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Reply to "Bucks versus Nets - Eastern Conference Semifinals"

At the beginning of this series, I thought that the Nets were the likely NBA champs this year, but that the Bucks had a puncher's chance of upsetting them. That was based on them having 3 first-ballot HOFers on the same team. I thought the most likely outcome was that the Bucks would push them to 6 for 7 games, but the Nets offensive firepower would be too much to overcome. In that situation, you could still feel good about the Bucks' season.

But..... then Harden gets hurt 30 seconds into the series. If you'd have told me that before the series, I'd have predicted Bucks in 5 games. Instead, the Bucks looked like a team that gave up tonight. The coaching was terrible and Bud should be gone, but these guys gave up, no ifs, ands, or buts. I don't care if your coach sucks, a team with three top-50 guys in the league does not fall behind by 49 points against anybody, ever.

Kevin Durant is a top 10 player all-time and he's been outstanding (24 for 43). But they are missing Harden, and Kyrie Irving has been good, not great. He's 20 for 43 from the floor and 7 for 19 from three. He's not the one beating them. The Bucks are getting their asses handed to them because has-beens like Blake Griffin and never-wasses like Mike James are lighting them up, outworking them, and outhustling them. They've just scored 86 points against a team that doesn't have a single defensive player as good as Giannis, Holiday, or Tucker. Heck, if Middleton played for them, he'd probably guard the best opposing player.

This is just a team failing to show up. That's on the coach and the players. Bobby Portis turned into a pumpkin against a team he should score at will against. Middleton's been terrible and Giannis is a deer in the headlights in another playoff series.

If they still had Bledsoe and Harden was playing, imagine what this would look like?

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