Thursday 10/26 NBA Game Thread

jehosafats · Post #421 » by **jehosafats** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:16 am

djsunyc wrote:
jehosafats wrote:Poor Middleton nowhere to be found down the stretch

i think he's on a mins restriction b/c of his offseason surgery.

Although you would think they’d restrict him to the crucial final mins in a close game

Wolfgang630 · Post #422 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:17 am

Why is stan complaining? There’s only 11 seconds left. Why not use your challenge??

DCasey91 · Post #423 » by **DCasey91** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:17 am

G R E Y wrote:Weird reffing all around to start the season.

Gotta get the money in good and proper

jokeboy86 · Post #424 » by **jokeboy86** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:17 am

djsunyc wrote:
djsunyc wrote:bucks are going to have issues defending boston. celtics can put tatum, brown, jrue, white, porzingis out there.

they can't play brook, giannis will be guarding porzingis on the weakside and dame will have to guard a ball handler which is a recipe for disaster. they're gonna have a really tough time hiding him.

counterpoint - how do you guard dame dropping 3's from 35 feet out tho lol

Ho-li-dayyy

MP · Post #425 » by MP » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:17 am

The refs are biased. The commentators are blind (and also biased). NBA really does a good job on showing people they have no shame on pushing whatever stars/teams they want to promote

Marvin Martian · Post #426 » by **Marvin Martian** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:17 am

I thought Nurse was supposed to be better than Doc Rivers?

GeorgeSears · Post #427 » by **GeorgeSears** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

It's shocking to me that teams don't just hack-a-Giannis late in the game.

He's not a good FT shooter, he's 3-9 tonight. If he hits two clutch FTs, you tip your hat and you live with that. But you have to play the numbers game.

jokeboy86 · Post #428 » by **jokeboy86** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

Surprised Nurse didnt go to hack a Giannis if the ball is in his hands

djsunyc · Post #429 » by **djsunyc** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

nurse just blew his final timeout on a challenge? for real?

Scoundreldays · Post #430 » by **Scoundreldays** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

What a shot!

cool93 · Post #431 » by **cool93** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

Congrats to Milwaukee Referees

Wolfgang630 · Post #432 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

You can’t let Lillard take over in the end. You’ve got to double him and force Giannis to get the ball and put Giannis at the free throw line.

kacey ring · Post #433 » by **kacey ring** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:18 am

I thought 76ers would’ve fouled Giannis when he had the ball. Unfortunately they had Tucker on him.

I know the Bucks couldn’t have run out the clock, but dude has been awful on FTs.

djsunyc · Post #434 » by **djsunyc** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

GeorgeSears wrote:It's shocking to me that teams don't just hack-a-Giannis late in the game.

He's not a good FT shooter, he's 3-9 tonight. If he hits two clutch FTs, you tip your hat and you live with that. But you have to play the numbers game.

you can only do it if he has the ball, which he didn't.

jehosafats · Post #435 » by **jehosafats** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

Good game. Now I have to admit the Giannis/Dame tandem looks like it could work. I stand corrected.

Infinite Llamas · Post #436 » by **Infinite Llamas** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
Infinite Llamas wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:Dame Time!

Good luck NBA literally the perfect duo. Giannis dominates in 3 quarters and Dame closes in the 4th.

Bucks in 6!

“Giannis dominates in 3 quarters” lol

Laugh now cry later.

We haven't even seen them at their best yet. Just wait until they get a feel for each other. Good luck stopping that.

Lol

Zeno · Post #437 » by **Zeno** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

Did money change hands on that Melton three? Lol

Up-And-Coming · Post #438 » by **Up-And-Coming** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

Finally it’s over haha

Post #439 » by **G R E Y** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

azcatz11 wrote:
G R E Y wrote:Weird reffing all around to start the season.

It’s been horrible. We need robot refs

My sense is that it's super tight for more pure basketball.

Feels like NBA took notice of fans responding positively to WC game and calls.

But it has to go both ways ie/ call it even on both teams. Also refs have to balance right call and just **** cutting up the flow of the game.

jehosafats · Post #440 » by **jehosafats** » Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:19 am

Marvin Martian wrote:I thought Nurse was supposed to be better than Doc Rivers?

Who wins?