Let’s not lose track of how well Khris Middleton played tonight. Made contested shot after contested shot.
@Blair Kiel posted:It’s fucking shit like this that makes me wish I could reach out and smack you in the face when you post that . You do the same fucking shit in Packer game threads. What-the fuck you fucking Eeyores?
HAHA yes that was in the FIRST QUARTER you dipshit.
yeah disregard the comments the rest of the game. go enjoy the victory and stop looking for ways to be offended
Why watch?
@mrtundra posted:Hoping to see all kinds of Bucks' royalty in the stands for game six! Let those ABC/NBA announcers chew on that.
We need Kareem and Oscar again. Marques, Moncrief, Lanier, Johnny Mac.
Jim Paschke needs to be there too.
Who are the other Milwaukee royalty that need to be there? Bob Uecker.
Thanks Blair
You can go pleasure one of the KKKs or Booker. Or just play more golf and drink box wine (always underrated)
What the what?
I’m just glad Giannis didn’t end up the goat with the missed FTs.
Holiday might be MVP of this series. His defense flipped the deficit from 0-2 to 3-2. And yes I love seeing Chris Paul shit himself once again and Booker tripping over himself in the biggest moment of the game.
Booker is 34 for 61 over the last two games. He scored 82 points in those two games. He can't play any better and they lost both games.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:We need Kareem and Oscar again. Marques, Moncrief, Lanier, Johnny Mac.
Jim Paschke needs to be there too.
Who are the other Milwaukee royalty that need to be there? Bob Uecker.
Bob Reitman?
@Blair Kiel posted:Bob Reitman?
“Ya ya, Milwaukee.” Reitman and Mueller.
Holy shit. That’s a sound byte from the past. WKTI, wasn’t it? Amazing the things that stick in your head all those years later.
@H5 posted:We're going on a trip around the world, don't forget your Sun Block.™️ 😏 pic.twitter.com/x3N1Pk0bxn
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) July 16, 2021
First, there was the block...
...and now we have the dunk.
THE VALLEY OOP. pic.twitter.com/0aOpSSmcLa
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) July 18, 2021
Suns won’t lay down for game 6.
bury them early.
demoralize them.
kill shot.
What a win!! Almost got away from them, but it didn’t. The big 3, played like The BIG THREE. Finish business in Milwaukee. BUCKS IN 6 (yes, I originally predicted Bucks in 7, close enough).
@Boris posted:I think Music City is getting a defibrillator right now.
CLEAR!!!
We had about 12 people sitting around a iPhone at a wedding reception… when Holiday stole that ball from Booker and tossed the alley oop it was pandemonium…
We live in Utah and are driving to Wisconsin to visit family. We decided to skip our planned Door County fish boil and go to the Deer District Tuesday instead. Gonna be nuts, especially if they win.
It's all about your best players stepping up when it matters. It's why the Bucks are on the verge of a championship and the Packers missed out on a SB last year.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:We need Kareem and Oscar again. Marques, Moncrief, Lanier, Johnny Mac.
Jim Paschke needs to be there too.
Who are the other Milwaukee royalty that need to be there? Bob Uecker.
Eddie Doucette!
@Blair Kiel posted:Tschmack says the series is over.
Which one?
Milwaukee, a message from @Giannis_An34: pic.twitter.com/zXIhsT0RVt
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) July 18, 2021
"I've never liked guys like Booker personally. He's a Harden type. But he is a superstar. Dropped another 40."
In a losing effort! Just like that Trae guy from the Hawks! Booker should have fouled out, last night, just on all the elbows and forearms, to the gut, he threw to get separation from Holiday and Tucker. He is definitely a Harden type, who, by the way, like that Trae guy, is also watching the NBA Finals from home! BUCKS IN SIX!!!
Please don't burn the city down when they win on Tuesday.
One to go. See you on Tuesday! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/Xqzg9H2m95
— Deer District (@DeerDistrict) July 18, 2021
A few thoughts on the last sequence by Holiday.
An underrated part of this is that PJ Tucker (and Giannis in help defense) stoned him on the drive and forced him to a standstill.
Jrue Holiday threw an alley-oop pass FROM BEHIND THE THREE-POINT LINE up 1 with 15 seconds left in the most important Bucks game in 50 years. A 28-foot pass about 12 feet high to a spot to hit Giannis running full speed. Without knowing the outcome that sounds really stupid in terms of risk/reward.
Giannis had a foot in the restricted area roughly even with every other player on the court and outran everyone else for the finish.
Yeah on that play Booker was just playing one man basketball, he was gonna take it no matter what, and just before the steal he slightly turned to look back and, surprise, there's Holliday. Great trap.
if the Bucks win Game 6 Brandon Jennings gets a statue no questions asked.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) July 18, 2021
@Boris posted:if the Bucks win Game 6 Brandon Jennings gets a statue no questions asked.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) July 18, 2021
Obviously, Middleton was throw-in as part of the Jennings trade, but check out these high school recruiting rankings from 2008.
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If the Bucks close this out, the last two games have provided two of the most iconic plays in Finals history. I don't know where the block and the alley-oop rank, but no question they are in the top 50 all-time.
The alley-oop is probably the most impactful alley-oop dunk in NBA history (IF they close this out in 6).
What's better? Jordan drilling the jumper after shedding Byron Russell. Magic Johnson's skyhook to win a game in Boston? Kyrie Irving's 3 in Game 7? LeBron's block? Where would these 2021 Bucks plays rank on this list?
To me, the Ray Allen corner 3 v the Spurs stands out. The Spurs were seconds from winning that series (and another title) and Allen saved LeBron’s bacon. Down 3-2 the Heat won that game along with game 7.
If Shaq’s alley oop v the Blazers in the WCF can be immortalized then this one deserves honorable mention at the very least.
In terms of improbability and execution I think the alley oop ranks ahead of the block IMO. At that moment and time of the game up 1 point Holiday makes a pass that looked impossible yet Giannis gathered it and slammed it down. Simply amazing.
Brewers change Tuesday start time vs. Royals to 3:10 to accomadate Bucks fans and Milwaukee. What a great team.
The block has to be waaay up there. In a game the Bucks had to have, in the Finals, for Giannis to be that far away, committed to stopping the guy in front of him, then recognize the pass, do a 180, step, rise, and make a clean block on a two-handed dunk on a guy with all the momentum? That's a one-in-a-million play, a Greek Freak moment. Outrageous. Classic.
Giannis' dunk is awesome and his hustle is second-to-none. Did you see in the picture who is trying to push Giannis off-balance? Chris Paul, looking small, reduced to fouling Giannis on the dunk...
@ammo posted:Brewers change Tuesday start time vs. Royals to 3:10 to accomadate Bucks fans and Milwaukee. What a great team.
One Nov/Dec I was watching Packers at old County Stadium & after Packer game headed over to Bradley Center.
That was a fun Sunday. Packers won & so did Bucks.
Great job Brew Crew!! Smert!😆
🦌🦌🦌
That's only 3....Need to get one more!!
@Boris posted:Look at Pats face 😆
Connaughton is 19 for 36 from the floor, 15 for 30 from three, and 2 for 2 from the line in the series.
In the last two wins (one-possession games under a minute left), he has put up 11 points and 9 rebounds followed by 14 points and 6 rebounds.
Not bad for a guy the Bucks were ridiculed for signing to a 3 year, 15 million dollar deal less than 8 months ago.
@MichiganPacker2 posted:If the Bucks close this out, the last two games have provided two of the most iconic plays in Finals history. I don't know where the block and the alley-oop rank, but no question they are in the top 50 all-time.
The alley-oop is probably the most impactful alley-oop dunk in NBA history (IF they close this out in 6).
What's better? Jordan drilling the jumper after shedding Byron Russell. Magic Johnson's skyhook to win a game in Boston? Kyrie Irving's 3 in Game 7? LeBron's block? Where would these 2021 Bucks plays rank on this list?
Birds steal from IT and Havlechek stole the ball are in 5he conversation too I would think
@MichiganPacker2 posted:We need Kareem and Oscar again. Marques, Moncrief, Lanier, Johnny Mac.
Jim Paschke needs to be there too.
Who are the other Milwaukee royalty that need to be there? Bob Uecker.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Rodgers was there?
@Pikes Peak posted:Birds steal from IT and Havlechek stole the ball are in 5he conversation too I would think
Both are in the conversation for top moments in playoff history, but neither were in the Finals. I think they were both in the conference finals.
