PG: Nets Edge Out Bucks in Game 2

[Coach Carter]

Midds for CJ makes sense. Change of scenery for both players. Yeah...Midds DEF is better, but that's not saying much come playoff time.

That's not helping either team.

[rilamann]

Nash seems to know how mentally weak the Bucks are. So he plays Irving and Durant the whole first quarter. Knows the Bucks won’t fight back after getting punched early. Embarrassing.

I could feel the Bucks mental weakness and fear through my TV, especially from Giannis and I could feel the Nets feeding off of it.

Nets where probably a bit nervous too at the start of game 1, now they're probably like They're scared and want no part of this, we've got this..

For us it starts with Giannis, the team feeds off of him. When Giannis played confident and aggressive against the Heat, the team rest of the team played confident and aggressive. When Giannis plays like he's terrified of a washed up Blake Griffin, this is the result you're going to get.

[BucksRule18]

I think what's shocking to me is how could the Bucks get embarrassed by 39 points, and not get frustrated enough to foul and put the Nets on the line more than a couple of times. That's like a fighter lowering his hands and taking multiple head shots without even trying to tie up the opponent.

[th87]

We all know this team too well now that I think there aren't even any optimists spitting out hope?

Brooklyn might romp through the rest of the league from here. It could be they’re just 2018 Warriors level much better than every other team.

But yeah, we’re cooked. It’s hard to see us turning it around here. So much is going wrong that I’m not sure you can fix it in one game.

That's cool, but even they didn't beat "contending" teams by 50.

[AntetokounmBros]

So what are you guys doing this summer?

I'll be in Miami next week...so at least I can look at the arena and reminisce about the Bucks looking respectable.

[BucksRule18]

Nash seems to know how mentally weak the Bucks are. So he plays Irving and Durant the whole first quarter. Knows the Bucks won’t fight back after getting punched early. Embarrassing.

I could feel the Bucks mental weakness and fear through my TV, especially from Giannis and I could feel the Nets feeding off of it.

Nets where probably a bit nervous too at the start of game 1, now they're probably like They're scared and want no part of this, we've got this..

For us it starts with Giannis, the team feeds off of him. When Giannis played confident and aggressive against the Heat, the team rest of the team played confident and aggressive. When Giannis plays like he's terrified of a washed up Blake Griffin, this is the result you're going to get.

Absolutely. As I noted in the game thread, your superstar should never tell reporters that his team played with jitters, even if this was the truth. This just sends a message to the rest of the team that our leader is scared of the opponent. It also gives the other team confidence to continue the pressure. In contrast, even down 2-0 at home to the Mavs, Leonard, George and Ty Lue never showed any signs of panic during pressers. At minimum, this gives the role players confidence that our team leaders believe we got this.

[Milbucks96]

Nate McMillan, Terry Stotts, hell Rick Carlisle ain’t been outta the first round in a decade, Casey in Detroit, people love thibs again all of a sudden. Monty Williams was really known as a bad coach but got hired because he’s a good guy and players like him. Lue is pretty garbage, Walton somehow stills has a job, Doc is mediocre at best, Pop is slowly fading away and hasn’t done anything in a while. Are we sure Vogel isn’t just Lebron with a mask on? The league is full of teams that needs stability which is what Bud brought to both Atl and Mke. I doubt he would have any problem landing a job. The question is who would want to come here? We’re basically Portland east at this point.

[rilamann]

Jrue Bledsoe Jrue's new nickname

It's weird how the mental stuff continues to be a problem to the point Holiday has turned into Bledsoe, it almost seems like it's a team thing more than an individual thing.

Reminds me so much of the Packers and how they would continue to choke in similar fashion year after year in the playoffs, despite roster turnover with the exception of Aaron Rodgers.

I wonder if in 10 years we'll be talking about how the mental issues for the Bucks in the playoffs continued year after year, despite roster turnover with the exception of Giannis.

[TD75]

Read on Twitter

This memory comment explains a lot about the Bucks not learning from their mistakes.

[Swingman72]

It might be time to consider the fact that Giannis is not a superstar that you can build a team around for a championship. He'd be a great 2nd peice on a championship team, but not a Kobe, Durant, LeBron, Curry type. Giannis is a more athletic Dwight Howard or a Amar'e Stoudemire that can't shoot. And when Giannis's athleticism starts to wane, what do you have? Dwight Howard 2021.

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[AntetokounmBros]

Nash seems to know how mentally weak the Bucks are. So he plays Irving and Durant the whole first quarter. Knows the Bucks won’t fight back after getting punched early. Embarrassing.

I could feel the Bucks mental weakness and fear through my TV, especially from Giannis and I could feel the Nets feeding off of it.

Nets where probably a bit nervous too at the start of game 1, now they're probably like They're scared and want no part of this, we've got this..

For us it starts with Giannis, the team feeds off of him. When Giannis played confident and aggressive against the Heat, the team rest of the team played confident and aggressive. When Giannis plays like he's terrified of a washed up Blake Griffin, this is the result you're going to get.

At one point during tonight's game, I just sat there thinking "does this all go back to Giannis?" When your star player looks indecisive, that has to shake the confidence of the supporting cast.

I don't think it literally all goes back to him, but it does seem like his nerves are contagious.

[SIMMIES]

[quote="RiotPunch"]Can't wait to hear what Justin Garcia has to say, after telling me how stupid I've been all this time.[/quote]


I can't stand listening to those two lispers. Can't WTMJ find people who don't lisp to communicate via radio?

[UnFadeable21]

This is on Giannis

Durant is just owning him and Blake is slamming on him. For a two time MVP, he has been really bad in the playoffs two years in a row.

[HKPackFan]

This is amazing. This is almost like having a t-shirt about beating a team in the regular season.

[rilamann]

We all know this team too well now that I think there aren't even any optimists spitting out hope?

Brooklyn might romp through the rest of the league from here. It could be they’re just 2018 Warriors level much better than every other team.

But yeah, we’re cooked. It’s hard to see us turning it around here. So much is going wrong that I’m not sure you can fix it in one game.

That's cool, but even they didn't beat "contending" teams by 50.

Yeah, you're letting the Bucks off the hook if you're basically saying But the Nets are really good. If the Nets had Harden and played the Timberwolves in a best of 7 series, I doubt the Nets would have a 50 point lead at any point in any game. They did it to us without Harden and did it by only the 2nd game of the series. The Nets are good, but lets not kid ourselves here, the Bucks are completely mind **** right now. Especially Giannis.

[HKPackFan]

Obviously a tough loss... and tough to keep optimism. but this series is far from over. losing by 40 im sure shakes confidence, but if the bucks win by only 2, the series is back to 2-1 and right there. KD said after the game... "we just did what we were supposed to". It isn't a series until someone wins on the road.

Losing DDV was a bigger blow then I anticipated. The Bucks can't really go small and Lopez has been killed on pick and rolls and switches. drop coverage is a death sentence vs elite midrange guys like KD/Kyrie. He will never get enough offensive rebounds to justify being on the floor 30ish minutes. Forbes/connoughton wont be any better if they use them to go small. With DDV, you can go small with giannis at the 5 and not have a defensive liability for the Nets to hunt.

Bucks need to start trapping. especially KD. only 8 turnovers for the Nets. Nets wont lose if possessions are close. Need to tally 20-ish more possessions between turnovers and offensive rebounds. Bud seems to be really hesitant to do so. there is no way whoever KD passes to is a better option then KD singled up vs anyone. Bud needs to accept his all-NBA defenders, as great as they are, wont stop all-time great isolation scorers. need to force the ball out and make 2 guys who are average playmakers, playmakers. Make KD a paser. he is quite turnover prone.

Interested to see if the bucks fold game 3... especially if Nets start hot. They could easily make this a series again.

[Pachinko_]

Fk it lets win one at least. One game.

[HKPackFan]

Horst waiting for GM instructions from his owners.

[Antinomy]

If the Bucks don't show more fight in this series I have to imagine we're going to shake things up as much as possible. Problem is what the hell can we possibly get for Khris Middleton's contract? I actually think Jrue was OK. Started off like 5/6 and played some decent D, but we were just in too big a hole early.

Holiday has been alright but hasn’t controlled the pace AT ALL against a team that basically doesn’t have a PG.

As much as I like Holiday, I thought it should’ve held out for someone *better*. There seems to be a new disgruntled star available every year.

Now we can’t even make a run at Lillard

[HKPackFan]

Horst logging back into his realgm account and firing up the NBA trade machine at halftime.