NBA FINALS: RD 4 l Game 3- Phoenix Suns @ Milwaukee Bucks l Sunday l 5:00 l ABC l Suns lead series (2-0)

[SunsRback4Good]

One Mission
One Goal
This Is What We Play For


Who: Phoenix Suns @ Milwaukee Bucks

When: Sunday, July 11th @ 5:00pm (8:00ET) ABC

Where: Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI









Phoenix Suns starting lineup:


C- Ayton

F- Crowder

F- Bridges

G- Booker

G- CP3




Reserves: Payne/Cam/Craig/Nader






Milwaukee Bucks starting lineup:


C- Lopez

F- Giannis

F- Middleton

G- Tucker

G- Holiday



Reserves: Connaughton/Portis/Forbes/Teague

[DRK]

Come out strong. Build an early lead.
Get them worried like deer in the headlights in front of their own fans.


Suns are excellent on the road.
Lets do this

[DRK]

Okay.

What adjustments do Milwaukee make?

I think they keep attacking the paint.

Probably try and utilise Jrue's size and strength and get him driving to the rim, or posting up CP3.

Middleton handles the ball more, finding Giannis. Do they run more backdoor plays for Giannis?

They probably try and get Ayton into foul trouble as well.

[kwsqd]

Suns in 5.

[Barkley6]

I get the feeling Milwaukee wins Game 3. They are too good of a team to get swept. I think the home crowd will bring out the best in the Bucks, and they'll play with some desperation. Hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bucks know they've squandered two good performances, and won't let it happen a 3rd game straight.

[Iceman36]

This time I've got a good feeling for game 3!

[Mulhollanddrive]

As long as Booker and Paul keep making shots we score 110 and give ourselves every chance.

The 3 day breaks should help our team maintain their level.

[Barkley6]

I'm willing to bet we see Scott Foster in Game 3. NBA does not want this to be sweep, and wants to milk the good ratings these finals are getting as much as possible. If the Suns win Game 3, there's no way this goes longer than 5.

Also, the NBA assigned 14 refs to the finals, and we've had 8 assigned to the two games so far. That means 6 have gone unassigned, one of whom is Foster. The odds just point to him being assigned in the next game.

[NapoleonII]

We should just soft punt a game with Scott Foster.

Play CP3 25 mins, Book 30 minutes, Ayton 32, and give some run to Carter and Nader.

[Barkley6]

We should just soft punt a game with Scott Foster.

Play CP3 25 mins, Book 30 minutes, Ayton 32, and give some run to Carter and Nader.

Can't do that in the Finals. Momentum swings, adjustments, etc. all play a big role in determining a series. If the Bucks start to get some confidence and get some guys hot they could definitely win 2 in MIL and send it back to PHX 2-2.

Instead, you just have to execute perfectly. Bad refereeing can't affect you as much if you're hitting your shots and not committing unforced turnovers.

[Adrao]

I get the feeling Milwaukee wins Game 3. They are too good of a team to get swept. I think the home crowd will bring out the best in the Bucks, and they'll play with some desperation. Hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bucks know they've squandered two good performances, and won't let it happen a 3rd game straight.

I've got the same feeling. They'll play 120% and we are having a kind of rest, not only phisical, mental too.

[Iceman36]

I get the feeling Milwaukee wins Game 3. They are too good of a team to get swept. I think the home crowd will bring out the best in the Bucks, and they'll play with some desperation. Hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bucks know they've squandered two good performances, and won't let it happen a 3rd game straight.

I've got the same feeling. They'll play 120% and we are having a kind of rest, not only phisical, mental too.

I'll bet against and think we grab this one. As all the injuries happening leaguewide, the team is focused to get the job done as fast as possible before bad karma strikes again and hits us.

[RunDogGun]

Come out strong. Build an early lead.
Get them worried like deer in the headlights in front of their own fans.


Suns are excellent on the road.
Lets do this

Yep, attack the hoop, move well without the ball, set a ton of screens, pass the ball, and don't worry about who scores, just trust in each other and play great team basketball. Be just as happy to make a solid screen to free up a guy as one would scoring the basket.
We really need to use our bench, so we can keep fresh legs on the court. We can run them out of their own gym. NO HERO BALL!

[RaisingArizona]

Suns in 4.

Fixed.

[kwsqd]

Suns in 4.

Fixed.

I'm confident, but not that confident.

[RunDogGun]

We should just soft punt a game with Scott Foster.

Play CP3 25 mins, Book 30 minutes, Ayton 32, and give some run to Carter and Nader.

We could just give more minutes to the Cams instead. Both are capable to play 30 mins. You could run CP3 and Book around 34-36, and that leaves CamP with around 24-28 minutes. And then run Nader if there is foul trouble or we need more scramble defense. He doesn't take the ball out of anyone's hands. The forward spot is only tricky if Craig is a no go. But then you run a three man rotation with Bridges, CamJ, and Crowder, reserving some of Crowder's minutes to give Ayton rest. If we go small, we could run Book, Nader, Bridges, CamJ, and Crowder. All guys hustle, all guys are good at switching, and Crowder is strong enough to take on either Lopez or Portis.

I don't even think that would be a punt. All our guys play defense well, all of them can score, all of them have had many minutes together except Nader, but we know he hustles, and puts the team before himself. He hasn't even tried to shoot too much, and he was one of better three point shooters before the injury. He was shooting 42% from three during the season, which is fourth best on our team, and third best amongst players getting minutes during the playoffs.

I think we can manage minutes better while not losing any of the defense or offense, and overall tougher for Milw to predict.

[Calvin Klein]

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[King4Day]

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Give him the next game off, at least, and that'll allow about 4-5 days of rest. Then re-evaluate.

[suns12345]

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Give him the next game off, at least, and that'll allow about 4-5 days of rest. Then re-evaluate.

Knee to knee contact as I hoped.

Not sure how long that might stay sore for and keep him out?

[bwgood77]

I get the feeling Milwaukee wins Game 3. They are too good of a team to get swept. I think the home crowd will bring out the best in the Bucks, and they'll play with some desperation. Hope I'm wrong, but I think the Bucks know they've squandered two good performances, and won't let it happen a 3rd game straight.

Yeah I think our shooting calms down and Middleton usually has a poor game followed by a great one like his game one game.

They also got obliterated by the Nets in game 2 losing by like 40 and won game 3 when down 2-0.