Should be a good game.
The only thing I'll guarantee is that many people, including me, will over-intrepret the result no matter what happens. Only 5 more months until the playoffs.
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Celtics off to a 7-0 start.
10-0. Season over.
A female announcer??? Really?? Ugh, and right iâm sexist.....donât care for her.
Dame has been horrible. 0 for 6 from the floor.
@MichiganPacker posted:Dame has been horrible. 0 for 6 from the floor.
And with two unforced turnovers on bad passes out of bounds.
Shooting 21% JFC
Bucks are 4 for 19 from the floor.
Giannis and Dame a combined 1 for 10.
Great. Way to show up, guys.
Most of the Bucks have been horrible shooting the ball.
Bucks down 29-17 after one. Defense was very good after the first 3 minutes but Giannis is 2 for 9 and Dame is 1 for 7. Dame missed some open shots. Giannis probably was fouled several additional times on drives with no calls. Mark Davis is officiating the game tonight. Giannis never gets a break with him.
Lucky to be only down 12 after one with Giannis, Khris, and Dame go 3 for 19 from the floor
Set up the loss. Sid Hartman rule
Al Horford is dominating Giannis right now. I don't think he can do it over a 7 game series, but he can if he's been rested for a few days (he sat out two days ago).
Bucks down 13 again. Celtics are 8 for 14 from three.
@Pikes Peak posted:Set up the loss. Sid Hartman rule
They've definitely done that. Not because of defense, mainly because their shooting has been terrible. Giannis is 3 for 11 and he looks great compared to Khris and Dame (1 for 11).
Middleton, Giannis, and Lillard are 4-22. I mean, WTF. And of course Boston is shooting well from 3.
The fact that the Bucks are only down 13 is a small miracle.
Losing Holiday is very tough but I'm hopeful that the loss of both Williams and Smart will make life much easier for Giannis. He's getting to the rim tonight, just not finishing.
Beauchamp for 3!
Now down 17. Celtics are 10 for 16 from three.
Down 20. Celtics 11 for 18 from three.
Middleton is 0 for 6 and has been cooked by multiple Celtics on isolation blow byes.
Dame, Khris, and Giannis are 6 for 27 from the floor.
The rest of the team is 12 for 18 from the floor.
Jrue must think he's still playing for Bucks. He's scoreless and 0 for 3 from the floor.
Down 14 at the half. The Bucks have played them fairly even after the terrible start. Despite being down 14, there are a lot of positives long-term for the Bucks.
Positives:
1. Beauchamp and Jackson have played Tatum very well. They are definitely playable against him in crunch time
2. Dame isn't going to shot 3 for 11 and Giannis 4 for 13 very often.
3. The Celtics are not going to shoot 12 for 23 from three in most halves. Horford, Pritchard, and Hauser are not going to shoot 6 for 8 from three very often.
4. Lopez has kept it from being completely embarrassing
Negatives (besides the score which is mostly because the Bucks didn't score in the first 3 minutes of the game)
1. Middleton is a complete liability on defense in isolation right now and he's 0 for 6 from the floor. He is not ready for this yet.
Austin Jackson is playing. (YAYYY!! ðĨģ) Bucks cut it to down by 14 at half but per usual they suck in Boston.
Making it close at end would be nice to see. Every time the Bucks play these guys they play like shit.
@Boris posted:Austin Jackson is playing. (YAYYY!! ðĨģ) Bucks cut it to down by 14 at half but per usual they suck in Boston.
Making it close at end would be nice to see. Every time the Bucks play these guys they play like shit.
The scheduling doesn't help the Bucks. It's the night before Thanksgiving and the Bucks have to play a road game in Boston.
For Christmas this year, they end up in New York to play the Knicks (23rd), Knicks (25th), and Nets (27th) and then head to Cleveland for a game on the 29th. 8 days away from home during the week of Christmas after playing on the road right before Thanksgiving.
Got it down to 8, but back to 13 as Giannis continues missing FTs.
Stick a fork in Giannis tonight. He's done. The Celtics are in his head. Air ball 3. Travel on consecutive possessions.
The Bucks are challenging a Pat Connaughton foul in the 3rd quarter? WTF?
@MichiganPacker posted:The Bucks are challenging a Pat Connaughton foul in the 3rd quarter? WTF?
I guess the challenge worked and they get a possession, but Connaughton?
The good news is itâs hard to imagine Milwaukee playing much worse offensively.
Holiday 0-5 and 0 points.
Idiotic basketball by Giannis diving at a ball he had no chance for and puts Brown on the line. Giannis has been really, really, really bad tonight.
Bucks 41% from the floor. That has to be a season low. Itâs not like Boston is playing outstanding defense. Bucks just awful offensively.
Down 15 going to the 4th. Bucks have played them fairly even after the first quarter. Giannis has missed 3 threes, is 6 for 18 from the floor, thrown up two air balls on shots from distance, and clearly has lost his composure a couple of times tonight. I think he's just juiced up to face Holiday, but just a bad performance tonight. It's one game. It happens. Better to get it out of the way now, hopefully.
Down 20 in the 4th. Time to save some guys for the game on Friday and wave the white flag.
Middleton doing his best Eric Bledsoe shooting performance
Down 17 with 5 minutes left. Get guys out. I don't understand keeping them in at this point. It's not the 7th game of a playoff series.
Got it down 10 with over 3 left, so I guess Griffin was right to keep them in, but still a very long shot of a comeback. Middleton is at 25 minutes right now. Giannis and Dame at 34 minutes.
Down to 10 now. Might be too little too late but the Bucks size is giving Boston a lot of problems.
If Milwaukee has an average shooting night they likely have the lead.
