Middleton out due to illness.
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Some are expecting the Bucks to get blown out? I guess that's why we play the games. Waiting to see the outcome later tonight as I can't follow along.
Bucks are getting killed in transition off of made baskets. Lopez getting exploited in drop.
Bucks down 16-9.
OKC making this a track meet. That does not bode well for the Bucks.
Hartenstein being unconscious on 14 foot flop shoots isn't helping.
OKC can't guard Giannis.
Would have been nice to have Middleton for this instead of having to play Connaughton. Must be the Vegas flu?
Bucks up 1 at the half, mainly because OKC is 1 for 17 from three.
Giannis at 14-6-5
Jackson Jr. guarding SGA very well.
OKC back in it (Bucks had led by 13) mainly because Jackson Jr. can't shoot at all and Giannis has been clanking FTs (3 for 8).
Bucks lead by 13 going to the 4th. Bucks have played very good defense, but OKC is missing a lot of semi-contested 3s.
Bucks up 19 with 8:23 left. Portis may get hit with a relatively cheap flagrant 1 here. That could give OKC some life.
Bucks offense struggling here a bit but OKC is down 16 and hanging by a thread.
Bucks win big. Hold OKC to 81 points. Some of that was fluky since OKC shot 5 for 32 from three. That wouldn't happen again in a 7 game series.
Still, to win the cup is a good sign given they were 2-8 not that long ago.
Giannis goes for a 26-19-10 triple double with 3 spectacular blocks. Dame with an easy 23 on 50% shooting.
Beauchamp, Livingston, Rollins, Tyler Smith, AJ Johnson, and Delon Wright each get a cool 514K along with everyone else.
Bucks win!
Hadn’t seen OKC yet this year. They’re good defensively but wow, they stunk up the house tonight. SGA not impressive, refs let him get away with a push-off/ shove on every drive. Also they were terrible on the offensive boards, one and done almost every trip.
Maybe some of these national analysts will finally start getting their heads out of their asses and start seriously putting Giannis in MVP conversations, where he should clearly be a front-runner along with Jokic.
I liken this to something sort of like when a college team would win the Great Alaska Shootout or the Paradise Jam tournament. Kind of a fun little novelty tournament but it definitely feels like about 20% as cool as actually winning the NBA Title in 2021.
This doesn't mean anything. Stats don't count, game doesn't count in the standings....
It's all nothing......
HAHAAHHAHAHAHA
Chip #3 baby!!! Wooooooo!!!!🥳
REALLY COOL the team starts the season 2-8 and win this cup in year 2!!
Bucks defense was very good tonight.
So when are we trading Giannis and Dame??😆
So Giannis gets a triple double, but these stats don’t count at all.
Make it make sense. I don’t get the appeal of this entire tournament. It seems like much ado about nothing.
@lambeausouth posted:So Giannis gets a triple double, but these stats don’t count at all.
Make it make sense. I don’t get the appeal of this entire tournament. It seems like much ado about nothing.
The players and coaches love it. Giannis and Dame really wanted this one and it showed. They beat a team that has been red hot and arguably the #1 team in the West.
Winning team gets $514,000.00 per player
OKC gets a paltry $205k per player for losing.