LET’S GO, BUCKS!
Don’t EVER doubt the heart of the Greek Freak!
If Holiday is playing even decent, this isn’t close.
As bad as Holiday was tonight, Chris Paul might have been worse.
So Booker got 7 fouls and still didn’t foul out. Wow.
All tied up now!
2-2. #
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) July 15, 2021
Ugly game… ugly but a W. The huge defensive plays down the stretch and Middleton…
THE MIDDLETON GAME
For all those people who didn't think Middleton was a max player, is Middleton perhaps the worst player in NBA history to score 40 in the NBA Finals. That's a serious question. How many guys how aren't Hall of Famers have scored 40 in the Finals?
Champions win games like this. Wow.
I feel a little bad for people like Tschmack who can't enjoy wins like this because they don't have hope.
20 guys have scored 40 or more in an NBA FInals game.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/a...ints-games-in-finals
West (10 times)
LeBron (8)
Jordan (6)
Shaq (5)
Elgin Baylor (4)
Barry (3)
Giannis (2)
Kyrie (2)
D-Wade (2)
Havlicek (2)
Pettit (2)
Mikan (2)
Jimmy Butler (1)
Curry (1)
Durant (1)
Westbrook (1)
Kobe (1)
Iverson (1)
Booker (tonight)
Middleton (tonight)
Just saw the replay of Giannis’ block of that lob to Ayton…
JFC Bill Russell is smiling somewhere
@MichiganPacker2 posted:For all those people who didn't think Middleton was a max player, is Middleton perhaps the worst player in NBA history to score 40 in the NBA Finals. That's a serious question. How many guys how aren't Hall of Famers have scored 40 in the Finals?
I don’t doubt the man’s heart or talent. All he needs is a little more consistency.
Giannis and KM have 3 combined 40 point games in these first 4 games. That’s hot.
Giannis 2 dishes short of a triple double.
I can’t wait to see what Monty Williams is going to cry about in the post game presser.
This is a really unlikable team. I don’t remember a team filled with more actors and crybabies.
Booker had an inconceivable shooting performance.
And it still wasn't enough
Jerry West had 10 40 pt games in the Finals? Holy shit.
A little over a week ago, we didn’t know if Giannis was even going to play. We thought he’d suffered a serious knee injury.
What he’s doing right now is unreal.
@lambeausouth posted:This is a really unlivable team. I don’t remember a team filled with more actors and crybabies.
Any team with Lebron wins that trophy by default
@lambeausouth posted:Jerry West had 10 40 pt games in the Finals? Holy shit.
He ain’t The Logo for no reason. Only player from a finals losing team to win Finals MVP, iirc. Mr. Clutch. Criminally underrated these days.
@lambeausouth posted:I can’t wait to see what Monty Williams is going to cry about in the post game presser.
This is a really unlivable team. I don’t remember a team filled with more actors and crybabies.
I was outwardly cussing out the Suns guys via my TV towards the end of that game for being such whiny bitches. I think for the most part they’re good guys on the Suns but Chris Paul’s salty attitude sort of permeates through the other guys.
Anyways..great finish by the Bucks and Khris Middleton is the mother-effing man!!
@ilcuqui posted:Just saw the replay of Giannis’ block of that lob to Ayton…
JFC Bill Russell is smiling somewhere
I've watched the replay about 20 times and I still can't believe he both stopped Booker's penetration and could reverse direction and reach 12 feet into the air to block that.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:20 guys have scored 40 or more in an NBA FInals game.
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/a...ints-games-in-finals
West (10 times)
LeBron (8)
Jordan (6)
Shaq (5)
Elgin Baylor (4)
Barry (3)
Giannis (2)
Kyrie (2)
D-Wade (2)
Havlicek (2)
Pettit (2)
Mikan (2)
Jimmy Butler (1)
Curry (1)
Durant (1)
Westbrook (1)
Kobe (1)
Iverson (1)
Booker (tonight)
Middleton (tonight)
It's 26 guys total. I missed the following 6 at the bottom of that webpage who also scored 40 once in a Finals game. Kareem, Iverson, Magic, Isiah Thomas, Worthy, and Barkley.
@Pakrz posted:Series over. Suns in 5. Fight me @Blair Kiel!!!
Alley behind the nearest Kwik Trip at noon tomorrow.
See you there.
Bucko.
@Blair Kiel posted:Champions win games like this. Wow.
I feel a little bad for people like Tschmack who can't enjoy wins like this because they don't have hope.
I wasn’t posting on the forum during the game but had a bad feeling for about 90% of it… but that final few minutes for the Bucks was fantastic stuff and made up for any lousiness earlier in the night.
It seemed like almost every guy out there for the Bucks made some big play in the final minutes. Gutty team effort and so happy for Khris Middleton in particular, he was the main reason they won tonight to say the least.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:I've watched the replay about 20 times and I still can't believe he both stopped Booker's penetration and could reverse direction and reach 12 feet into the air to block that.
Not bad for someone who does nothing but dunk.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:I've watched the replay about 20 times and I still can't believe he both stopped Booker's penetration and could reverse direction and reach 12 feet into the air to block that.
AND he’s still recovering from an injury. He’s still not at 100%.
They he’s able to make that stop, change direction, accelerate that hard in that short a distance, and leap like Donald Driver at Alcon State—that’s why the guy won two MVPs.
The play shows as only one block in the box score. It was so much more than that. Those are the kinds of plays that simultaneously elevate your team, and utterly demoralize the opposition.