Bucks vs. Heat - Game 5 (Giannis out)

Key player tonight... DJW. 😜

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

Giannis officially out for Game 5. Not surprising, given that he couldn't push off the ankle two days ago. 

I think Miami ends this tonight (with one possible caveat). Spoelstra is a great coach and he will not let Middleton beat them again. He'll probably draw Adebayo who will clamp down on him. Bledsoe is unlikely to get big points as they'll just sag off of him. 

The one way the Bucks could extend this is to get the Villanova title game version of DDV.  He's the one guy they have with some room to take off. I don't think it's likely, though.

Throw in Rollie and Pinkneys almost perfect game and I'm in.

Defensive energy... that determines the game... 

Boy... has Giannis’ injury unlocked Bledsoe... he’s pushing, getting deep in the paint, forcing the Heat to adjust. 

DDivo playing like he’s also been unlocked. Great start. Now comes the chess match. How do they adjust? 

This is the kind of movement and action we have been waiting for... they just committed to it. They could do this with Giannis, too. 

They could.

Korver... 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Bye bye Golden Domer

Connaughton... 🤬🤬🤬🤬

Need to get Lopez back out there... 

Couple missed opportunities at the end of the Q... 👎

Korver gives and takes away.

Need to settle down. Miami amping up the ball pressure, gotta move and get them running around again to defend. 

I’m not sure what Connaughton gives you that Sterling Brown wouldn’t. 

@MichiganPacker2 posted:

I’m not sure what Connaughton gives you that Sterling Brown wouldn’t. 

Um....nothing

@Pikes Peak posted:

Um....nothing

Nun abuses Connnaughton for a layup. 

Don’t get that... Dragic clearly grabbed Bledsoe... 

Let’s see if they stay in this. 

Miami hasn’t missed a 3 this quarter. 

Lopez missed 2 wide open looks. Bucks look tired... 

Danger time here. No offense this quarter other than Middleton. 

27-9 second quarter... 

Bledsoe’s ft problems resurface 

Eric Bledsoe WTF 

Bucks may have blown their load in the first. 

Connaughton and Bledsoe have been awful. 

30-14 second Q. Miami has really amped up the ball pressure and the Bucks have 7 turnovers... 

Bledsoe was Jekyll first q, Hyde second Q. 

@Music City posted:

Bledsoe was Jekyll first q, Hyde second Q. 

More like Jekyll on defense and Hyde on offense. 

but Connaughton and Korver are unplayable. 
 
Did Sterling Brown piss in Buds cornflakes?

Bledsoe playing decent, but when you’re 0-5 and 4-6 from the line you’re not doing enough. Middleton with 3 turnovers. 

Miami just goading the Bucks Gs into turnovers. They need to put Connaughton on the bench and leave him there, leave Korver on the Bench, and do something about the ball defense. Or the season is over... 

Bledsoe with good D but he hasn't hit any shots.  With no room for error he's on his way to an 8 point game.  He just underperforms in the playoffs year in and year out.  If he's our starting PG, I don't think we'll ever win a ring. 

After Korver’s lone 3 put them up 13 (28-15), it’s been 37-18 since. 

@The Crusher posted:

Bledsoe with good D but he hasn't hit any shots.  With no room for error he's on his way to an 8 point game.  He just underperforms in the playoffs year in and year out.  If he's our starting PG, I don't think we'll ever win a ring. 

Bledsoe has a lot more value in the Western conference in playoff games. He's a great guy for the Lakers, Jazz, Mavs, Nuggets etc. to have because he's as good as anyone in the league playing on-ball defense against guys like Harden, Lillard, Westbrook, Curry. In the East, you have Kemba Walker as that type of player. 

Bench score 22-6 for the Heat, 8 FGs. 

DDV has a lot of trouble finishing at the rim. He's just not big enough to do it. 

@The Crusher posted:

Bledsoe with good D but he hasn't hit any shots.  With no room for error he's on his way to an 8 point game.  He just underperforms in the playoffs year in and year out.  If he's our starting PG, I don't think we'll ever win a ring. 

I like Bledsoe, but I agree with you.  Once he hits a shooting slump, it's a slump of massive proportions.  He's played hard tonight, but his shooting right now is so poor that it makes him a liability.

Hopefully he comes out of it, but it's doubtful. 

This game again shows Bud not playing Matthews against Butler at the end of Games 1 and 3 was a borderline criminal offense. 

Why does he shot that?

Why the hell does Bledsoe take a pull up 15 footer followed by a 3 pointer both early in the shot clock. Right after he drove and scored. WTF?