see. When I respond with my opinion that Game 6 was better/bigger, suddenly I am building a strawman and out of line.

 

I said two or three times that I AGREE with you on Game 7 being a more exciting, close, back and forth game. We differed greatly with Game 6. We disagree on this, and that is ok. I think you are not right and obviously vice versa. How I am arguing with myself is anyone’s guess.

 

In general, I enjoy reading about everything in your posts. Glad to let this topic die, though.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Yes I said it was a better basketball game to watch. I, nor anyone else, said it was a bigger game than Game 6 of the Finals. Which is the straw man you continue to make.

[homer]

OMG you guys...please don't ruin the one championship thread we've ever had for the Bucks over something so incredibly silly.

[adambr2]

"I will turn this car around!!" LOL

 

Anyway, each component of our playoff run was pretty special. Miami because they knocked us out last year.

 

I know Atlanta isn't the Nets or Suns, but the conference finals were pretty awesome too. It's easy to overlook now, but that was our "get up off the mat" moment. Atlanta had just tied up the series. We didn't know if Giannis would even play next season let alone this one. We had to somehow finish without our leader, and we did it.

 

Beating the Nets or Suns...man, they were both awesome. Beating the Nets was more exciting and beating the Suns was more exilerating, if that makes any sense. After the Nets I was just juiced. Winning the Finals felt more emotional, a sense of celebration and completion. I may have cried just a bit, don't remember. LOL

[homer]

"I will turn this car around!!" LOL

 

 

I'll do it!

[DuWayne Steurer]

WInning game 7 of the Nets series was a super ...... exciting doesn't seem like the word, but I'll say exciting because my internal thesaurus isn't up to snuff this morning. That was the kind of basketball game that Bucks fans will remember for a generation. Durant and Giannis put on an amazing show, and it was (literally) a game of inches that couldn't be decided in 48 minutes.

 

The Hawks series was (as adam said) the Bucks getting off the mat and putting the past failures and learning process of losing in the playoffs and Bud understanding playoff rotations and subs behind us. Even after Giannis got hurt, I just didn't feel like we were gonna lose that series.

 

Beating the Suns felt like the culmination of the last handful of years of hard work, putting in the time and effort, learning the lessons in the playoffs and that game 6 the "holy crap balls.......we actually did it" I never felt like we were down and out, even at 2-0. I wasn't super jacked about the Bucks chances, but I never felt like it was "over". I guess why game 6 (for me) was so monumentally awesome was .... watching a guy (Giannis, duh) just decide not to lose, and just put such an amazing display of effort, athleticism, and almost superhuman willpower to just grasp that thing that's been narrowly out of reach... was super special. Game 7 of the Nets series was an awesome *game*, but Finals game 6 was something we might never see again, and I don't think I'm overselling it.

[adambr2]

I will say, finally seeing a championship again didn't lessen my desire to see the Brewers get it done this year too. If anything it made it more intense.

 

I am glad that no matter what happens we will always have that NBA Championship, but man, the Brewers are so overdue.

[PeaveyFury]

I will say, finally seeing a championship again didn't lessen my desire to see the Brewers get it done this year too. If anything it made it more intense.

 

I am glad that no matter what happens we will always have that NBA Championship, but man, the Brewers are so overdue.

 

Couldn't agree more. I won't be entirely happy as a sports until all of my teams, including the Brewers/Badgers have titles.

[homer]

Guys, time to move on.

[PinaMadness]

Yeah, as exciting as the Bucks winning a major championship for the city of Milwaukee is, this is still a baseball town.