Even at 26 with 1 minute left in the first. Giannis already 0-2 from the line, gets a rebound on the miss, and then barrels in and gets an offensive foul. Another idiotic play by Giannis.
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And, he finally hits 2 of 2 from the line. Giannis is 15 for 29 from the line in the series.
Bucks up 1 after the first.
At the current pace, Miami would go 28 for 60 from 3.
@Pikes Peak posted:No foul trouble yet...very encouraging
Just the one charge that he got because he was pissed about missing two FTs.
What would possess you to play a Lopez-Korver-Hill-Marvin Williams-DDV lineup? An all bench lineup for except for Brook in what is basically an elimination game.
Just another terrible turnover on a lob to Lopez on a terrible offensive set.
Giannis has already sat out 6 minutes of this game in the first half.
NBA commentary, "Bud needs to play Giannis at least 42-43 minutes like the Raptors did Lowry last night."
Bud's response. Sits Giannis for 7 minutes in the first half.
Lopez is 17-24 from the floor and 9 for 14 from 3 in the series.
Middleton is 22 for 47 from the floor, 6 for 14 from 3, and 13 for 14 from the line in the series.
Yet, there are a multitude of articles out there saying the Bucks supporting cast is failing Giannis. Do they even watch the games?
Giannis is 2 for 8 from the floor, 0 for 4 from 3, and 3 for 8 from the line and that doesn't even do justice to how poorly he's shot the ball. He also has 2 turnovers. He did not shoot anything other than 3s in the second quarter. His only FGs are a put back and a layup.
The rest of the team is 18 for 35 from the floor with a total of 4 turnovers.
Bucks up 7 despite a disappearing act by Giannis on offense.
Middleton with 14. Lopez with 13.
The Bucks are up 7 because they've limited turnovers and shortened the rotation by only playing Korver 5 minutes and Connaughton for about 15 seconds.
Time for the All World Greek to earn his money....and next contract.
Take it over.
If that's a flagrant 1, they'd have to call a flagrant 1 on every possession.
Still a stupid decision by Bledsoe to push him with 2 hands in the back.
@Pikes Peak posted:Time for the All World Greek to earn his money....and next contract.
Take it over.
He needs a change of mindset to do that.
And the Bucks give another horrible turnover and a lay up from an out of bounds play.
Do, Duncan Robinson gets the superstar calls (or no call) against Giannis?
Giannis is now 4 for 13 in what is an elimination game.
Jimmy Butler is about to choke the life out of the Bucks. He just scored 7 straight.
Giannis sitting again.
Bucks behind
Unless Giannis is hurt, this substitution pattern by Bud is a firable offense.
Giannis has played 21 of the first 32 minutes despite not being in foul trouble.
Lopez and Middleton have been outstanding.
I hate these odd start times. Missed the whole first half. Bucks still struggling, obviously.
@MNPackman posted:I hate these odd start times. Missed the whole first half. Bucks still struggling, obviously.
Giannis and Bledsoe struggling. Everyone else playing well.
Up 12 after 3. Need to put the hammer down to start the 4th so Miami starts thinking about game 4.
Statistic of the game so far is this.
DDV has a +/- of +15 in 14 minutes.
Herro is -22 in 20 minutes.
Nice finish to Q3. Hopefully they can carry it over into the 4th.
There is now hope. Much better D and 34 looks rejuvenated
They going to blow a 12 point lead in the 4th??
I've only seen the 2nd half, but this looks like a different Bucks team from the first 2 games.
@Boris posted:They going to blow a 12 point lead in the 4th??
Umpossible
WTF? A missed 3 point shot from Bledsoe with about 20 seconds left on the shot clock? Right after a 18 foot shot from Giannis? WTF? Heat back with 4.
Bucks failed to separate and we are back in crunch time just like Raptors Game 3-6 and Heat Games 1-2.
Fuk!!
@Pikes Peak posted:Umpossible
Let's jack up a 3 early in the shot clock from 3 feet behind the line. Unless it's Middleton or Kyle Korver nobody should shoot that type of 3 pointer that early in the shot clock.
Playoff Bledsoe shows up at the worst time. He's 2 for 9 from the floor.
Why is Giannis sitting in basically an elimination game up 4 with 8 minutes left after having rested for almost a quarter already?
@MichiganPacker2 posted:Why is Giannis sitting in basically an elimination game up 4 with 8 minutes left after having rested for almost a quarter already?
That rebound Butler just got to get them within 4 doesn't 'happen with Giannis on the floor.
Bud. You are absolutely killing us.
Heat within 2 with Giannis fukking sitting for a large part of the 4th quarter. What are you doing? What are you doing?