PLAYOFFS, 2nd RND, GM #1 – Celtics @ Bucks – 1:00PM, Sun, 04-28-19

[Wise1]

raps fan here, rooting for you guys in this 1.

Translation: I'd rather not see the Bucks. ☺

[FlatearthZorro]

Milwaukee does not play playoff style basketball.

They started to panic when Blake left the hospital and took off all that knee covering and got on the court for a few minutes. Kennard was finding lots of gaps and spots to shoot, so Irving can as well.

Horford will defend, and stop, The Greek Fork.

The only thing the Celtics have to fear are the refs. If the fix is in, you will know as 40 free throw attempts by the Bucks and 8 free throw attempts for Boston. Baynes will also pick up two fouls within the first 28 seconds, and Tatum will not get a free throw attempt the entire series, despite needing stitches to his head from the fouls.

No stupid shots means no fast breaks for the Bucks. That is all they score on, fast breaks and then open threes when teams are lazy to cover Middleton and the big is too stubborn to cover Lopez.

Horford may not get double-figure points average, but will still be Boston's best player.

True, I think Theis should be important both Ilyasova and Mirotic are super slow. I feel like Daniel could dunk on every pick and roll if he goes to the basket. Semi will be vital, according to stats he's been the best Giannis defender in the past 2 years.

[Renzen]

Milwaukee does not play playoff style basketball.

They started to panic when Blake left the hospital and took off all that knee covering and got on the court for a few minutes. Kennard was finding lots of gaps and spots to shoot, so Irving can as well.

Horford will defend, and stop, The Greek Fork.

The only thing the Celtics have to fear are the refs. If the fix is in, you will know as 40 free throw attempts by the Bucks and 8 free throw attempts for Boston. Baynes will also pick up two fouls within the first 28 seconds, and Tatum will not get a free throw attempt the entire series, despite needing stitches to his head from the fouls.

No stupid shots means no fast breaks for the Bucks. That is all they score on, fast breaks and then open threes when teams are lazy to cover Middleton and the big is too stubborn to cover Lopez.

Horford may not get double-figure points average, but will still be Boston's best player.

True, I think Theis should be important both Ilyasova and Mirotic are super slow. I feel like Daniel could dunk on every pick and roll if he goes to the basket. Semi will be vital, according to stats he's been the best Giannis defender in the past 2 years.

The Bucks PnR defense is to sag and take away all rim runs... Their defense is designed to give up long 2's, tough floaters, or pick and pop 3's. If Theis is a capable 3 point shooter, he will definitely get top of the key looks tho...

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[Afam]

I understand Parl. I will do that.

[Afam]

This is a winnable game. Come strong, and focused.

[ConstableGeneva]

Has anybody mentioned or posted a link to the team’s travel? Are they already in MIL? Going tomorrow?

Amanda Pflugrad posted an IG story of her boarding the team plane about 30 minutes ago.

[Feed Your Head]

raps fan here, rooting for you guys in this 1.

Translation: I'd rather not see the Bucks. ☺

To come to another teams board and post that in response to a fan of neither of the teams is some soft ****. Let's hope the Bucks are as thin skinned and soft as you.

[Creole_Ce1tic]

GAME DAY THREADS SHOULD BE LOCKED UNTIL..... GAME DAY. SERIES DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE HELD IN OTHER THREADS!!! AND THAT GOES FOR ALL TEAMS!!!

[SmartWentCrazy]

raps fan here, rooting for you guys in this 1.

Translation: I'd rather not see the Bucks. ☺

To come to another teams board and post that in response to a fan of neither of the teams is some soft ****. Let's hope the Bucks are as thin skinned and soft as you.

This is what ive been talking about— Bucks fans cannot let any perceived slight go without a response. Even something as innocuous as a fan of a third team wanting us to win on our board warrants a response.

I couldnt even imagine a group of people being more thin-skinned than Patriots fans [I am one, FWIW], but here we are. Congrats, i guess.

[Bleeding Green]

Celtics fans are so thin-skinned that there need to be 15 posts every time a non-Celtics fan posts an innocuous comment here.

[Homerclease]

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[Triple7]

Translation: I'd rather not see the Bucks. ☺

To come to another teams board and post that in response to a fan of neither of the teams is some soft ****. Let's hope the Bucks are as thin skinned and soft as you.

This is what ive been talking about— Bucks fans cannot let any perceived slight go without a response. Even something as innocuous as a fan of a third team wanting us to win on our board warrants a response.

I couldnt even imagine a group of people being more thin-skinned than Patriots fans [I am one, FWIW], but here we are. Congrats, i guess.

Bucks fans who come in here to troll are just laughable! Most of them are probably kids, who can’t resist the urge to comment on any posts not to their liking.

[Jaqua92]

Translation: I'd rather not see the Bucks.

To come to another teams board and post that in response to a fan of neither of the teams is some soft ****. Let's hope the Bucks are as thin skinned and soft as you.

This is what ive been talking about— Bucks fans cannot let any perceived slight go without a response. Even something as innocuous as a fan of a third team wanting us to win on our board warrants a response.

I couldnt even imagine a group of people being more thin-skinned than Patriots fans [I am one, FWIW], but here we are. Congrats, i guess.

Just for some brainfood, we do that here too. All...the..time. any perceived slight by another fanbase in here gets flocked to

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[Jaqua92]

Celtics fans are so thin-skinned that there need to be 15 posts every time a non-Celtics fan posts an innocuous comment here.

Lol

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[BRUNiNHO91]

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Remember the 2008 NBA finals? Like 3 plp picked Boston. Lol. Experts really aren't experts tbh.

I think Milwaukee is heavily favored due to their regular season success and rightfully so. We played like ass, they played amazing. Their first round series was a bye. People like to compare Indy to Detroit because they ended the season in similar fashion, but Indiana had one of the most brutal schedules you could find and lost to a lot of playoff teams. Indy would have beaten Detroit in 6 tops WITH a healthy Blake..it's not right to compare.

I think the real basketball minds realize that Milwaukee is getting a different team than the one the Hornets or the Heat played in games 63 or 45 of the regular season.

Ramona Shelburne, who I think is ass water..brought up a really good point on ESPN. She said Boston has seen this match up coming for over a month now. Ever since we lost that game against Philly we pretty much cemented ourselves in this matchup if we got to round 2. In the Indiana series, we doubled a lot in the post and that's something that Brad has not done much, even with big time players like Davis or Embiid..so part of me wondered, why now with Myles Turner? Like..how much of that could have been some sort of trial run for Giannis? Not so much for stopping him, but could we do it, get the ball off his hands and still recover out to the shooters which we did really well. It could just be nothing but idk..it's not something normal for us. It will be very interesting to see.

I think Boston will have a lot of success putting guys like Lopez, Illyasova and Mirotic in the pick and roll with Horford and Tatum/Hayward/Kyrie. First game of the season we hit a ridiculous amount of 3's on them because Lopez couldn't guard the perimeter. An underrated part of last year's Bucks team that gave us some trouble was Maker and Henson actually doing a great job at that, even though they were trash in other things. I expect us to see the best Boston has to offer..maybe not in game 1 but at least game 2.

[Dante80]

Bucks fan here, wishing good health for both teams.

This is going to be a very tough series for us. I also personally view this as a legitimacy challenge for the team. If we can win this series, most of the comments about us being a one trick RS pony with no post-season experience or success would go away.

Studying up the match-up, I think that Smart being out is a very big deal for the Celtics, and more important than Brogdon being also out. Moreover, I think that the key for this series actually lies in Boston, and has to do with Horford. A whole damn lot depends on him, both offensively and defensively. And if he is in high spirits, I think that the Bucks are going to have a very big challenge to surpass.

Good luck, and may the best team win!

[yazfan]

Stevens had 2 playoff monkeys on his back

1. Never swept a series. Check. Pacers. Dne.
2. Never won a series where he did not have home court advantage. Here we go. need 3 of these in a row

[ConstableGeneva]

Can't take much from the first two regular season meetings, unless you're a nerd who studies the X-and-Os and all that ****. The one game Boston won back in early November, we had an absurd 45-point advantage from beyond the arc and won by only four points. The second game which the Bucks won by 13, Celtics were missing both Baynes and Horford (we're hard-pressed to win any game against the really good teams without a healthy Horford IMO). Our third meeting is closer to what I imagine these games would be (replace Smart w/ Hayward) -- a defense-oriented slugfest that may come down to the final few possessions unless one team goes berserk from three or has a huge advantage from the FT line. We had to play 10 combined minutes of Theis & Yabu due to Baynes's absence. I expect more out of Middleton (15 pts), Bledsoe (5 pts), and Giannis (30 pts) but Brogdon's all-around production will be missed during the 1st two games of the series. Horford is the most vital piece for the Cs. When he has his legs under him, he can cause matchup problems on the offensive end while being able to somewhat contain Freak's drives and switch on Bucks guards if need be.

Bud (who knows Horford's game as well as any coach) vs. Brad is gonna be an interesting side-plot to this series.

[thelarrybirdx]

Can't take much from the first two regular season meetings, unless you're a nerd who studies the X-and-Os and all that ****. The one game Boston won back in early November, we had an absurd 45-point advantage from beyond the arc and won by only four points. The second game which the Bucks won by 13, Celtics were missing both Baynes and Horford (we're hard-pressed to win any game against the really good teams without a healthy Horford IMO). Our third meeting is closer to what I imagine these games would be (replace Smart w/ Hayward) -- a defense-oriented slugfest that may come down to the final few possessions unless one team goes berserk from three or has a huge advantage from the FT line. We had to play 10 combined minutes of Theis & Yabu due to Baynes's absence. I expect more out of Middleton (15 pts), Bledsoe (5 pts), and Giannis (30 pts) but Brogdon's all-around production will be missed during the 1st two games of the series. Horford is the most vital piece for the Cs. When he has his legs under him, he can cause matchup problems on the offensive end while being able to somewhat contain Freak's drives and switch on Bucks guards if need be.

Bud (who knows Horford's game as well as any coach) vs. Brad is gonna be an interesting side-plot to this series.

Severely underrated aspect of this series. Great point

[K For Three]

One thing I do like, the Sunday 1 pm trend for the C's continues. People can become creatures of habit. And Mook has shot well in the previous two 1 pm early games lol. We really could use his spark.

One thing I do not like: the potential of rust. Which could work for both teams. Gordon especially is someone who seems to lose momentum from a break, but I hope not since he looked fantastic ending game 4 in Indy. So any early missed shots.......try NOT to freak out.

Long break favors Horford though, he thrives on fresh legs. He may have a big game.

Feels like the team has not played in forever. Luckily nobody this time around in this series should be sick.

Kyrie calls game 1's "the feel out game". Which I know he got from Lebron. Hoping we feel them out better lol.

edit: Game one score. C's win 106-103 although whatever with the final score to me if we win.