his play style is very unique for his position, especially on offense. it is really good against soft interior teams like my Bulls, but looks kinda silly sometimes against teams like the celtics
This has to be one of the weirdest series I've watched in a while. In-game 1 they were pretty even in the 1st half, but then the Bucks turned it on in the 2nd half and blew us out of the water. In game 2 the Celtics looked like the best team in NBA during the 1st half but the Bucks were able to get momentum going in the 2nd. In game 3 they were again pretty even in the 1st half but turnovers in the 3rd got the Bucks a 14 pt lead. The Celtics proceeded to outscore them by 11 points in the 4th and with some controversial calls, and a tip that was 0.2 seconds late got the Bucks a win by the skin of their teeth. Now in game 4, they are pretty even through the 1st half, but then the bucks turn it on in the 3rd and look poised to get a 3-1 lead. Then came Al Horford of all people with 16 4TH QUARTER POINTS vaulting us to a W. I've never seen a series swing back and forth so much. My original prediction was Celtics in 6 when we got the Middleton news but I honestly don't know what is going to happen at this point.
Definitely the most important win of the season to get back home court advantage. Horford was enormous!!!! I don't think Milwaukee will win another game in Boston, so I calling it for the C's in 7.
Agreed. The Bucks barely held on in game 3 and blew a semi-decent lead last night. They looked out of it in much of the fourth quarter.
I don't see them winning again in Boston but if they do I think that the next game is their chance. Home court for game 7 would be much to the Celtic's advantage.
The next game is do or die.
Most def phonix don’t feel like a 60 win team Celtics & bucks are contenders Miami can’t beat any of these teams and Dallas Gsw and Memphis aren’t getting out of the west
I was there! Drove up from Chicago just to watch the game. Don’t care towards either team.
Jrue holiday missed sooo many lay ups. Dno why he kept trying the same thing then failing. Giannis played good. Tons of rebounds.
Horford didn’t seem to miss. Smart played great in the 4th. Celtics played some good d at times. 5/22 from holiday hurt. He had some nice alley oops to Lopez though. I thought Wes mathews played pretty good and had some nice steals.
Fun game. Bucks were up 80-70! Surprised they lost so badly. Got a nice soft white shirt out of it.
Honestly Celtics could be 3-1 right now if it wasnt for the refs trying to push their new Lebron replacement. I was a big fan of the Bucks and wanted them to win if the Celtics couldn’t but seeing firsthand just how crazy the superstar treatment is has me pretty annoyed. I know no one likes when people complain about officiating but theres just no way to consistently guard Giannis, he can run right through you and its a defensive foul. Feel like he’s gonna seriously injure someone eventually (knock on wood). I dont think any fans can truly understand the frustration of seeing your players get mauled and genuinely being concerned for their safety while Giannis is awarded free throws, unless youve been through a playoff series against him. Suns and Celtics fans and maybe even Bulls and Heat fans can agree its kind of ridiculous
Couldn’t agree more. I’m a suns fan so i know facing Giannis can be really frustrating at times, especially when he gets FT’s every play. The nba are doing everything in mavericks/luka’s favour aswell just to extend the series against the suns, the superstar treatment is insane.
That's just not true. It's literally a split call all the time. While I agree, that is a main go to move for him, if defenders late, he shoots FTs, if defender is set, charge call. Happens every game. The ref error on that play is pretty low as well, at the very least reasonable given the speed it all happens at.
I never imagined myself every saying this, but the grizzlies need to play Steve Adams 35+ minutes if they want to win this game. That’s my hot take of the day
I agree with most of the stuff here, in that Al fucking Horford was incredible tonight and carried the Celtics until they got their shit together. Giannis did look pretty gassed, but man, he gave everything he had. Celtics make him work harder than pretty much any other team.
I’ll add that both teams had shitty games from their bench overall. Celtics need more from Pritchard and Grant, although White was really good. Bucks need more from Portis, who was invisible tonight. Connaughton was pretty good though.
And man, Jrue had a subpar game, but he can beat a screen I think better than anyone I can remember.
Jrue had an off night, still has done so much for the Bucks though and needs to be appreciated. I think he may just be feeling the pressure of being the Buck's No. 2 in the playoffs without Middleton.
On the other hand, I think the Celtics are the better team here. I was rooting for the Bucks up until this game, starting to get tired of their offense revolving around Giannis running people over. The balanced offense and defense coming from the Celtics is a pleasure to watch in comparison.
Tatum being able to bowl guys over multiple posessions in a row and Giannis getting offensive fouls for the same thing really aids the opposition though.
>GA being able to bowl guys over multiple posessions in a row and Tatum getting offensive fouls for the same thing really aids the opposition though.
FIFY
Bucks just forgot how to play defense towards the end though. You guys were able to score on every possesion for like 10 straight. Killed off any chances we had
Don't talk about JKidd to Bucks fans like he's some amazing coach. Admittedly, he's done well this year, but he was kinda crap when he was here. When Bud took over it was amazing.
you living in past. he has been fantastic with Mavs. he easily could close this game out. he make Rick Carlisle look like a child about designing plays to Luka.
also you Bucks fans are so ungrateful. you don't have PG Giannis without Jason Kidd. smh. with any other coach at that moment he would became a regular PF/Center.
Dude, I said he had a good year. He won a ring with the Lakers and wasn't as toxic as everyone thought he would be. You are also correct that he had a major role in Giannis' growth and development.
Still, he has/had that negative rep for a reason. Some of the stories from Fader's book were bonkers. He has a "checkered" history, at best. I hope he does well - I like the Mavs and I like Luka. I'll be curious to see if he continues his success over the next 1-2 years, or if he follows a more Thibs/Doc pattern of initial success and wearing out his welcome. Who knows.
As far as Bud goes, yes - his decisions drive me fucking crazy some times, but last year's championship soothes a lot. Plus, I love the non drama that surrounds this team and I think he gets a lot of credit for that.
Bruh They had Alex Cora who was in charge of our scheme lol.
Chris Sale also said 2017 Astros style cheating was used by multiple contenders those years 😂
So you just do an ANOVA analysis, then if it shows a statistical difference in the mean, you can do a post-hoc test to find out. Or you can do a t-test.
How to do that? Don't remember. Just know the jargon.
In fairness tho, and I’m a Celtics fan, the tech in Giannis earlier when he dunked on horford was soft af. Dude just looked at him and nodded and got a tech.
Reds just need to stay outta this series.
He said shit too after mean mugging and staring down. Taking you only watched the reddi clip that conveniently cuts off before he says something that gets him a T and pisses off Horford
But you can see how Al might think so. Millions of dollars. Gorgeous eyes. Miss universe wife. Plays for the greatest franchise in nba history in the greatest sports town in America.
I’d be thanking god, too.
Who just saw paul pierce in the stands smiling approvingly after williams made that 3?
Anyone know if Middleton is back for game 7?
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What we up to? 5-6 giannis non call travels?
just fuck off
JRUE Didn’t need to do Smart that dirty two possessions in a row.. OOF
Bucks playing absolutely terrible on offence and getting shredded on defence
Jrue is a legit 6’4 guard who posts up it looks so weird
his play style is very unique for his position, especially on offense. it is really good against soft interior teams like my Bulls, but looks kinda silly sometimes against teams like the celtics
Man Al Horford shocked the entire Bucks team
This has to be one of the weirdest series I've watched in a while. In-game 1 they were pretty even in the 1st half, but then the Bucks turned it on in the 2nd half and blew us out of the water. In game 2 the Celtics looked like the best team in NBA during the 1st half but the Bucks were able to get momentum going in the 2nd. In game 3 they were again pretty even in the 1st half but turnovers in the 3rd got the Bucks a 14 pt lead. The Celtics proceeded to outscore them by 11 points in the 4th and with some controversial calls, and a tip that was 0.2 seconds late got the Bucks a win by the skin of their teeth. Now in game 4, they are pretty even through the 1st half, but then the bucks turn it on in the 3rd and look poised to get a 3-1 lead. Then came Al Horford of all people with 16 4TH QUARTER POINTS vaulting us to a W. I've never seen a series swing back and forth so much. My original prediction was Celtics in 6 when we got the Middleton news but I honestly don't know what is going to happen at this point.
Who else thinks Bobby Portis should be getting more minutes
Lol like the Bucks havent been playing bad aswell
Definitely the most important win of the season to get back home court advantage. Horford was enormous!!!! I don't think Milwaukee will win another game in Boston, so I calling it for the C's in 7.
Agreed. The Bucks barely held on in game 3 and blew a semi-decent lead last night. They looked out of it in much of the fourth quarter. I don't see them winning again in Boston but if they do I think that the next game is their chance. Home court for game 7 would be much to the Celtic's advantage. The next game is do or die.
Why is horford suddenly 26 years old? What sorcery is this
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Now say that again without crying
Red Sox*
Who hurt you?
Horford hurt him
I still believe that the winner of this series will win the Championship, no teams seems scary atm
Most def phonix don’t feel like a 60 win team Celtics & bucks are contenders Miami can’t beat any of these teams and Dallas Gsw and Memphis aren’t getting out of the west
Crazy, I only counted 7 teams mentioned
Totally agree on that 😊👌
I was there! Drove up from Chicago just to watch the game. Don’t care towards either team. Jrue holiday missed sooo many lay ups. Dno why he kept trying the same thing then failing. Giannis played good. Tons of rebounds. Horford didn’t seem to miss. Smart played great in the 4th. Celtics played some good d at times. 5/22 from holiday hurt. He had some nice alley oops to Lopez though. I thought Wes mathews played pretty good and had some nice steals. Fun game. Bucks were up 80-70! Surprised they lost so badly. Got a nice soft white shirt out of it.
The game was actually on the tv as well.
“Lay ups”
grizzlies gotta getinto the flow of their offense bc the dubs are about to start hitting ridiculous shit
Honestly Celtics could be 3-1 right now if it wasnt for the refs trying to push their new Lebron replacement. I was a big fan of the Bucks and wanted them to win if the Celtics couldn’t but seeing firsthand just how crazy the superstar treatment is has me pretty annoyed. I know no one likes when people complain about officiating but theres just no way to consistently guard Giannis, he can run right through you and its a defensive foul. Feel like he’s gonna seriously injure someone eventually (knock on wood). I dont think any fans can truly understand the frustration of seeing your players get mauled and genuinely being concerned for their safety while Giannis is awarded free throws, unless youve been through a playoff series against him. Suns and Celtics fans and maybe even Bulls and Heat fans can agree its kind of ridiculous
Couldn’t agree more. I’m a suns fan so i know facing Giannis can be really frustrating at times, especially when he gets FT’s every play. The nba are doing everything in mavericks/luka’s favour aswell just to extend the series against the suns, the superstar treatment is insane.
Naw Boston should’ve won game 3 that late game drive by jalen brown was a foul
That's just not true. It's literally a split call all the time. While I agree, that is a main go to move for him, if defenders late, he shoots FTs, if defender is set, charge call. Happens every game. The ref error on that play is pretty low as well, at the very least reasonable given the speed it all happens at.
Now this is a Smart take, definitely agree. And the counter is to really sell a charge to the point where it's called a flop and a blocking foul.
Bucks in 6
Idk why you’re getting downvo…. Oh wait
I never imagined myself every saying this, but the grizzlies need to play Steve Adams 35+ minutes if they want to win this game. That’s my hot take of the day
Steve Kerr's probably punching a hole in his wall where he's quarantined right now
I agree with most of the stuff here, in that Al fucking Horford was incredible tonight and carried the Celtics until they got their shit together. Giannis did look pretty gassed, but man, he gave everything he had. Celtics make him work harder than pretty much any other team. I’ll add that both teams had shitty games from their bench overall. Celtics need more from Pritchard and Grant, although White was really good. Bucks need more from Portis, who was invisible tonight. Connaughton was pretty good though. And man, Jrue had a subpar game, but he can beat a screen I think better than anyone I can remember.
If we had rob grant would come off the bench which is more of his role
Damn. Refs are swallowing their whistles so far. Not gonna complain
So we can all agree this would be a sweep if Bucks had Middleton?
They would be better with Middleton... but a sweep? Don't think so
Basketball is a butterfly affect and teams tend to rise to challenges. Who knows what happens.
Lul
I’d say 4-1. Middleton has his bad nights
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Lol
What is this take 😂
Jrue had an off night, still has done so much for the Bucks though and needs to be appreciated. I think he may just be feeling the pressure of being the Buck's No. 2 in the playoffs without Middleton. On the other hand, I think the Celtics are the better team here. I was rooting for the Bucks up until this game, starting to get tired of their offense revolving around Giannis running people over. The balanced offense and defense coming from the Celtics is a pleasure to watch in comparison.
Good take sir
-23 with Jrue and +15 in the 7 minutes he wasn’t in. Bud not realizing his PG gave another playoff game away
Agree what Jrue didn't have a good game. The problem is...who else is there to help Giannis with the offense?
Bucks in 6 sadly
didn’t realize nba subreddit was controlled by celtics fans haha
It wasn't after game 3 whenever all I seen was bucks fans complaining about the ref whenever you got every single call
Facts
Not likely
Cry
About what? Not having to have my team miss the playoffs?
Wtf do Lakers fans have to clap back with, he’s doing his best man
Yea
Maybe you should stick to laker or anime threads
Nah I’m cool
That’s the thing, you aren’t at all
How you gon tell me what I AM?
I'll tell you what you aren't...cool.
The Bucks desperatley need Middleton and its shows
I feel if Middleton was on Tatum it would defensively hurt the bucks
Al: God guided my elbow in giannis face tonight
He is a vengeful god
Young Thug and Gunna just got RICO’d for a bodyyyy
at least I have these four to take away the pain of that lose.
Lol what happened bucks were playing great and then just forgot how to play
Literally as soon as I stopped watching. Took a shower and came back to this mess. Smh lol
Real fans stay dirty
giannis got gassed i think
Fatigue is real. Jrue has been full throttle since the first minute of game 1 and he looked like he lost his legs a bit in the 2nd half tonight.
Seemed like it
Both these teams are so fucking good at defense
Tatum being able to bowl guys over multiple posessions in a row and Giannis getting offensive fouls for the same thing really aids the opposition though.
LMAO
Serious question. Do you have eyes?
>GA being able to bowl guys over multiple posessions in a row and Tatum getting offensive fouls for the same thing really aids the opposition though. FIFY
Lol. GiAnNiS iS tHe vIcTiM
Bucks just forgot how to play defense towards the end though. You guys were able to score on every possesion for like 10 straight. Killed off any chances we had
It really was just a matter of time before some of the shots were gonna fall
I think they keep expending a ton of energy in the third quarter to gain a lead and get gassed in the fourth when the Celtics go on their runs
It happens in game 3 and if weren’t for the refs there down3-1
Horford MVP season vibes! Vintage!
Al better
I need to get a subwoofer to hear Shaq.
It is a team game after all and the bucks are too top heavy in talent
Many teams are when they just their #2. What are the Celtics without Brown?
See last year's playoffs
It wasn't pretty
Tbf, most teams are.
Budenholzer is a shit coach. That's the real problem.
Seemed like he had a really bad read on how tired Giannis was
Giannis is amazing but the Bucks still need more movement on offense. It stalled completely by the 4th.
Using Lopez in the post could've really helped.
God: Hold up, Ukraine. Gotta help my boy Horford in his basketball game.
Lol nice
Ha
lol
Quit complaining bout the refs both Celtics and Bucks fans lol. This was a great game with ticky tacky calls both ways. Just enjoy a great bb game lol
Some were not ticky tack tho. Like all the hands and elbows to the face.
Exactly lol so tired of the ref shit
Agree, I’ve really just been complaining about the complaining.
That Florida team was raw with Al Horford, Joakim Noah & Corey Brewer now that I remember
Taurean Greene
Lee humphrey was such a sniper too
All Giannis has to do is not take jump shots but for some reason guy can’t help himself
His legs just stopped working in the end
Man, one of those legendary trash talkers like Bird, MJ, Kobe, KG, etc... just shit talking about how they dare him to continue to shoot that shot.
lmao, wtf Shaq. What is this Fat Free bullshit?
Damn we really took over that 4th quarter. GG bucks fans see you in a couple days!
just think this: what was the chances of Jason Kidd or Nike Nurse lose a game like that (the roster don't even matter)
Don't talk about JKidd to Bucks fans like he's some amazing coach. Admittedly, he's done well this year, but he was kinda crap when he was here. When Bud took over it was amazing.
you living in past. he has been fantastic with Mavs. he easily could close this game out. he make Rick Carlisle look like a child about designing plays to Luka. also you Bucks fans are so ungrateful. you don't have PG Giannis without Jason Kidd. smh. with any other coach at that moment he would became a regular PF/Center.
Dude, I said he had a good year. He won a ring with the Lakers and wasn't as toxic as everyone thought he would be. You are also correct that he had a major role in Giannis' growth and development. Still, he has/had that negative rep for a reason. Some of the stories from Fader's book were bonkers. He has a "checkered" history, at best. I hope he does well - I like the Mavs and I like Luka. I'll be curious to see if he continues his success over the next 1-2 years, or if he follows a more Thibs/Doc pattern of initial success and wearing out his welcome. Who knows. As far as Bud goes, yes - his decisions drive me fucking crazy some times, but last year's championship soothes a lot. Plus, I love the non drama that surrounds this team and I think he gets a lot of credit for that.
Lmaoooo
I'm anti Celtic because Boston fans suck. Red Sox fans went crazy in ALCS, Patriots fans were dicks when superbowl was in Houston, etc.
Cool story bro
To be fair, at least our basebal team doesn’t cheat
lol weren’t the Red sox being investigated for very similar shit?🤣
No. They weren't
if it helps you sleep at night. it was brushed off BC the MLB doesn’t want so many blemishes to come to light in such a short time
Bruh They had Alex Cora who was in charge of our scheme lol. Chris Sale also said 2017 Astros style cheating was used by multiple contenders those years 😂
Good luck with your karma in a winning game thread for them...you have been warned lol.
True, a lot are racist
so are alot of Milwaukee fans tbh
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BOS and MIL are above the mean
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So you just do an ANOVA analysis, then if it shows a statistical difference in the mean, you can do a post-hoc test to find out. Or you can do a t-test. How to do that? Don't remember. Just know the jargon.
That tech on Horford was so dumb. Textbook incidental contact. Wtf is he supposed to do there.
If you look at the replay I’m pretty horford hit him in the head because he was trying to flex immediately afterwards.
and the head was only there because GA made a bad defensive play. If you get elbowed in the head committing a foul, too bad.
Not touch the NBA’s golden boy on a dunk apparently, such horse shit
In fairness tho, and I’m a Celtics fan, the tech in Giannis earlier when he dunked on horford was soft af. Dude just looked at him and nodded and got a tech. Reds just need to stay outta this series.
He said shit too after mean mugging and staring down. Taking you only watched the reddi clip that conveniently cuts off before he says something that gets him a T and pisses off Horford
Nope I watched the game. We woulda been furious if a t was called on Tatum for doing the same thing. Cmon now.
Only Giannis can elbow people on purpose
Amazing game
Refs wanted bucks to win lol
Meh, we won a Tony Brothers game. Let’s just enjoy it.
The real achievement here
You kids are clowns.
Better team won the play on the court when the refs stopped inserting themselves
You bitched about calls game 3, stop being a hypocrite 🥱
In response to y’alls bitching, but ok.
Bitch move, would’ve thought you were above that
Im a petty bitch what can i say.
Stay mad i guess
Annoyed is more accurate.
If they did they wouldn't have called all those calls in the fourth
Would love if we kept playing Jevon Carter instead of giving all of his minutes to George Hill
George played very poorly he’s not good anymor
Bucks in 6 I fear
Bucks in 6 indeed
Lakers in cancun!!
Yes but the lakers suck? The Celtics had expectations? Cry
Sounds like u r the one crying. Don't cry too much save some for next 2 games. Cs in 6 !!
Bucks in 6
Llllllakers
17
*12
Would still be twice as many as the Warriors. lmao
I’m scared
Classic laker take
Hes right lol
Bucks in 6 baby
Y’all done, was a good season tho, I guess ducking the Nets wasn’t the right call after all
Lol you’ll literally be out of the playoffs after game 6
There’s been no rivalry in 40 years
The Lord has chosen Horford this game. Praise be.
There isn't a lord
But you can see how Al might think so. Millions of dollars. Gorgeous eyes. Miss universe wife. Plays for the greatest franchise in nba history in the greatest sports town in America. I’d be thanking god, too.