@Sufferinginmn posted:Please fellas...I know peeps get emotional in a game, but for all things holy...stop comparing holiday to Bledsoe! 🤯
For all Bledsoe's faults on offense, he has always been an elite defender. He defended Kyrie really well in the 2019 Boston series and was exceptional guarding Harden in regular-season games against the Rockets. He can't guard bigger guys as well as Holiday can, but Bledsoe is better against the quick guards.
The third option on the Bucks has to be respectable from 3 to space the floor. Holiday is 10 for 37 from 3 in the series and 13 for 52 from 3 in the playoffs. He's been terrible from there. In the two series the Bucks got eliminated in (Miami and Toronto), Bledsoe was 8 for 43 from 3, so I guess 25% from 3 is an upgrade from Bledsoe, but it is still a very weak link.
In Game 7, the Nets are going to build the Giannis wall and do everything they can to prevent Middleton from getting open looks. For all that we (some more than others) complain about Middleton, his game last night was one of the top 5 games in Bucks playoff history. In the 3 Bucks wins, he's the main reason they won two of them. I'm sure any Nets fan watching these games is thinking that they'd rather have anyone else on the Bucks besides him taking shots in a close game.
All of this means is that something other than Giannis on drives or Middleton knocking down jumpers is going to be needed to win a Game 7. Holiday needs a signature performance. He dominated Dame Lillard in one of his playoff series with the Pelicans and scored 41 in the closeout game of that Pelicans-Blazers series. This Game 7 is exactly the reason they mortgaged their draft picks for the next half-decade to get him. He needs to step up.