PG Indy - Turn out the lights

[msiris]

Good game Bucks. Ending sucks but it is what it is. Go Cavs

[ShootingtheJ]

Those 5 dudes worked their tails off, and deserved to win. Pure exhaustion. We needed 1 more dude we could trust, but he's not on the team yet.

Yep would be thrilled to bring those 5 back. Work in some Rollins, get lucky somehow.

Yup, add one more good youngster to our young perimeter group, and win with defense. Add Quentin Grimes to rotate with those dudes. Like you said, work in Rollins.

[drew881]

We were never winning that series but no team should lose from that position, so late in the game.

I don't know if never. If we win that game, we just need to win at home w/ a better rotation, then a 1 off at the end. Maybe 10% chance.

Stop giving this team credit. They almost lost this game twice up 6 with 1 min left.

[Iheartfootball]

I know we all needed some hope. I get it. No judgment. But has the honeymoon period with KPJ ended now? It was still a net positive trade, obviously, but there's also a reason we could get him for MBJ and I think it's become clearer that it's not just his off court issues.

I agree - and I really wanted him to fit in. He’s got talent but you need to surround him with high IQ guys to cover up his mistakes. That’s not the Bucks.

[aboveAverage]

The hugest of props to GTJ. A fumbled pass did not lose us the game. GTJ hard carried us to end the 4th and in OT, after doing so earlier in the series also.

Yeah absolutely. We wouldn’t have had any chance in this series and in this game without him. He was cold blooded. Just had a meltdown on that last pass. It happens, he’s a vet minimum bench player playing 40 minutes and carrying a playoff team.

I’d really like to keep him next season but it’s probably not realistic.

That loss really really sucks because it would’ve been so nice to deny these front runners the series win at home and make them play in MKE again. We deserved that win. 995/1000 games like that end a Bucks win with 40 seconds to go.

The biggest mistake was letting Nembhard get a wide open three to cut it down to 4. Just dumb defense all around.

[MikeIsGood]

The hugest of props to GTJ. A fumbled pass did not lose us the game. GTJ hard carried us to end the 4th and in OT, after doing so earlier in the series also.

I mean a fumbled pass and throwing the ball to other team are probably the main reasons we lost the game.

Boiling it down to two plays when you have a guy who went absolutely **** nuclear to even get them in that position makes no sense to me. How about Giannis' missed FTs and 7 TOs, then?

And why did AJG even pass?

[Swan Vox]

That was….something. Can’t let Giannis go out like that.

[emunney]

The hugest of props to GTJ. A fumbled pass did not lose us the game. GTJ hard carried us to end the 4th and in OT, after doing so earlier in the series also.

I mean a fumbled pass and throwing the ball to other team are probably the main reasons we lost the game.

In a one possession game, every individual mistake cost us the game. Without Trent we're not in OT.

[fansinceforever]

They fought their ass off. The ending sucks but if this is it, they went down swinging.

Now, we wait and see.

[jakecronus8]

Every time they built a two possession lead it’s like they just gave up on defense.

[Bernman]

We were never winning that series but no team should lose from that position, so late in the game.

I don't know if never. If we win that game, we just need to win at home w/ a better rotation, then a 1 off at the end. Maybe 10% chance.

Stop giving this team credit. They almost lost this game twice up 6 with 1 min left.

I don't think 10% is giving them much credit. It's under the hypothetical they win this. Then they have a home game where they're small faves. That's 60% chance, then <20% on the road, about 1/6. If you're in the same position in game 7 you feel good about that.

[ShootingtheJ]

I feel awful for GTJ. Limped through an injury, hit big shot after big shot, but just completely ran out of gas on the last couple plays.

Gary played a phenomenal 47 minutes. Cruel that he needed 48.

[Plossum]

There’s a pretty competent team in that starting 5. You have Dame in there and KPJ back to the bench and we might’ve had a shot this series.

[Iheartfootball]

No idea what happened that Halliburton’s dad ends up talking to Giannis after the game but that’s some weird ****. Like, why is someone’s dad talking to a NBA player, especially Giannis? A grown human being? Go celebrate your first round series win with your whiney son who no one likes. Weirdo behavior.

[BigO]

Ironically, Doc changing the lineup should hasten his exit.

All us idiots were calling for this before the first game. This board rarely has unanimity and yet we all knew it.


I had problems with Bud's rigid schemes, but he usually played the right players. The lineup of Kuzma and Prince were next level derangment.

I want Doc and his sidekick Ham out of here.

[yannisk]

probably the last game of hall of famer coach Glenn "Doc" Rivers

[jschligs]

Well, here’s to the Pacers getting smacked by a real team
In the 2nd round.

Good time to take a break from everything and enjoy summer. Was a frustration season. All I really hope that comes from this offseason is Doc’s departure and a real NBA coach. From there you hope GTJ can come back and we get some fringe signings elsewhere. Going to be a boring offseason more or less, but we need high IQ guys only top to bottom. Horst has his work cut out.

And **** Halliburton’s dad too, what a chump.

[Bernman]

I feel awful for GTJ. Limped through an injury, hit big shot after big shot, but just completely ran out of gas on the last couple plays.

Gary played a phenomenal 47 minutes. Cruel that he needed 48.

Don't know what not catching a ball in your hands a middle schooler would most times under no pressure has to do w/ gassing. That's feeling the pressure. Same thing w/ a passing decision.

We can give credit to the guy overall w/out sugarcoating every negative. There were some. More good then bad.

[yb90]

The hugest of props to GTJ. A fumbled pass did not lose us the game. GTJ hard carried us to end the 4th and in OT, after doing so earlier in the series also.

I mean a fumbled pass and throwing the ball to other team are probably the main reasons we lost the game.

Boiling it down to two plays when you have a guy who went absolutely **** nuclear to even get them in that position makes no sense to me. How about Giannis' missed FTs and 7 TOs, then?

And why did AJG even pass?

Honestly, Trent Jr was awesome but situation timing is a thing too. The Bucks could've sealed the game but Trent Jr had two unclutch plays that were two unforced turnovers. You can also blame him playing 48 minutes and you can blame the Doc for not giving Rollins minutes to give the guards some rest.

[bucksfansince88]

Doc talking like he has some assurances that he's staying