Game Day, NBA Finals Edition — Game 1 — Milwaukee Bucks @ Phoenix Suns, Tuesday 7/6/2021

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Wally_West wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:11 pm
Ayton playing fantastic so far, I look forward to his 4 point second half where the team stops looking to him to play hero ball. ;)
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Wally_West wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 7:39 pm
Suns so close to blowing this out but Bucks keeping it close enough to keep us on our feet:
they did a great job of that all game.

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Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:28 pm
Looks like Crowder’s 3pt shot will once again be be a dud to start the series.
As long as he hits 7/9 in a close out win for us I will be happy.

So far this playoffs, he is 13/21 (62%) in our close out wins.

The rest of the games, he is 25/83 (30%). Ooof.

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I realize that it's game 1 and teams are trying to figure things out, but I keep thinking about that stretch in the third quarter when the Bucks played drop defense (which got killed by Booker and Paul) and then went with Portis at Center in a small ball lineup (which also got killed).

I don't think Ty Lue would've made a mistake like that, and this coaching matchup might be more lopsided than most people expected.
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Indy wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:38 pm
virtual9mm wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:03 pm
Take Payne out. WTF is he doing. He hit that one shot but these weren't good shots.
10 points on 50/40 splits in 16 minutes is great, especially when Paul and Book had it going like tonight.
I can understand virtual's gripe. It's just classic Cam Payne. Hard to watch sometimes, but effective more often than not.
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Indy wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:38 pm
Wally_West wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 6:28 pm
Looks like Crowder’s 3pt shot will once again be be a dud to start the series.
As long as he hits 7/9 in a close out win for us I will be happy.

So far this playoffs, he is 13/21 (62%) in our close out wins.

The rest of the games, he is 25/83 (30%). Ooof.
Really confusing stuff but I’ll take 7/9 in game 4 to finish the sweep. :D

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Bucks will miss Divencenzo this series. They could mostly play small if they still had him.

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:40 pm
Indy wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:38 pm
virtual9mm wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:03 pm
Take Payne out. WTF is he doing. He hit that one shot but these weren't good shots.
10 points on 50/40 splits in 16 minutes is great, especially when Paul and Book had it going like tonight.
I can understand virtual's gripe. It's just classic Cam Payne. Hard to watch sometimes, but effective more often than not.
Yeah, I am posting with full-game hindsight.

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Split T wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:44 pm
Bucks will miss Divencenzo this series. They could mostly play small if they still had him.
Yep. Instead they need Connaughton to step up defensively, which isn't scaring anyone on the Suns. They'll also need to give minutes to Forbes and/or Teague, neither of whom should really be playing important minutes in the Finals.
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Suns win game one with Giannis looking pretty good. Awesome! Not going to critique. We won. They lost. Works for me.

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:48 pm
Split T wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:44 pm
Bucks will miss Divencenzo this series. They could mostly play small if they still had him.
Yep. Instead they need Connaughton to step up defensively, which isn't scaring anyone on the Suns. They'll also need to give minutes to Forbes and/or Teague, neither of whom should really be playing important minutes in the Finals.
Yep, suns will just hunt those switches.

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Quite the company

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Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:38 pm
I realize that it's game 1 and teams are trying to figure things out, but I keep thinking about that stretch in the third quarter when the Bucks played drop defense (which got killed by Booker and Paul) and then went with Portis at Center in a small ball lineup (which also got killed).

I don't think Ty Lue would've made a mistake like that, and this coaching matchup might be more lopsided than most people expected.
One of the reasons why I kinda of preferred the Bucks, I think Coach Bud has been pretty terrible this playoff. While I expect them to play better going forward just think Coach Bud is pretty mediocre at in game and game to game adjustments.

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Ayton kicked ass!

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Didn't get to watch this one today but glad it was a W..3 more to the prize!


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Lakers want us to make their first round exit look better?

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Lol, Love our fans! I really like Giannis too, I hope someday he can get a title, but he’s not getting this one.

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That is a great quote from Giannis. There isn't really anyone on the Bucks that I dislike, which is such a relief coming off of two series against LA teams and their gaggle of jackasses.
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On to worrying about Scott Foster in game 2.

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Split T wrote:
Tue Jul 06, 2021 9:15 pm
The Bucks can’t defend us unless they go small with Giannis at the 5…Brook had a good game offensively, but man he was torched on defense. Portis was worse. I don’t know what they do, they can’t play 6 guys the whole series, Can they? López will have to play, though I wonder if they play him when Paul sits. Book and Payne can still shred him, but not as bad as Paul would.
I think what’s stopping them from running that Giannis at the 5 lineup for long stretches is the fact that Giannis doesn’t have the energy to go all out for more than about 36-38 mpg, and if he’s the only big he’ll need to expend even more energy.

No more injuries, no fishy officiating, and I’ll feel a bit better about our chances.

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