Round 3, Game 4 - Bucks/Heat - 9/6 - 2:30 CST, 10:30 PM Athens, 5:30 am Sydney - ABC

PG Graveyard · Post #81 » by **PG Graveyard** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 5:53 pm

What type of lead would we need going into the 4th quarter to feel comfortable? 20...25?

Never trust the bucks

greekbuck34 · Post #82 » by **greekbuck34** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 5:58 pm

I doubt we have the strength to play a good game right now. I'm sure most of the players quited already. G.Hill sounds like he didn't even want to be there at all from the beginning. Giannis will try to play even with a bad ankle but he will be even less aggressive than usual since he was stumbling and limbing a lot in the previous game even if he was finishing some of his moves in the end.

In the end it's the defense that we need to fix the most to win a team like this. Wide open 3s and consistent bail outs with FTs kills us every game especially in the clutch.

No matter how much Giannis is struggling or how stagnant our offense looks most of the time due to the wall formation we still score a lot of points in the end. But we are struggling a lot though while they take the same shots, and the same calls over and over again throughout the series without an answer from Bud other than some slight changes late in the games when it's almost over already..

Cythaps · Post #83 » by **Cythaps** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 5:59 pm

coolhandluke121 wrote:Anyone with eyes can see they have played better with him on the bench overall, even though he's had some great stretches. If Bud didn't play some of the worst players together, the discrepancy would be even worse. He has been playing selfish Westbrookesque basketball and has routinely undermined the team effort on offense.

Keep shooting 3's though. GIANNIS HAVE IT ALL.

He has taken less shots than Middleton and much less than his normal average and he's averaging 7 assists per game while having less turnovers again than his normal average. He's having a rough series for sure, marginally awful for the standards he has set for himself, but calling Giannis' play selfish and Westbrookesque is a statement that is outright ridiculous.

Serge28 · Post #84 » by **Serge28** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:02 pm

It's so hard to believe we're here, down 0-3. How these guys come out of the gates today, facing a sweep, will be telling.

Post #85 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:02 pm

Line has gone from Miami -2 to Bucks -1 in 10 minutes

theFireBlanket · Post #86 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:06 pm

Cythaps wrote:
coolhandluke121 wrote:Anyone with eyes can see they have played better with him on the bench overall, even though he's had some great stretches. If Bud didn't play some of the worst players together, the discrepancy would be even worse. He has been playing selfish Westbrookesque basketball and has routinely undermined the team effort on offense.

Keep shooting 3's though. GIANNIS HAVE IT ALL.

He has taken less shots than Middleton and much less than his normal average and he's averaging 7 assists per game while having less turnovers again than his normal average. He's having a rough series for sure, marginally awful for the standards he has set for himself, but calling Giannis' play selfish and Westbrookesque is a statement that is outright ridiculous.

Game 3 was just Giannis following Bud's motto. His ankle wasn't right, so he tried getting it going from the perimeter. We've seen other Bucks do it. They all tell each other to keep shooting it.

AreBe · Post #87 » by **AreBe** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:11 pm

What does it take to learn that missed corner 3's are part of the problem and are not an effective plan B? And not getting the rebound? Because you were surprised by your own plan B?

Perhaps today would be a good day to show off an effective Plan B, say with PnR and screens, at the very least setting up wide-open mid-range jump shots from the weak side or perhaps a high low feed if defenders come charging like idiots to Giannis as he gets freed up? How can you not find a way to create an acre of space and mismatches on the "Non-Giannis" side of the court? Surely someone is wide open charing toward the basket along the baseline or is left alone the elbow and can hit the mid-range jump shot or drive in the lane and look for contact etc. And just make 2s.

Down 1o? Do not start flailing with wild missed 3s. Because you will be down 15.

If you pull this off and the Celtics beat the Raptors, at least the Raptors softened up the Celtics a bit for you- the Celtics are working. Are the Bucks?

theFireBlanket · Post #88 » by **theFireBlanket** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:12 pm

Serge28 wrote:It's so hard to believe we're here, down 0-3. How these guys come out of the gates today, facing a sweep, will be telling.

If Giannis ankle sprain is bad & he plays, I'm not sure about that. If he doesn't play, that's a major change for an elimination game. This is a complicated situation.

Still holding out they turn it around & go streaking. All out reverse sweep. One game at a time.

MissKhriddleton · Post #89 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:13 pm

MickeyDavis wrote:Line has gone from Miami -2 to Bucks -1 in 10 minutes

Interesting.

Post #90 » by **MickeyDavis** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:23 pm

Read on Twitter

TD75 · Post #91 » by **TD75** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:26 pm

Read on Twitter

Serge28 · Post #92 » by **Serge28** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:32 pm

I can't imagine Giannis not playing.

jakecronus8 · Post #93 » by **jakecronus8** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:47 pm

Just sit this one out Giannis.

Watch on YouTube

Profound23 · Post #94 » by **Profound23** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:48 pm

Where can I find odds and make a potential bet on the Bucks winning this series?

I saw on bovada I can pick the Bucks winning the game or the entire ECF (ECF being +1800). I would bet something small on the Bucks making a miracle come back if I can find good odds.

FrieAaron · Post #95 » by **FrieAaron** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 6:48 pm

TD75 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Be interesting to see one for only this series.

Bucksfan28 · Post #96 » by **Bucksfan28** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 7:00 pm

Giannis playing per Woj.

Post #97 » by **Prez** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 7:03 pm

Think we all knew he wasn't sitting out but man, this is over. It isn't worth risking further injury at this point.

MissKhriddleton · Post #98 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 7:04 pm

Someone pointed it out in the PG thread back in March - the Heat finished the season 14-19 on the road and Covid made that completely irrelevant. Our luck has just been unreal.

TD75 · Post #99 » by **TD75** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 7:07 pm

MissKhriddleton wrote:Someone pointed it out in the PG thread back in March - the Heat finished the season 14-19 on the road and Covid made that completely irrelevant. Our luck has just been unreal.

They beat the Bucks in Milwaukee, they had no problems against them even in regular season. Nothing to do with luck.

MissKhriddleton · Post #100 » by **MissKhriddleton** » Sun Sep 6, 2020 7:09 pm

TD75 wrote:
MissKhriddleton wrote:Someone pointed it out in the PG thread back in March - the Heat finished the season 14-19 on the road and Covid made that completely irrelevant. Our luck has just been unreal.

They beat the Bucks in Milwaukee, they had no problems against them even in regular season. Nothing to do with luck.

In October. You're nuts if you don't think things play out differently with HCA. Maybe they beat us in 7 but we're not getting swept.