Down 14 at half. Giannis with 0 FGs in the half. He had 6 FT attempts, but he's getting hacked a lot without getting some calls and help defense has blocked a few of his shots cleanly.
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What the hell is going on with them?? Surely can come back......but yikes. They look pretty patethic.
OKC has a lot of athletic big guys that can pack the paint. Teams pack in it and make the other guys hit wide open 3s. Their bench guys can't make them consistently.
Giannis and Bledsoe have struggled, but the bench has just been awful tonight. DJ Wilson has been nothing short of awful. Sterling Brown as well. Ilyasova gave them nothing.
You'd think this would be a game to put Maker in, but maybe he's already on his way out and they don't want to risk getting him hurt?
BS call on Giannis for his 4th. If they called that on Giannis' drives, he'd shoot 40 FTs a night
Fight back and get a chance to get within 5, Wilson misses 2 FTs and then they give up a 3 to go back down 10. If Giannis doesn't pick up his 4th, that doesn't happen.
Bench is 4-18, Bledsoe 2-10. Many of these are wide open looks.
Giannis is 4-15 from the floor but only 2-11 from inside the 3 point line. Almost all those shots are heavily contested, but he usually makes those.
The offensive player is now allowed to throw their body into a stationary defender, knocking the wind out of them, and the defender gets the foul???
The way OKC is allowed to bang and shove has tilted this game. It’s ****ing ridiculous. OKC is playing 90s Heat/Knicks basketball in the paint. The Bucks should have 30 free throws in this game...
Music City posted:The offensive player is now allowed to throw their body into a stationary defender, knocking the wind out of them, and the defender gets the foul???
The way OKC is allowed to bang and shove has tilted this game. It’s ****ing ridiculous. OKC is playing 90s Heat/Knicks basketball in the paint. The Bucks should have 30 free throws in this game...
Giannis got blocked by Westbrook just now on a shot where Westbrook hit his entire forearm. No call
Westbrook smacks Giannis in the arm, no call, yells “Get that shit outa here!”
Its unbelievable that Giannis doesn’t have 20 FTs right now...
Music City posted:Westbrook smacks Giannis in the arm, no call, yells “Get that shit outa here!”
Its unbelievable that Giannis doesn’t have 20 FTs right now...
Westbrook and George get the superstar treatment. Giannis doesn't yet.
Paul George held them off tonight.
Bucks played poorly for most of the game, yet managed to get back within 3 with a minute left and OKC needed George to hit a contested 3 to go back up 6.
And then Bledsoe with another terrible pass to have OKC clinch it. He was not good tonight.
George and Westbrook gave them fits. OKC is a tough place to play but not sure any Bucks player had a decent game.
Bledsoe has been so good but it’s like the old version reared it’s ugly head tonight.
Yeah.....and like I said in the other thread....they can expect EVERY teams best shot from here on out - PG is a great player but he played out of his mind tonight - best of the season for him.
Brainwashed Boris posted:Yeah.....and like I said in the other thread....they can expect EVERY teams best shot from here on out - PG is a great player but he played out of his mind tonight - best of the season for him.
Yes. Bucks played relatively poorly and OKC still needed George to go 8-12 from 3 to win by 6. Giannis should have had about 4 more 2 shot FT calls - but they just let OKC hack him and shove him. Bucks bench other than Snell had an off night - especially DJ Wilson who looked like he was overmatched tonight.
Tschmack posted:George and Westbrook gave them fits. OKC is a tough place to play but not sure any Bucks player had a decent game.
Bledsoe has been so good but it’s like the old version reared it’s ugly head tonight.
Westbrook actually was pretty poor tonight. He got a lot of assists because George hit everything.
The coronation of Harden as MVP has hit ridiculous levels. The guy takes 35 shots a game.
I’m not tore up about them losing a road game at OKC. The officiating was tilted totally towards overtly physical play, and this is where Giannis’ midrange game would really be handy. But I cannot count in this game how many times Giannis got contact but no call on a play James Harden gets 10+ times a game.
I don’t get it myself
It’s not like Giannis is settling for jumpshots. He plays hard and physical.
Yet much like Shaq he is bigger and stronger than most so the refs allow defenders a lot of latitude.
It’s complete bullshit but I don’t expect it to change anytime soon.
Paul George was something else tonight. Just a wonderful basketball player
Giannis was predictable with his offensive moves and OKC was allowed to play overly physical. When a team collapses 3 defenders down, the Bucks need to make them pay...open shots were missed badly after a Giannis kick out .
Read Giannis had 7 shots blocked ? He frequently seems to be out of control with his moves to the hoop against better teams ...loosing the handle, traveling, lots of offensive charges, and going in with the ball too low and getting tied up. Bucks coaches need to develop a better strategy than having him drive into a 3 man trap.
Really like the athleticism of the OKC role players and their bench. Put Bucks bench to shame.
Packdog posted:Paul George was something else tonight. Just a wonderful basketball player
Giannis was predictable with his offensive moves and OKC was allowed to play overly physical. When a team collapses 3 defenders down, the Bucks need to make them pay...open shots were missed badly after a Giannis kick out .
Read Giannis had 7 shots blocked ? He frequently seems to be out of control with his moves to the hoop against better teams ...loosing the handle, traveling, lots of offensive charges, and going in with the ball too low and getting tied up. Bucks coaches need to develop a better strategy than having him drive into a 3 man trap.
Really like the athleticism of the OKC role players and their bench. Put Bucks bench to shame.
Agree on the need to make wide open 3s to make teams pay.
I don't think Giannis is any different against "Good" teams. I think part of it is that the "good" teams get more leeway from the refs to play physical inside. At least 2 of those "blocks" were plays in which Giannis' arm got slapped between the elbow and the wrist.