@Sufferinginmn posted:Please fellas...I know peeps get emotional in a game, but for all things holy...stop comparing holiday to Bledsoe! 🤯
With all due respect, he has been as bad as playoff Bledsoe in this series.
Holiday needs to step up in this game. Much like Giannis, I don’t want to see him jacking up a bunch of 3s
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Usually, the team that wins Game 7 of a relatively evenly matched series is the team with the best player. That's Durant. Especially at home.
This is where conceding some of those regular-season games by sitting all the starters may come back to haunt them. It was a balance between staying healthy and winning regular-season games, but a home Game 7 or being able to play the Hawks right now would have been nice.
I agree, so let's keep Lopez away and keep Giannis on him.
Until Thursday, Budenholzer had never won an elimination game as head coach.
Durant fumbled that away
Refs pulling their bullshit already
Free throws keeping Brooklyn in it. 2 minutes left in the first,
FT attempts:
Brooklyn 8/9
Milwaukee 2/3
Harden 7/7 from the line. LOL please.
Oh hey, Holiday with another 25 foot missed 3 pointer. 0 for 3 from downtown.
It’s as if they just can’t learn from their mistakes.
Come on guys. Play your game. Stick to what got you here.
Middleton and Holiday a combined 4 for 16 from the floor to start.
Holiday is finally benched.
What's the better name? Jrue Bledsoe or Max Bledsoe? Since we are paying him a max contract to do the same thing as Bledsoe did for half the money, I think that makes sense.
2 of our big 3 are now 4 for 18 from the floor (22.2%), and yet we’re only down 3.
We can do this. Sitting Max Headcase is a start.
Kinda getting back to the bullshit no-pass possessions…
Giannis air balls the FT
Middleton and Holiday have been awful
Danger time. When Giannis missed 2 FTs, it almost always seems to be a big run on the other end.
So, are we going to let Durant shoot uncontested shots all night?
How many FTs is Giannis going to miss tonight? He's mentally cooked at this point at the line. His misses have now almost singlehandedly allowed the Nets to start to pull away.
Holiday hasn't even hit the rim on most of his 3 point shots and he's getting cooked on defense.
This has the potential to get ugly the last 2 minutes of the half.
Giving Holiday a 3 point shot should be considered a turnover
Middleton and Holiday are 4-22 and Bucks down 6 at half. It feels like they are down 20
Don’t play Teague or Portis or Forbes though thanks Bud
Durant gets another call. Harden and Durant get those every time.
This all feels like deja vu from 40 years ago. Those early 80s to mid-80s Bucks teams had great players that could just never get over the hump. In the end, the Bucks will probably be in a two or three-possession game toward the end of the game and lose by 5-9 points.
Giannis is a 7 foot Sidney Moncrief, a superstar HOFer who was somewhat limited by a lack of an outside shot. Middleton is Brian Winters or Ricky Pierce - borderline all-stars who were decent shooters. Maybe Middleton is a little Marques Johnson as well.
I'm not sure Holiday can play worse on offense. At least Middleton is contributing with rebounding.
Harden gets another call? Even Grant Hill thinks it's ridiculous.
Holiday is 10 for 41 from 3 in the series and 1 for his last 14 from there.
Middleton has obviously struggled tonight, but he's the main reason they've made it to Game 7.
Lopez has shown up, as has Tucker.
Holiday misses ANOTHER 3 footer? Bucks about to go down 5 with Giannis and Tucker sitting. This is now a 5 point game and approaching losing contact.
The Bucks almost lost this game over the last 4 minutes of the 3rd. That Connaughton shot was huge.
2 for 16? 2 for 16?
0 for 5 from 3 and 1 for his last 15 from 3 over two gams.
We are in John Starks 1994 Game 7 (2 for 18) territory for Holiday.
Holiday again misses a bunny. 2 for 17.
Middleton has come back and is now semi-respectable at 7 for 21.
Giannis with another airball from the line, but he hits the second one.
That sequence was just a killer. Bucks with numbers to tie. They have kind of a freak turnover and the Nets get an and one to go up 5.
@Goalline posted:Giannis with an airball free throw. The choke is in
I think he's actually gassed more than choking on that one. He hit the second.