2021-2022 Bucks-Bulls Playoff Series Thread

[adambr2]

So far, Bulls look like they came to play tonight, and the Bucks look like they came to again turn the ball over and shoot poorly. 

[adambr2]

That drive by Giannis was incredible.  Like a hot knife through butter.

[adambr2]

3's starting to fall for Milwaukee. 

[adambr2]

No call for Giannis but DeRozan gets that at the other end. Okay.

[adambr2]

Still far too careless with the ball today.

[FVBrewerFan]

This is admittedly the ultimate sports cliché, but watching parts of various playoff games it just seems like other teams want it more.

Bucks energy and crispness are at pre-season levels.  We've seen this before, but one of these times they won't be able to just turn it on when necessary.

[adambr2]

10 minutes ago, FVBrewerFan said:

This is admittedly the ultimate sports cliché, but watching parts of various playoff games it just seems like other teams want it more.

Bucks energy and crispness are at pre-season levels.  We've seen this before, but one of these times they won't be able to just turn it on when necessary.

Hopefully heading back to Chicago tied 1-1 will add some energy and crispness to their game, because so far they look like they're taking the Bulls about as serious as this forum is.

[adambr2]

Well, they may have decided to turn it on. 

[RedStickBrew]

I’m starting to feel a bit better about this one. D still needs to step it up though

[wOOgiE22]

Fell asleep again to start the 4th. This may be out of reach now. 

[nate82]

How do you get a foul call when nothing but the ball was touched?

[RedStickBrew]

You don’t if you have a challenge 

[nate82]

No box out on the 2 offensive rebounds. Come on Connaughton and Lopez block out.

[wOOgiE22]

Hopefully this is a wake up call for the Bucks that the Bulls won’t roll over. Bucks in 5. 

[adambr2]

It's time to start taking the Bulls a little more seriously. 36 turnovers in 2 games is unacceptable.

[nate82]

Middleton with an MCL sprain and will have an MRI on Thursday.  I am going to assume he will be out for the next game.  
 

https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/bucks-injury-updates-khris-middleton-suffers-mcl-sprain-in-game-2-loss-bobby-portis-leaves-with-eye-abrasion/amp/

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

7 hours ago, adambr2 said:

It's time to start taking the Bulls a little more seriously. 36 turnovers in 2 games is unacceptable.

Bulls didn't beat the Bucks last night. Bucks beat the Bucks. Bucks show up, they roll. 

[adambr2]

4 hours ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

Bulls didn't beat the Bucks last night. Bucks beat the Bucks. Bucks show up, they roll. 

 But they haven't. I seriously doubt the Bulls can manage 4 wins here but at some point the Bucks need to stop trying to sleepwalk through this series. 

[Joseph Zarr]

The most telling stat I've seen for these first two games:

Jrue and Midds a combined 22 shots made and a combined 22 turnovers. If this is indeed true, ummmm, not good Bob. 

[stoutdude04]

Midds out 3-4 weeks.

[nate82]

1 hour ago, stoutdude04 said:

Midds out 3-4 weeks.

Yikes!!!

Jrue will need to step it up on offense to make up for losing Middleton.  

[adambr2]

Middleton being out probably makes the Boston series a coin flip.

[BruisedCrew]

1 hour ago, adambr2 said:

Middleton being out probably makes the Boston series a coin flip.

This sounds optimistic.

The Bulls showed in the first two games that this series was going to be much tougher than everyone expected. Without Middleton this series becomes a tossup at best for the Bucks.

Playing without Middleton against the Celtics (holding the home court advantage) I think makes the Celtics a pretty clear favorite.

We found out last year that injuries can play a critical role in the playoffs; they clearly had a role in the Bucks getting past the Nets. This year the Bucks may be on the wrong side of that coin.

Repeating as champions was always going to be a long shot, and it just got a lot tougher.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

12 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

This sounds optimistic.

The Bulls showed in the first two games that this series was going to be much tougher than everyone expected. Without Middleton this series becomes a tossup at best for the Bucks.

Playing without Middleton against the Celtics (holding the home court advantage) I think makes the Celtics a pretty clear favorite.

We found out last year that injuries can play a critical role in the playoffs; they clearly had a role in the Bucks getting past the Nets. This year the Bucks may be on the wrong side of that coin.

Repeating as champions was always going to be a long shot, and it just got a lot tougher.

And I think calling this series a "tossup at best" because they lost Middleton is overly pessimistic. The Bulls are not very good. There's a reason why they were considered the easiest matchup the Bucks could have gotten for Round 1. The Bucks have played two of their worst games of the season in this series, and it is tied at 1-1. I think that odds are still pretty good that they roll tonight, and this series is over pretty easily in 5.

[stoutdude04]

40 minutes ago, Ron Robinsons Beard said:

And I think calling this series a "tossup at best" because they lost Middleton is overly pessimistic. The Bulls are not very good. There's a reason why they were considered the easiest matchup the Bucks could have gotten for Round 1. The Bucks have played two of their worst games of the season in this series, and it is tied at 1-1. I think that odds are still pretty good that they roll tonight, and this series is over pretty easily in 5.

I 'think' he was referring to the future Bucks v Celtics series.

Apologies if I'm wrong. Little sleep!