Eastern Conference | Round 1 | (3) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Chicago Bulls (Bucks WIN 4-1)

[BoatsNZones]

The Warriors are going to smoke these boys in the Finals.

I’m sure Giannis is shaking in his shoes seeing the Dubs front line lmao

20/8/4 lifetime against the Warriors. Warriors perimeter has no equal. I’ll take ‘em. Grizz/Suns 1st. If they pull it off after dismantling the MVP in the 1st round it would be the greatest championship run in league history. We’ll see.

[The High Cyde]

I mean Lavine and Derozan are these dudes their whole careers not just vs Milwaukee lol. There's a reason Chicago legit went like 2-20 vs top 4 of each conference this year.

Sure, but the Bulls were dealing with injuries and then the chemistry issues because of it. And they’re still not 100% as they’re missing Lonzo.

Lavine has never been to the playoffs due to crappy teams, some his fault and some not, and DeRozan ran into a top 3 player all time in his conference. He still did the most he could, obviously it wasn’t enough, but he’s matured and has a more complete game now.

No one is expecting the Bucks to lose in round one, so the piling on the Bulls and their two stars is weird.

I mean Derozan got labeled an MVP candidate this year for a while because he scored a bunch while they beat up on bums. Just saying. Khris Middleton has been a substantially better player than Derozan for basically their entire careers and yet Derozan gets his flowers despite playing a style of basketball that is 30 years out of date and ineffective. Middleton only gets talked about when someone is trying to put down how good Giannis is.

As far as Bulls injuries, sure they are missing Lonzo, but their roster sucks even with him. They need to play Caruso/Ball together and they need to play Lavine and Derozan. You can't effectively play those 4 together vs decent teams, the lineup doesn't fit for ****. It's a similar issue the Heat have IMO, where the teams can't play their best players together because the fit is so bad. These issues appear nonexistant vs 90% of the league, but are glaringly obvious in the playoffs vs more legit teams.

It’s not DeRozan’s fault others thought he was MVP in a young season, we obviously know he isn’t, and he’d never win it over some of other behemoths in the league right now. He’d maybe have a chance if the Bulls had a better record than the Suns, but they don’t, cause they were never good enough. Regarding Middleton, come on he’s never face the brunt of a defense like DeMar has over their careers. I’m sure DeMar would look much better as a player if he had Giannis developing next to him in Toronto. Middleton was also lackluster this year, dealing with injuries and stuff, this has been a down year for him.

On the point that the Bulls roster sucks without Lonzo, well it was clicking when he was in the lineup, and they were performing well, then he got injured, Caruso too, then Lavine, even in the beginning of the season Williams got injured. It’s been shaky. But again, this is a Bucks team is a battle tested championship team led by a player that will end up top 15 all time at least. It’s too much with for Chicago, just a tough draw.

But here’s hoping to an entertaining series regardless

[Ballerhogger]

Bucks look like last years version.

Giannis dominant but cant hit his fts.

Jrue and Khris shooting 25% from the field again.

Bucks players shooting less than 30% from 3.

With nice lead …. All things considered

[durden_tyler]

Bucks offense should get going in the second half on the way to an easy blowout. They always start slow.

[mediocrityrules]

Bucks also usually lose first round game 1.

[Ducklett]

The Orlando Magic salivating over that Bulls 2023 1st right now.

[bearadonisdna]

LaVine is going to get Maxed out by Chicago this off-season and it’s going to be a severe overpay.

But they have no choice. They can’t afford to let him walk.

I never understood that. Why cant they afford to let him walk? If they know they cant win a chip with Lavine as the guy then why give him the max?

Will that Bulls team even get better in the off season?

The won’t be playoff team anymore .. That’s going the wrong direction . Trading for vuveic was bad idea …

Vucevic is the only reason they had a top record and etc .
The bulls board wanna blame Vuc but it’s bad narrative . He raises their ceiling not the opposite .
Trade him for Gobert ? That’s a different story . Only improvement to Vucevic is an upper echelon center .
They are like the suns before Chris Paul , they need a pointguard
Lonzo is good to great . Championship pointguard ? Not yet .

[The High Cyde]

The Warriors are going to smoke these boys in the Finals.

I’m sure Giannis is shaking in his shoes seeing the Dubs front line lmao

20/8/4 lifetime against the Warriors. Warriors perimeter has no equal. I’ll take ‘em. Grizz/Suns 1st. If they pull it off after dismantling the MVP in the 1st round it would be the greatest championship run in league history. We’ll see.

Lol random regular season games don’t mean squat, come on now. Draymond will make it tough on Giannis but that’s it. Bucks defense is no slouch either. Love the confidence though

[BoatsNZones]

I’m sure Giannis is shaking in his shoes seeing the Dubs front line lmao

20/8/4 lifetime against the Warriors. Warriors perimeter has no equal. I’ll take ‘em. Grizz/Suns 1st. If they pull it off after dismantling the MVP in the 1st round it would be the greatest championship run in league history. We’ll see.

Lol random regular season games don’t mean squat, come on now. Draymond will make it tough on Giannis but that’s it. Bucks defense is no slouch either. Love the confidence though

I realize the odds but I’m all in : )

[Bruin]

The Orlando Magic salivating over that Bulls 2023 1st right now.

Why..? What does this series have anything to do with that

[MrGoat]

Chicago's actually competing better than I thought the would considering the way they limped into the playoffs

[Calamity_Cometh]

Guys it's a 3 point game.

[Froob]

Not really paying attention but, this is a must win if Chicago wants to make this series interesting. Can’t lose to a sleep walking bucks team if they want to be taken seriously

[life_saver]

If Vucevic wasn't so trash on offense, Bulls might have even been in lead..so many bricked open shots

[Tracymcgoaty]

Bulls playing some beautiful basketball right now but gotta finish man.

[1st banana]

Can’t believe this is even remotely a game thought the bucks would trash the bulls by 15+ every game.

[KIRAG]

Lol at Lopez for that shaqtin 3

[Reeko]

That's a bad charge call.

[AussieCeltic]

That's a bad charge call.

Massive block. Never had position and still sliding

[life_saver]

Just a horrible offensive game from Vucevic