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Jrue pushes his own teammate then air tackles Payne on the inbound pass. Dude is on something else today. Normally I don't have issues with Jrue's play but he seems a bit unhinged out there today.

Is it me, or does this team really stink at defending the arc ...?
It's sad, because, otherwise, the Suns are hanging tough.

djy2j wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:45 pm

Jrue fouls his teammate then tackles Payne on the inbound pass. Dude is on something else today. Normally I don't have issues with Jrue's play but he seems a bit unhinged out there today.

He really does…he was getting away with a lot early and I think is ramping it up…luckily the refs are calling him on it now. He fouls pretty much exactly very play

Will the bucks miss a 3?

Hubie gushing about the resilience of the Bucks doing this with Giannis on the bench. You fucking kidding me man?

Right? Like they still have 2 all-stars out there

Not sure why Ayton just stopped trying to get rebounds

Monty should’ve challenged that…offensive foul on middleton

djy2j wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 06, 2022 3:58 pm

Not sure why Ayton just stopped trying to get rebounds

Or letting a 6’8 guy steal a pass from him…he’s probably tired…but ya Giannis got two rebounds over him when Ayton had position…he just didn’t jump.

I would have challenged that clear push off by Middleton on Crowder. Don't have much to lose at this point

These calls my God.

Suns -21 defensive rebounds
Bucks - 14 offensive rebounds

there's your game right there.

Bridges - 41 minutes, 0 rebounds.

Middleton. Damn.

Be a shame if Portis tore his acl or something with that punk move after the timeout on Crowder. Hate that dude.

Bucks seemed like they couldn't miss a 3. Hard to beat a team when they shoot that well. They shot 15-32 (47%) as a team. We shot nearly as well, though (14-31). The real killer IMO was rebounding; Bucks had 48 rebounds as a team while we had just 27. It seemed like almost every play they'd miss a shot but get a long rebound over our bigs. They got 2-3 attempts each time down the floor while we usually got just one. That makes it hard to win.

Bucks match up with us well. They are big and burly and strong. It's hard for guys like Bridges to stop their beefier players like Middleton and Portis. They'll be very tough if we are lucky enough to see them in the Finals again.

Just one of those games. When you're that shorthanded you can't have that big of a difference in second shots and free throws.

And Bridges today. Ungh. Middleton ate his lunch.

Suns played well enough, but Bucks money players (namely, Middleton) hit the accelerator when needed.

Defense is our biggest problem against Milwaukee…we score no problem against them but we struggle to defend them

LazarusLong wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:18 pm

Suns played well enough, but Bucks money players (namely, Middleton) hit the accelerator when needed.

Our clutch game was bad, bad. Payne with turnover, Bridges with a turnover and a timid 3 point attempt. Defense in the last few minutes on Middleton was sub par.