Drew Bledsoe getting his revenge.
Giannis ices it.
This was my favorite Bucks game in decades. Overcame all the calls, the road venue, and stomped on them.
Coming out games for Giannis in Boston. Ain't no secret now.
Morris is a punk bitch...
GIANNIS IS THE MVP
So.....Marcus Smart....
Savior? What happened to him tonight?
This team has a lot of heart
Boston? Not so much
Kyrie Irving is 19 for 62 from the floor and 4 for 20 from 3 in the last three games.
He looks checked out. Let's keep him that way in Game 5. End this and get some rest for the Raptors or Sixers.
The Bucks just won a game while in massive foul trouble and shooting 8-37 from 3 and 17-25 from the line.
Charles Barkley: The Milwaukee Bucks are going to win the World Championship.
Boris posted:So.....Marcus Smart....
Savior? What happened to him tonight?
He was probably Milwaukee's third most valuable player. 1-7 from 3 and -15 in 17 minutes.
Boris posted:Charles Barkley: The Milwaukee Bucks are going to win the World Championship.
He didn't say this year so I guess he can fall back on that if needed.
Giannis' 4th quarter.
17 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block.
6-8 from the floor, 5-7 from the line.
Tschmack posted:This team has a lot of heart
Boston? Not so much
It’s all about chemistry, and the Bucks have got it this year. JMHO. 
Chuck said Milwaukee will win the championship. Uh oh
The image of Kyrie practically running off the court after the loss and the rest of the Cs sulking was classic. I hope the Bucks beat them by 40 on Wednesday. They should have beaten them last year in round one.
Yes I hate the Celtics. Not as much as the Lakers but damn close.
What stood out to me yet again was their defensive pressure and intensity in the 2nd half. Boston did not have a lot of clean looks and they looked worn out.
MichiganPacker2 posted:Kyrie Irving is 19 for 62 from the floor and 4 for 20 from 3 in the last three games.
He looks checked out. Let's keep him that way in Game 5. End this and get some rest for the Raptors or Sixers.
The Bucks just won a game while in massive foul trouble and shooting 8-37 from 3 and 17-25 from the line.
Also, in the last 3 games Terry Rozier is 3-18 and 0-9 from 3.
Gordon Hayward is 4-18.
Even though Bledsoe's outside shot is a mess, he played a very good floor game today. I am really happy for that guy as you can tell he badly wants to make everyone forget about last year's series. He had a couple of rough games, but tonite he was a really good complement to Giannis.
Music City posted:If the Bucks make them pay for crowding the lane, the series is over. Planet Pat has been nails on both ends. Hill has taken it to the Boston PGs all series.
But I have no doubt that the x-factor is Giannis for this game. In some ways the coronation could be tonight- this is the game where the star steps up and crushes the opponent, all their hopes, whatever they thought they were, and extinguishes them. Snuffs then out.
Giannis is that kind of killer. It’s 3-1 after tonight...
And that it was...
For all the kudos that Danny Ainge has gotten you have to wonder if him hoarding superstars on one roster was a failure?
I mean, what has Gordon Hayward done for Boston? Not much. I realize he got hurt last year but he looks slow and uninspired. As for Kyrie, this is what you get with him. When times are good he’s flying high, but when times are bad he’s sulking and making bad plays and taking bad shots. Honestly, they might be better off letting him walk and starting Terry Rozier instead. At least Rozier plays with an edge and isn’t a locker room cancer.
The Bucks just need to finish them off in game 5 and start to get ready for the next round. Boston is still good enough on paper to beat them, but if Milwaukee comes out early and makes a statement I think the Cs will fold.
We heard it all leading up to the series... Bucks depth won’t matter in the playoffs because rotations get shortened.
Well... the Bucks bench has outscored the Celtics 140-97 and been the key component in every third q run that the Bucks used to seize control of games 2-3-4. So much for shortened benches, huh? Meanwhile other teams are burning their starters for 40, even 60+ minutes to get through the playoffs. The Bucks starters are right around their season averages, and some are a little below. The only guy averaging more minutes than the season is Pat freakin Connaughton.
These pundits don’t know shit...
What Music City said. Also what Boris said earlier, Celts are teaching the Bucks what NBA playoff basketball is all about and the bench has been saving us, and WILL help us going forward as MusicCity outlined. Hope the crowd is stoked beyond belief Wednesday night.
So, Wayne Larrivee called the dagger on Twitter last night during the Bucks game, and some idiot viking fan tried to troll him:
Wayne Larrivee Retweeted Paul Braam
Poor call on Clay Matthews nullified an Int that would have sealed that win for the Packers. Can’t account for terrible officiating! Sorry Paul but your “wise crack” remark has no validity. You must be a disgruntled Vikings fan.
Wayne Larrivee added,
Credos to Larrivee
Music City posted:We heard it all leading up to the series... Bucks depth won’t matter in the playoffs because rotations get shortened.
Well... the Bucks bench has outscored the Celtics 140-97 and been the key component in every third q run that the Bucks used to seize control of games 2-3-4. So much for shortened benches, huh? Meanwhile other teams are burning their starters for 40, even 60+ minutes to get through the playoffs. The Bucks starters are right around their season averages, and some are a little below. The only guy averaging more minutes than the season is Pat freakin Connaughton.
These pundits don’t know shit...
George Hill and Pat Connaughton have been the X-factors in this series that Boston (and just about everyone else) didn't account for. Hill has been so impressive, they barely have missed Brogdon. Connaughton had his moments in the regular season, but he's stepped up his game in this series. Hill honestly looked pretty mediocre for most of the regular season but he looks like a different guy in the post-season.
It's night and day between the 2018 series and 2019 series. There was no Lopez, Mirotic, Hill, Connaughton, Ilyasova, or Coach Budenholzer last year. All of those guys have made a difference. Lopez and Ilyasova have not shot it well, but they give a toughness defensively that the Bucks were lacking at times last year.
Just 1 more win to get past a significant hurdle in the Celtics. Let's just hope they bring something close to their A game and finish them off quickly.
Jalen Rose on Kyrie Irving last night.
"He's done in Boston ... [his] teammates will help him pack."
The Bucks need to come out at the beginning of Game 5 and just bury the Celtics in the first quarter. They are ready to quit and the Celtics body language in Game 4 at the end was very obvious - they had no idea what to do to contain Giannis at the end.
If the Celtics get down by double digits early, they will pack it in quickly. They are about one 5 minute run by the Bucks from completely giving up.
A video of defensive highlights observed the same thing - Celtics hanging their heads. This instance due to the Buck's tenacious defense.
Kyrie's response to last night's game was interesting. Here's an actual quote.
"I’m trying to do it all. For me, the 22 shots, I should have shot 30. I’m that great of a shooter.”
If I'm his teammates and I see a quote like that - I'd be ready to fight at the next practice. What a jerk.
This guy's twitter feed shows how many idiotic decisions Kyrie made on defense. There were at least 2 times in the fourth quarter last night where Kyrie waved off Horford or Morris so that he could take Giannis one on one. This lead to the Bucks getting Giannis the ball and Giannis just making Kyrie look like a middle schooler trying to guard him.
https://twitter.com/BrianTRobb
I think Giannis' domination has gotten to Kyrie. He's the antithesis of Giannis (just like Jabari Parker). Kyrie and Parker were AAU superstars in their mid-teens and were told they were future NBA Hall of Famers. They both went to Duke and went through the motions for a year, but they were so talented they got away with it. When they got to the NBA, they don't put in the effort to be really great. Kyrie will make the HOF because he got to play with LeBron and came up huge in the Finals, but what all these AAU guys really want is to be James Harden. That is, they want to be the guy that gets to take 25 shots a game from anywhere they want and let your teammates cover for you on defense.
Giannis is so far from a coddled AAU guy it's laughable. He had to work his ass off just to be able to eat.
It’s got to be frustrating for guys like Horford and Marcus Smart - high effort guys that bust their ass- to watch rental Kyrie play like that. Heck, if I’m Terry Rozier I’m pissed because while he’s nowhere near as talented as Kyrie he competes like a mofo and he’s sitting on the bench.
Jaylen Brown and Jason Tatum are probably like WTF is up with this. If I’m them I’d gladly welcome a trade to New Orleans to start fresh as this Celtics team is an absolute mess.
Then there’s the golden child Gordon Hayward. I mean, how good is that signing looking right now?
Boston was supposed to be the super team in the East but you can’t put a price on chemistry. Thank God for the Bucks as they can exorcise demons and put them out of their misery.