@Tschmack posted:As bad as Middleton has been, Jrue Holiday hasn’t been much better. He shot nearly 40% from 3 during the regular season, but is shooting a Bledsoe like so far in the playoffs. At least in the Miami series he was exceptional on defense and averaged almost 10 assists per game. Against the Nets? Not even 5 assists per game and honestly he’s been below average defending against Kyrie Irving.
The simple fact is the Bucks Big 3 is getting outplayed but the Bucks Big 2 + Joe Harris and Blake Griffin.
Yes, KD is arguably the best pure scorer in the world and Irving might be one of the toughest guys in the league to defend off the dribble, but Milwaukee has guys that should at least be able to make them work.
You expect the Nets to score, but they will never be considered a defensive juggernaut. After the first half of Game 1, the score was 63-61. In the 6 quarters since then, the Bucks have 23, 23, 19, 22, 24, and 21 points. Their offensive ineptitude against a relatively poor defensive team is a shock. I expected the Bucks to lose some games in this series where the Nets would put up 125 points like last night. I just expected those losses to be something like 125-120, not 125-86.