Still up by 8 to begin the 4th.
Get ready. The Bucks are going to get Boston's best shot here.
George Hill with 17 points, but 4 fouls.
Bledsoe 2-11 from the floor, 1-5 from 3, 0 for 2 from the line, and 3 fouls.
Hill's foul trouble may keep their second best player off the floor in the 4th. Bledsoe has to be mentally tough and forget how shitty he's played so far and make up for it in the 4th.
Lead at 9. Giannis is 13-19 from the line. Not bad, but he's going to have to hit some down the stretch at a better rate.
Bucks timeout. This is where we find out if we are an NBA Finals threat or just a decent team. Championship teams close out games like this. I'm excited to see how far the Bucks may have come.
Morris has been the one to keep the Celtics in this. He's 6-7 overall and 4-4 from 3.
Yes sir!!! Up by 13 & to be quite honest the Bucks haven't played all that well especially at the Stripe.
Now keep the pressure on!
There you go Bledsoe! Block on one end, layin on the other!
phaedrus posted:Man, I am so jacked up it's unbelievable.
I am too. My heart is racing at about the same pulse as it is when I run for an hour.
Celtics timeout. Bucks up 13. Put the hammer down now. It will be big coming out of this timeout. Stevens will set up a play to get Morris or Irving a wide open 3.
Wow, Celtics have only scored 3 points this quarter.
Bucks get up 16 and then put up two poor shot attempts. Bledsoe with a brick from 3 and Hill with a wild attempt. Lead down to 12. Let's get a good shot this time.
5:33 left and Bucks have a 14 point lead. Bud not taking any chances. He's called a timeout after they give up a wide open Hayward look when they were up 17.
I have to believe the #1 defense in the league will not give up this lead.
Just play consistent hard defense.
I shouldn't be nervous but I am. Up 15 and Giannis to the bench with 4 fouls. 4:15 left.
Come on guys. 3 on 1 and you somehow don't 'convert. Come on, let's not get complacent
Come on. Now I'm getting nervous. Down to 9 with 1:36 left and Giannis just picked up his 5th. Middleton and Connaughton both missed wide open 3s that would have ended it.
THIS IS NOT OVER YET!
They are going to blow this. They've just given away possessions the last 4 times down the floor. Come one. Down to 7.
Bledsoe puts it away with a layup. He was terrible all night and then hits the clinching shot. He kept his composure - that's on Bud and his coaching style.
MichiganPacker2 posted:They are going to blow this.
Or not.
George Hill and Mirotic are massive upgrades over Dellavadova and Thon Maker. That was the difference tonight.
For **** sake even Middleton can't make a FT
Blair Kiel posted:MichiganPacker2 posted:They are going to blow this.
Or not.
I was calm all game, and then they went about 5 possessions in a row looking tentative and out of synch. Bud called multiple time outs to make sure it didn't happen.
Mirotic played a part certainly. But the 2 guys I'm giving props to are Hill & Connaughton. They were fantastic off the bench tonight.
Bledsoe was 4-15 from 2, 1-6 from 3, and 0-4 from the line with 4 turnovers. And the Bucks still won.
I hope someone asks Kyrie about the Knicks after the game.
Ok. Celebrate for about 10 minutes and then focus on Game 4. A Bucks win almost clinches the series.
I have a feeling Brogdon will be back for Game 4.
Boris posted:Mirotic played a part certainly. But the 2 guys I'm giving props to are Hill & Connaughton. They were fantastic off the bench tonight.
Good point. I was more focused on the fact we turned John Henson, Dellavadova, Thon Maker, and a second round pick into George Hill and Mirotic.
Signing Connaugton for 2 year and 5 million and Lopez for 3 million certainly are worth talking about too though.