@Tschmack posted:If they aren’t careful this one could get away from them quickly
Giannis coming back in completely changes the entire game. Those 2 first-quarter charges were the biggest contributor to falling behind by 11 (along with Jrue Holiday making Bledsoe look good on offense).
@Tschmack posted:For the life of me I’ll never understand how a superstar like Giannis gets so few calls. He gets hacked or shoved every time he makes it to the rack. Complete bullshit.
The lack of calls on the drives happen to a lot of dominant inside players (Shaq was probably fouled 20 times a game). It's the calls like the Griffin charge today that are infuriating.
A couple of days ago, son and I were talking about how good Giannis would be in the post and how little the Bucks play him there. That surge was caused by the disruption Giannis caused in the paint
This game might come down to whether Giannis can make it through this half without another foul.
Should have been a foul on Giannis? It's not a jump shooter.
The announcing crew asking for a Giannis foul on that. Screw that. Every Giannis drive ends with a play like that.
Jrue Holiday picks up his 3rd. Almost looked like a directive from the home office to call that off the ball.
PJ Tucker is Thanasis with a corner jumper and even better defense.
Giannis gets called for ANOTHER charge? What complete bullshit.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Giannis gets called for ANOTHER charge? What complete bullshit.
Successful challenge. Now we get to see some more FTs.
Now get Giannis out at the end of the half here.
Durant's whining pays off.
With both Harden and Irving out, the Nets have to get rough to stay in this. Blake Griffin with a little extra shot to the ribs on that Tucker screen.
Griffin is a bitch. Nice cheap shot you punkass.
Why Giannis? A 3 pointer up 8 on the break with 20 seconds left on the shot clock?
Holliday should be the only player to be allowed to bring the ball over the half court line. Too much rebound, drive the length of the court, shoot going on.
Bryant getting real minutes. A surprising development.
Giannis takes another 3. Enough. Unless it's at the end of the shot clock, there should never be another Giannis 3 this series.
That's on Giannis? How? Giannis can't get a call against Claxton? WTF?
Good to see Connaughton back.
So, the officials have now decided they will not allow Durant to be guarded by anybody. Giannis would have 20 calls a game if they called that consistently.
A really bad end of the quarter there, but Middleton bails them out with a circus 3 to get up by 12 after Durant decided to take over.
That Middleton 3 at the end of the 3rd is fucking gigantic
Down to 10.
Every Giannis FT is a clear violation. Why continue with a routine that isn't even working that will bring a violation into play every time?
Giannis FTs may be the thing that keeps the Nets in this.
Bucks getting sloppy here. Nets within 13 just when Nash was going to give up. Holiday and Middleton both with misses off of isolations.
Why???????
Middleton has been great today. Tucker as well.
Depending in health of Harden and Irving the Bucks should find themselves really wanting to get game 5.
Bucks get a win, but losing Irving AND Harden turns the Nets into a 7 or 8 seed. You should win these games. The Bucks still haven't shot well. 16 for 47 from 3 today.
Welp.....they tied it 2-2😆
Thoughts??
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Every Giannis FT is a clear violation. Why continue with a routine that isn't even working that will bring a violation into play every time?
I'd rather he just aim at the middle of the square on the backboard and "Harvey Catchings" it into the bucket
Well, getting the hone wins put the pressure on them… and the one thing that the Durant/Irving marriage that was really a concern was health.
Bucks can take these guys down, now…
We will find our what these two teams are made of the next couple of games. I liked the Bucks gameplan in the 1st half; not as much in the 2nd half where I think they got a bit lazy and shot too many 3s.
Lopez had a big impact today. Portis too. Go big and make KD and those punk asses try to play defense. As long as the refs don’t take over I like the Bucks chances now.
2 things....
Tucker had a really good game today. As good as good as Durant is he’s fucking soft as tissue paper. Get in his grill and make it a physical deal. He will fade like he did today. He will make shots but get him off balance and make it tough for him.
When it was made public that the security person was his own? Sealed fate. Karma’s a real bitch… just like Durant.
Durant's a pussy. Anyone can see that. They got 'em. Now they just gotta finish 'em
— Kenny Clark (@KCBoutThatLife) June 14, 2021
Nash complaining after the game that Tucker’s defense on Durant was “borderline non-basketball”
STFU Nash. KD gets more calls in his favor than just about anyone.
Nets will bring Jordan out of mothballs now because don’t have a small ball lineup anymore. The Bucks can then counter by mixing some small ball and Lopez pulling Jordan out to the perimeter. Jordan can’t go laterally with Giannis so that’ll be very difficult for them to counter.
Rolling my eyes at Nash and the media complaining about Tucker’s defense on Durant. Or that Giannis should get a flagrant for coming up under Irving… lots of short memories out there. Giannis gets assaulted nightly, his season ended last year on an ankle similar to Irving’s and all we heard about was how the Bucks weren’t good enough blah blah blah… short fucking memories…
I'd expect several questionable calls against the Bucks tomorrow night. I'd guess the over/under on Durant FT attempts will be about 16. Tucker will definitely have 3 fouls in the first half.
The other thing that is going to happen is at least one more 10-second violation on a Giannis FT. In this case, he'll deserve it. I timed his FT attempts yesterday and they all were more than 12 seconds (after he received the ball). At some level it matters less for Giannis than other players because he doesn't make them anyways, but you know the whining from Nash is going to go exponentially up because they are in deep trouble.
