My main man Malcolm Brogdon with 12-3-3 on 4-5 shooting in the first half.....nice
Brogs is great. I know he's an RFA, but unless he has some red flag like injury, I would have loved NYK chasing after him. You'd think if they are paying all their guys, someone has to shake loose. He'd be a fantastic starting PG, but also would be great value to chase down a different max than Kyrie. I know KI is a pkg deal, just fantasizing
Giannis is just a frighteningly versatile and complete basketball player. I'm pretty pessimistic about the Warriors' chances against the Bucks, but then, the rest of these playoffs are just gravy to me after the way they beat the Rockets anyway.
I was calling for that early rounds, but both series are using it well. It helps to have good players & defenders who are executing it really well, nor is it just 'easy' to do but I feel like it's rarely even attempted in today's NBA
Clearly outplaying Lillard. Dray and Klay coming alive. These Warriors look dangerous again.
The Bucks are so good. They win without Brogdon who had a 50/40/90 season + defense and ball-handling. Giannis + depth + coaching = great squad. With Durant I’d go Warriors in the Finals, same against the Raptors. I’m not ready to count Toronto out.
You see why this team plays so much better eith him on the court, just the way he talks about the game and the way he thinks and it goes back to high school
Siakim missed a couple FTs late regulation allowing Middleton to tie it up
Giannis has been held in check scoringwise, but Bucks have gotten help from elsewhere, esp Brogdon & Hill. But he also has 23 boards, 7 assists
Kawhi has been hurt since the 1st qtr, clearly is struggling but has 28 and continues to play. Lots of foul trouble. But Siakim & Powell have chipped in
The Bucks have to hope Brogdon's conditioning is improving enough that he can start taking some of Bledsoe's minutes because he has frequently looked terrible in the playoffs.
He has his own stage right now in Toronto, like a mancave on stage with his crew I assume outside Raps' arena and a crowd watching him watch the game. So fn weird
I don't see either of these teams beating GS likely even w/o Durant Â
The Bucks length might be a slight curveball. But they go cold for ages regardless of the defense. Raps outside of Kawhi are outmatched at every spot basically
Certainly either could get hot out of nowhere, but on a bad day GSW will outscore these guys and still has solid D to help on the other end
The Bucks blew it but they had a great season. Giannis can be even better.
Great series. Lowry and the Raps depth showed up when it mattered. Durant’s health matters, hope he can play. Kawhi is so great he can guard Giannis and Curry. Can’t have him chase Curry around but certain situations he can lock him up too.
Giannis is a legit MVP candidate, but if I were him I'd be in the gym starting tonight / tomorrow working on my FTs & Js. It's not easy & would take time, but it's simple
He already pretty much unstoppable, but if he had even an avg or just below J, Bucks likely don't lose this series (not solely his fault but just as the star that's the expectation)
Giannis is a legit MVP candidate, but if I were him I'd be in the gym starting tonight / tomorrow working on my FTs & Js. It's not easy & would take time, but it's simple
He already pretty much unstoppable, but if he had even an avg or just below J, Bucks likely don't lose this series (not solely his fault but just as the star that's the expectation)
its been a rollercoaster 24 years of being a raptors fan so ecstatic that they’ve reached this stage. Leonard is indeed the no drama superstar
Sucks to be a Nets fan, huh?
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the knicks are going to sign the 2 max free agents whose teams play better when they are not playing.
Sucks to be a Nets fan, huh?
sucks to have no sense of humor
great to be a nets fan actually- for better and for worse
Brogs is great. I know he's an RFA, but unless he has some red flag like injury, I would have loved NYK chasing after him. You'd think if they are paying all their guys, someone has to shake loose. He'd be a fantastic starting PG, but also would be great value to chase down a different max than Kyrie. I know KI is a pkg deal, just fantasizing
They have an excellent coach too. I wanted him over Fiz. But Fiz may have been brought in partly to get the big guns here in FA.
The Bucks are so good. They win without Brogdon who had a 50/40/90 season + defense and ball-handling. Giannis + depth + coaching = great squad. With Durant I’d go Warriors in the Finals, same against the Raptors. I’m not ready to count Toronto out.
With Durant out there though, I doubt game 2 or 3 are even close at the half
Giannis has been held in check scoringwise, but Bucks have gotten help from elsewhere, esp Brogdon & Hill. But he also has 23 boards, 7 assists
Kawhi has been hurt since the 1st qtr, clearly is struggling but has 28 and continues to play. Lots of foul trouble. But Siakim & Powell have chipped in
Lopez, Bledsoe, Middleton and Giannis were absolutely atrocious
Kawhi just being Kawhi and taking his sheep with him to the finals.
He has his own stage right now in Toronto, like a mancave on stage with his crew I assume outside Raps' arena and a crowd watching him watch the game. So fn weird
Certainly either could get hot out of nowhere, but on a bad day GSW will outscore these guys and still has solid D to help on the other end
Those are 5 game max series.
Kobe level or even better. He surpassed Pippen as the best person to pair with MJ tonight.
I think Bucks in G6 will be the most heavily betted road playoff CF post-Game 4 in a long time. I’d be truly surprised if they lost.
Still got Toronto overall
Brogdon was much better than Middleton last night. Cmon.
The type of meltdown that gets a coach fired.
They were up 15 with like 4 minutes to go in the 3rd, now they're getting smoked.
Two games in a row with huge leads and blowing both of them
That was a great block tho
Great series. Lowry and the Raps depth showed up when it mattered. Durant’s health matters, hope he can play. Kawhi is so great he can guard Giannis and Curry. Can’t have him chase Curry around but certain situations he can lock him up too.
He already pretty much unstoppable, but if he had even an avg or just below J, Bucks likely don't lose this series (not solely his fault but just as the star that's the expectation)
He already pretty much unstoppable, but if he had even an avg or just below J, Bucks likely don't lose this series (not solely his fault but just as the star that's the expectation)