@MichiganPacker posted:Middleton and Holiday have 17 combined turnovers in less than 3 halves this series.
That is amazingly bad!
Down 14. Getting boatraced here over the last few minutes, especially after Giannis sits.
The Bulls now believe they can win this series. I don't think they really believed that when it started.
Bucks need to work on fundamentals. Something that should never happen to any reigning champs.
Even if the Bucks win this series, this is not a title team this year.
@MichiganPacker posted:Even if the Bucks win this series, this is not a title team this year.
Not based on what we've seen tonight.
Not sure the Bulls can shoot or play better than they did in the 1st half.
The Nets were up almost 20 v Boston so it’s not like the Bucks can’t come back but both Middleton and Holiday have to play a lot better.
@mrtundra posted:Not based on what we've seen tonight.
They haven't been very sound most of the year.
The Bulls are a terrible defensive team, and they are shutting down the Bucks this entire series. Holiday has 9 turnovers in 3 halves of this series and Middleton has 10. Giannis is getting his points, but he's been relatively quiet doing it.
Holiday and Middleton have to turn their games around in the 2nd half.
@mrtundra posted:Holiday and Middleton have to turn their games around in the 2nd half.
Until I see otherwise, I think Middleton is playing hurt. Holiday seems healthy, but has been terrible at both ends of the floor tonight.
Caruso just got a call that Holiday didn't in the first half.
I think the Bucks are more likely to lose by double digits than win tonight.
Gus Johnson says Portis is done for tonight, with an abrasion to his eye.
Holiday got hacked on that lay up. Looked for a call, got none.
Holiday is completely out of control on several of these offensive sets.
Holiday misses a toilet seater. He should have just put it up and not dribbled it first.
Portis done for the night.
I liked the Ibaka trade at the time, but if you aren't going to play him in this game, they have away DDV for nothing.
Middleton waits until they fall behind by 18 to wake up. Long way to go yet
Who is going to get Portis' minutes?
The Bucks have literally no one to bring off the bench that is going to be effective in this series.
Grayson Allen is a Bryn Forbes type.
Connaughton is 1 for 8 in the series with 3 points. He was for 10 for his last 37 from three in the regular season.
George Hill at least doesn't screw things up, but he's out tonight.
Jevon Carter has shown why he was a guy the Nets felt they could waive.
Giannis hasn't even sat for his 3rd quarter rest yet, and the Bucks have not gained any ground.
Bucks get it to 3, but the Bulls stretch it out to 7 to end the quarter.
When Jrue Holiday morphs into Eric Bledsoe on nights like these, the Bucks are a very average team.
The other problem is Grayson Allen is almost unplayable in the playoffs. I can't believe we extended him for 10 million a year. Even if DDV gives you nothing on offense, he's a very good defensive player. Allen is hunted on switches.
Bucks are scoreless over the last 3 minutes until that Lopez dunk.
@mrtundra posted:Time for the Bucks to go on a big run.
They had their run in the third. They can't stop DeRozan, largely because Holiday has done nothing on either end of the court tonight.
Middleton to the locker room. The series might be over now the way he's walking.
Not a good thing that Middleton went to the locker room.
Giannis is going to have to put this team on his back, if they want to win this game.