Joined late, Bucks up 12-10. Giannis first free throw attempts he goes 1-2.
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Giannis now 1-4 on FT's with 2 being ridiculously short
Looking good so far, but that's because the Mavs are 1 for 5 from 3.
So, has Thanasis' game improved that much that he's one of the first guys off the bench? Or, was his PT one of the conditions for Giannis to sign the Super Max?
@MNPackman posted:So, has Thanasis' game improved that much that he's one of the first guys off the bench? Or, was his PT one of the conditions for Giannis to sign the Super Max?
He's a guy you can trust to play defense. He's not a complete stiff. Why you aren't playing Craig instead is the question. Maybe Craig gets Thanasis' minutes when he is completely heathy?
Thanasis always looks out of control on offense for the same reason he's a good defender. He only has one speed which is all out all the time. There isn't a lot of finesse there.
I love Holiday. If he played in LA or NY for the last 5 years, he'd be a perennial all-star. If he played in Detroit and got the shot numbers Jerami Grant gets, he'd be a 28 PPG guy.
Cauley-Stein is being absolutely abused by Giannis. There should be a mercy rule on that one.
Only elite defenders can really stop Giannis. Kawhi, Adebayo, and the 15 feet in front of him on the FT line
Almost as bad as Kaminski abused him in the semi finals in 2015
Lopez is such a valuable member of this team.
So Porzingis can climb over Giannis on a rebound, cause him to stumble and almost travel, and there is no foul?
@MichiganPacker2 posted:So Porzingis can climb over Giannis on a rebound, cause him to stumble and almost travel, and there is no foul?
And then get his forearm raked with no call?
@MNPackman posted:Almost as bad as Kaminski abused him in the semi finals in 2015
And as bad as Lopez is abusing him now.
Bucks have gone cold. And that was a horrible pass by Forbes.
Giannis' 3rd foul on a play where he barely grazes the guy. What a terrible call.
Sloppy play right now, Dallas within 7 and Giannis air balls a 3.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Giannis' 3rd foul on a play where he barely grazes the guy. What a terrible call.
Lead goes from double digits to 4 basically because of the officiating.
@Music City posted:Shot selection is friggin atrocious.
Giannis was getting whatever he wanted, then the foul trouble happened. If he can't penetrate because afraid of flop to pick up his 4th, the wide open shots dry up.
Holiday actually played great defense a Porzingis giving up 12 inches in the paint and then blocked a 3 pointer from his as well. That's besides hitting a 3 and assisting Middleton on a 3 in the last 45 seconds.
He's no Bledsoe.
On a side note, Karl Anthony Towns has tested positive for Covid-19. His mother died from that in 2020.
@MNPackman posted:On a side note, Karl Anthony Towns has tested positive for Covid-19. His mother died from that in 2020.
I think 5-6 additional extended family members of his died of it as well.
Yeah, I just heard that on the TV. I wasn't aware of those other ones.
My God Giannis is a horrible free throw shooter.
Giannis with just some idiotic play. Two terrible FT attempts. Jacks up a 3 early in the shot clock and then a horrible foul reaching in on Doncic. I think it all started with the FT problems. He follows those misses by trying to make up for it and overdoes it.
An 8 point lead with 2 FTs to push it to 10 becomes a 1 point game just like that and Giannis has to sit.
He has to get the FTs on track. He's approaching Chamberlain/Shaq territory at this point.
He's 22 for his last 43.
@Music City posted:Stupid offensive basketball....
They haven't shown they can guard any Buck on isos or post-ups and then they start the half with no isos or post-ups.
Now they have to play most of the third quarter without Giannis.
Get the ball to Holiday, offense gets going...
Giannis sits. They start running offensive sets and, all of a sudden, the offense looks better.