PG 2: 1-1

[FrieAaron]

I know he's been ruled out for the entire series, but do we know at what interval Middleton is being re-evaluated at?

We're two weeks removed from the initial injury. A Grade 2 is typically 3-4 weeks.

Zach Lowe I believe reported it may be too soon to even say he's out the entire series. Hopefully we'll get a real update once he's reevaluated.

[TroyD92]

Really bad game from Giannis and Jrue in the first half especially. Bud should have took an early timeout or two imo to just get everyone's brain on straight. Really low iq basketball.

[GoldenAntlers]

I thought the Middleton re-evaluation was today?

[0BobLobLaw0]

I highly doubt they went two weeks without evaluating him to see where is at and when he might be able to go.

[MickeyDavis]

Well sure they evaluate him every day but I believe 2 weeks was when they were going to do a follow-up MRI. That, along with the daily evaluations should give them a better idea on when/if he returns. Of course they don't have to tell us it's happening or the results.

[buckboy]

I'm actually pretty glad to have the 3 days off. I don't think I would've been ready to go back in by tomorrow night.

Brutal game.

Forget it and win game 3.

[greekbuck34]

We shot

1/9 on open 3s
2/8 on wide open 3s

They shot

5/7 on just contested 3s alone.

[Siefer]

They ran Giannis through a million screens and hit everything on top of making a really good defensive adjustment on Giannis. We've seen this before, Giannis got frustrated with what was happening on both sides and tried to force the issue to disastrous results. They were much better in the second half, and I'm hoping Allen is in the starting lineup on Saturday. Bobby's been good, but Allen allows us to handle screens better on defensive, and helps initiate the side action with Giannis that stabilizes the offense.

[-Jragon-]

I didn't get to see the game...

It sounds like Boston decided that if they were going to lose that game, it would be by Giannis shooting fade aways and Jrue shooting 3s..

They weren't going to let Wes, Grayson or Pat shoot. Any truth here?

Anyone else agree Brook should be part of the offense more? Is Horford checking him like Hakeem? 2 points?? He's your starting Center; at least see if they can check him down there.. if he scores a couple they'd rotate the D and now Giannis can slash and get secondary action for shooters.

It's the playoffs and they see your stuff.. every game should have a little different wrinkle even if you win --- we aren't the Lombardi Packers

[coolhandluke121]

I didn't get to see the game...

It sounds like Boston decided that if they were going to lose that game, it would be by Giannis shooting fade aways and Jrue shooting 3s..

They weren't going to let Wes, Grayson or Pat shoot. Any truth here?

Yeah, Jrue and Giannis weren't going to let Grayson, Wes, or Pat get into any sort of rhythm.

Oh wait, did you mean Boston?

[paulpressey25]

I thought the Middleton re-evaluation was today?

Bud basically said last night that was a "general statement" and not an exact prescription for action.

What I took that to mean was the sprain ended up being worse than thought the morning of day one (i.e. grade 2 v grade 1) and that Midds isn't going to be coming back within two weeks.

[PG Graveyard]

We shot

1/9 on open 3s
2/8 on wide open 3s

They shot

5/7 on just contested 3s alone.

That’s the ballgame right there

[MartyConlonOnTheRun]

Well sure they evaluate him every day but I believe 2 weeks was when they were going to do a follow-up MRI. That, along with the daily evaluations should give them a better idea on when/if he returns. Of course they don't have to tell us it's happening or the results.

I know nothing, but I would think if it is a decision like they that is protecting and $40m per year asset they would overdo it and get MRIs daily. Expense is nothing, so is it that burdensome/uncomfortable/time consuming to get one daily? I would think it would be helpful to see how it progressed and in what intervals.

[BigO]

Wish I could give an evaluation of the game, but I didn't watch it. I taped it, because I couldn't watch it live and then inadvertently saw they were blown out and couldn't force myself to watch the replay. My hope is that with 3 days of going over tapes, there will be adjustments.

Although reading some of the analysis here, it sounds like some posters think the game was all about who was hitting open shots and who wasn't.

Reading that Giannis started 1-10 and seeing his inefficiency the first game, I think Boston's defense has something to do with that. Giannis's usual shooting efficiency makes up for a lot of mediocre shooting by everyone else. I trust Giannis will figure it out.

[GoldenAntlers]

Wish I could give an evaluation of the game, but I didn't watch it. I taped it, because I couldn't watch it live and then inadvertently saw they were blown out and couldn't force myself to watch the replay. My hope is that with 3 days of going over tapes, there will be adjustments.

Although reading some of the analysis here, it sounds like some posters think the game was all about who was hitting open shots and who wasn't.

Reading that Giannis started 1-10 and seeing his inefficiency the first game, I think Boston's defense has something to do with that. Giannis's usual shooting efficiency makes up for a lot of mediocre shooting by everyone else. I trust Giannis will figure it out.

Giannis was a major bonehead the first five minutes and when he didn't muck it up, Jrue did. The team never recovered as Boston gained massive momentum and confidence. Boston's defense was very good, but most of those first mistakes were unforced errors.

[-Jragon-]

I didn't get to see the game...

It sounds like Boston decided that if they were going to lose that game, it would be by Giannis shooting fade aways and Jrue shooting 3s..

They weren't going to let Wes, Grayson or Pat shoot. Any truth here?

Yeah, Jrue and Giannis weren't going to let Grayson, Wes, or Pat get into any sort of rhythm.

Oh wait, did you mean Boston?

Ouch.. that sounds even worse... we need to trust each other and move the ball

[th87]

Wish I could give an evaluation of the game, but I didn't watch it. I taped it, because I couldn't watch it live and then inadvertently saw they were blown out and couldn't force myself to watch the replay. My hope is that with 3 days of going over tapes, there will be adjustments.

Although reading some of the analysis here, it sounds like some posters think the game was all about who was hitting open shots and who wasn't.

Reading that Giannis started 1-10 and seeing his inefficiency the first game, I think Boston's defense has something to do with that. Giannis's usual shooting efficiency makes up for a lot of mediocre shooting by everyone else. I trust Giannis will figure it out.

Giannis was a major bonehead the first five minutes and when he didn't muck it up, Jrue did. The team never recovered as Boston gained massive momentum and confidence. Boston's defense was very good, but most of those first mistakes were unforced errors.

I swear other coaches would call timeout and spam Giannis as a screener from that point forward. Brown then would play differently in a close game, and the Bucks could've walked away up 2-0.

Instead we get that tactic shift too late to win, and the added bonus of Udoka now having seen it to develop a counter.

If this costs the series, we might be looking at a Mike McCarthy clone.

[emunney]

Punting on PJ is Horst's Tobes trade.

[chonestown]

Now I didn't watch the game but seems to me

[-Jragon-]

Now I didn't watch the game but seems to me

Hey now, I resemble that comment.

LOL, I know-- I was trying to read into the comments