Round 1, Game 5: Bucks at Raps - 4/24/17 - 6:00 PM CST - FSN/NBATV

[jakecronus8]

I think for as bad as Toronto was last game, they've swung the momentum in their favor. I'm not sold that the Bucks mentally be able to come back from how atrocious they were in game 4. Toronto is veteran laden. I said I thought the winner of game 2 would win the series and I'm sticking with that. Really sucks that game 2 was right there and with some non boneheaded coaching moves the Bucks would have been in position to sweep yesterday.

[bigkurty]

As long as we dont play early in the afternoon

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Same here. We look like **** in damn near every early game.

[TheWig]

Game 7 will probably be an afternoon game if it happens.

[Thunder Muscle]

Think this series ends in 6 so whoever gets this one gets the series imo. Lean the Raptors getting it but hope I'm wrong.

[GFreak34]

if we win the series ends in 6, if we lose the series ends in 7. And either way we ll win the series.

[bizarro]

Well, going into this series I was fairly sure Toronto would most likely win in 4 or 5. So, that prediction and intuition was completely off. This Bucks team is a constant unknown. I will say, there have been long stretches of play in this series that defied my wildest expectations. Thon's ascendancy to legitimate defensive stopper is nothing short of remarkable. In the end, the Bucks are simply too inconsistent to demand any expectations - this goes from their rotations to their overall play. You simply don't know what you're going to get. As such, I watch completely unattached and simply hope they get on a prolonged roll that defies their innate tendencies.

[skones]

This game decides the series imo. Win and Bucks in 6. Lose. Raps in 7.

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[thomchatt3rton]

Well, going into this series I was fairly sure Toronto would most likely win in 4 or 5. So, that prediction and intuition was completely off. This Bucks team is a constant unknown. I will say, there have been long stretches of play in this series that defied my wildest expectations. Thon's ascendancy to legitimate defensive stopper is nothing short of remarkable. In the end, the Bucks are simply too inconsistent to demand any expectations - this goes from their rotations to their overall play. You simply don't know what you're going to get. As such, I watch completely unattached and simply hope they get on a prolonged roll that defies their innate tendencies.

When did you start watching again? And how do you explain this shameful flip-flopping of your principles?

[FrieAaron]

As long as we dont play early in the afternoon

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Same here. We look like **** in damn near every early game.

It really does appear to be a legitimate issue. In the regular season we were 1-5 in early afternoon games including losses to Philly, Dallas and Chicago. The single win we had was against the Suns by just 4 points.

[thomchatt3rton]

As long as we dont play early in the afternoon

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Same here. We look like **** in damn near every early game.

It really does appear to be a legitimate issue. In the regular season we were 1-5 in early afternoon games including losses to Philly, Dallas and Chicago. The single win we had was against the Suns by just 4 points.

And let's not forget the "Playing like Crap on National TV" factor...

[tyland]

Anyone think they'll change the starting line-up at all to counter the Raptors moves?

I think (perhaps fear is the more apt word) there is a chance Delly starts instead of Brogdon. It would allow Delly to harass Lowry from the get-go and Brogdon can hopefully help the bench unit be more cohesive on both ends.

[Prince12]

Don't feel good about it at all. Just hoping. All the footage and photos I've seen of the guys heading back to Canada and landing they look happy and laughing and relaxed though.

Young teams sometimes just simply don't give a **** about the moment or what should happen. I'm hoping our boys are not phased.

[Frank Nova]

This will be the game that decides our fate. We've won 2 blow outs and lost 2 nail biters. So we either finally win a nail biter or get blown out. Something's gotta give tomorrow night. I'm predicting we win a nail biter, something like 96-94 Bucks prevail. #BucksIn6

[TheWig]

Same here. We look like **** in damn near every early game.

It really does appear to be a legitimate issue. In the regular season we were 1-5 in early afternoon games including losses to Philly, Dallas and Chicago. The single win we had was against the Suns by just 4 points.

And let's not forget the "Playing like Crap on National TV" factor...

Bucks won game 1 on espn

[FlagsFlyForever]

This feels like a game where Mirza hits 5 threes.

[Prince12]

This feels like a game where Mirza hits 5 threes.

I accept this.

[JustinCredible]

Anyone think they'll change the starting line-up at all to counter the Raptors moves?

I think (perhaps fear is the more apt word) there is a chance Delly starts instead of Brogdon. It would allow Delly to harass Lowry from the get-go and Brogdon can hopefully help the bench unit be more cohesive on both ends.

I wonder how Toronto would counter if we went without a PG to start.

Giannis
Snell
Mids
Maker
Monroe

[bizarro]

Well, going into this series I was fairly sure Toronto would most likely win in 4 or 5. So, that prediction and intuition was completely off. This Bucks team is a constant unknown. I will say, there have been long stretches of play in this series that defied my wildest expectations. Thon's ascendancy to legitimate defensive stopper is nothing short of remarkable. In the end, the Bucks are simply too inconsistent to demand any expectations - this goes from their rotations to their overall play. You simply don't know what you're going to get. As such, I watch completely unattached and simply hope they get on a prolonged roll that defies their innate tendencies.

When did you start watching again? And how do you explain this shameful flip-flopping of your principles?

Ha! Good question.

Admittedly, I honestly hadn't watched a full game since game 3 since attempting a full game viewing in, what, mid February? Jeebus. But, time and space away from things changes perspective. I legitimately needed the space to cool off. I realized there is absolutely nothing in my Bucks habit I control other than, well, how I allow the myself to be impacted. I still believe Jason Kidd is in over his head the majority of the time as an in-game coach - his rotations continue to be nothing short of head-scratching and inconsistent. However, I also know there is definitive merit in his role in developing our key players. How he has managed Thon's evolution this season is truly a thing of beauty and his commitment to using him in the 4th quarter is truly an audacious maneuver by any coach given Monroe is in the wings and Henson is on the books. He has sat Henson this entire series - maybe an obvious move to us, but living in a coaching family I know this takes cajones. Speaking of that, I've had quite a bit of time to talk with the coaches in my family over the past 3-4 months and I see how the realm of public opinion is patently unfair and uninformed. I still proclaim even though his rotations were questionable at best in their game 2 loss, you can not question a coach when his team is in position to go ahead with 2 wide open looks w/ a minute remaining. Whether or not you wanted Snell on the floor or felt the personnel were ill-equipped to the challenge the Bucks were indeed in a position to steal the game with under 1 minute remaining. Do I think Snell should have been in? Yes. Do I care that he wasn't? Not really. Is Jason Kidd responsible for Middleton's middle-of-the-road play for well over a month? No. It's simple to me: Toronto made veteran plays and made difficult shots. A young Bucks team struggled in crunch time. Khris is notoriously a slow starter and, actually, he's still in his first half of a season coming off a major injury. I simply have chilled out. I've gained perspective. Nothing that happens in the Bucks world is influenced by a single thing I think or would suggest. And, when the game is over and the whistle blows, I still have my life and my decisions - decisions that actually impact my world on a daily basis - to contend with. I let it all go. The Bucks win, my life is still before me. The Bucks lose, and it's the same. Championship trophy or none. It's all entertainment. It's all relatively meaningless in the grand scheme of things. I'm simply trying to enjoy the games as entertainment without any expectations.

[thomchatt3rton]

It really does appear to be a legitimate issue. In the regular season we were 1-5 in early afternoon games including losses to Philly, Dallas and Chicago. The single win we had was against the Suns by just 4 points.

And let's not forget the "Playing like Crap on National TV" factor...

Bucks won game 1 on espn

I thought that was on NBAtv...? There goes my unifying theory.

[tyland]

Anyone think they'll change the starting line-up at all to counter the Raptors moves?

I think (perhaps fear is the more apt word) there is a chance Delly starts instead of Brogdon. It would allow Delly to harass Lowry from the get-go and Brogdon can hopefully help the bench unit be more cohesive on both ends.

I wonder how Toronto would counter if we went without a PG to start.

Giannis
Snell
Mids
Maker
Monroe

Would you put Snell on Lowry in that case? Interesting idea

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