GT: Nets @ Bucks Game 4 - 06/13/21 3pm EST

[Hello Brooklyn]

I'm legitimately confused how you guys are blaming anyone for this loss. I'm not even mad about it. More disappointed.

I was furious after Game 3 because I knew it was one we let slip away.

KD did play like garbage all game. But even if he was good, we were not winning this one.

Not without Kyrie, Harris choking and our role players looking dazed and focused.

What can Nash do? Teach us to play offense without Kyrie and Harden. Something we haven't done all season and were in no way prepared to handle.

I think there is no chance Kyrie can go for Game 5. And Harden probably not either.

Our best shot is to shoot lights out from 3, KD to get like 40 and for the Bucks to get cold again. All the pressure will be on them since nobody expects us to win anymore.

Then maybe we can get Harden back for Game 6.

But Bucks should be heavily favored now. It sucks but its the truth. Were not as good as them anymore.

[NyCeEvO]

All this Nash bitching really needs to stop. We've suffered from bad luck first and foremost. The moment Kyrie went down with that injury, this game was over, it's really that simple. If Harden doesn't injure his hamstring again 43 seconds into game 1, this would have been the last game of the series. Bucks have been incredibly lucky to benefit from our injuries, and that's really what it comes down to.

If we don't get Harden back healthy by game 5 (key word: healthy), then we're screwed because Kyrie is likely out for the remainder of this series. This is why you cannot give up opportunities in the playoffs, and why the game 3 loss stings even more now because we could have killed this series off.

I agree about everything but inevitably losing the series.

I’m still thoroughly unimpressed by Giannis and the rest of the team. They were at home and never looked comfortable outside of Kyrie going down and us not adjusting.

If our bench players don’t put themselves under too much pressure in Game 5, I fully expect us to roll. For some reason, the next game isn’t until Thursday lol. (I am pretty sure the broadcast said Game 5 was on Thursday but either they messed up or I didn't hear it properly, since Game 5 is actually on Tuesday.)

The Brooklyn crowd will be amped. I expect the coaching staff to make the adjustments in Game 5 that they frankly should’ve made during these two road games and I expect the role players to light it up, regardless of whether Kyrie is playing.

If Harden is back and plays appropriately measured (as in not passive and deferring but also not too ISO happy), we should beat them comfortably.

Maybe I’m irrationally confident but I don’t “fear the deer” at all.

I hope Kyrie’s sprain is minor and that 3 days of RICE will be enough time for him.

Still gotta believe….let’s go Nets!

[Evalar]

I'll hold my hands up and say we didn't play well but for me the Refs decided that game. I had to walk away a few times to stop myself putting my foot through the T.V. screen. Next game everyone needs to step up and if James can play let him we can't go without both him and Kyrie. It's all or nothing for us.

[NyCeEvO]

I still can't comprehend how we let Giannis walk out of this game unscathed after what happened today.

Cuz we're soft AF.

Don't want to get physically...

No dirt on our hands approach.

Free throw discrepancy throughout series is first sign.

2nd is not playing DJ to bang around.

If this was streetball where we either don’t call anything or we call our own fouls, things would be different. But the refs have that responsibility and have been doing a piss poor job at officiating.

You can’t go to the free throw line if the refs don’t put you there.

[ArksNetsSince99]

Pops spurs won a lot of loop-sided games after Pop got T -up or ejected ,its not recent but during spurs championship runs ,and we can hardly call Duncan , Manu, Parker , impressionable young guys at the time

[Shark]

All this Nash bitching really needs to stop. We've suffered from bad luck first and foremost. The moment Kyrie went down with that injury, this game was over, it's really that simple. If Harden doesn't injure his hamstring again 43 seconds into game 1, this would have been the last game of the series. Bucks have been incredibly lucky to benefit from our injuries, and that's really what it comes down to.

If we don't get Harden back healthy by game 5 (key word: healthy), then we're screwed because Kyrie is likely out for the remainder of this series. This is why you cannot give up opportunities in the playoffs, and why the game 3 loss stings even more now because we could have killed this series off.

I agree about everything but is inevitably losing the series.

I’m still thoroughly unimpressed by Giannis and the rest of the team. They were at home and never looked comfortable outside of Kyrie going down and us not adjusting.

If our bench players don’t put themselves under too much pressure in Game 5, I fully expect us to roll. For some reason, the next game isn’t until Thursday lol.

The Brooklyn crowd will be amped. I expect the coaching staff to make the adjustments in Game 5 that they frankly should’ve made during these two road games and I expect the role players to light it up, regardless of whether Kyrie is playing.

If Harden is back and plays appropriately measured (as in not passive and deferring but also not too ISO happy), we should beat them comfortably.

Maybe I’m irrationally confident but I don’t “fear the deer” at all.

I hope Kyrie’s sprain is minor and that 3 days of RICE will be enough time for him.

Still gotta believe….let’s go Nets!

TBH that's the one positive takeaway. In spite of everything going the Bucks way we were still able to keep the game relatively close until the 4th. We're still in a pretty disheartening disadvantage, and I find it tougher to be positive like you, but I guess there is still a small chance of is turning things around in game 5.

[Openheimer]

What happened to Kyrie?

Hurt his ankle after he landed on Giannis’ foot

It’s time for Harden to comeback. We need game 5 now.

[Karate Diop]

All this Nash bitching really needs to stop. We've suffered from bad luck first and foremost. The moment Kyrie went down with that injury, this game was over, it's really that simple. If Harden doesn't injure his hamstring again 43 seconds into game 1, this would have been the last game of the series. Bucks have been incredibly lucky to benefit from our injuries, and that's really what it comes down to.

If we don't get Harden back healthy by game 5 (key word: healthy), then we're screwed because Kyrie is likely out for the remainder of this series. This is why you cannot give up opportunities in the playoffs, and why the game 3 loss stings even more now because we could have killed this series off.

I agree about everything but is inevitably losing the series.

I’m still thoroughly unimpressed by Giannis and the rest of the team. They were at home and never looked comfortable outside of Kyrie going down and us not adjusting.

If our bench players don’t put themselves under too much pressure in Game 5, I fully expect us to roll. For some reason, the next game isn’t until Thursday lol.

The Brooklyn crowd will be amped. I expect the coaching staff to make the adjustments in Game 5 that they frankly should’ve made during these two road games and I expect the role players to light it up, regardless of whether Kyrie is playing.

If Harden is back and plays appropriately measured (as in not passive and deferring but also not too ISO happy), we should beat them comfortably.

Maybe I’m irrationally confident but I don’t “fear the deer” at all.

I hope Kyrie’s sprain is minor and that 3 days of RICE will be enough time for him.

Still gotta believe….let’s go Nets!

TBH that's the one positive takeaway. In spite of everything going the Bucks way we were still able to keep the game relatively close until the 4th. We're still in a pretty disheartening disadvantage, and I find it tougher to be positive like you, but I guess there is still a small chance of is turning things around in game 5.

Honestly if the role players hit their shots then the Nets are right there in this game. They should play better at home so there's really no reason the Nets can't still win this.

[ArksNetsSince99]

**** Bucks , i voted before series ,Nets in 6 , and we gonna be alright

[DarkXaero]

That's a fair point. I would still expect better with the experience he has behind him on the staff. Then again its not like D'Antoni was ever all that great to begin with. Wasted all of those years of great Suns and Rocket teams.

My point is he doesn’t have the balls to stand behind his guys ,stand up , get pissed , got technical or better two, watch the press conference after the game , MF gonna blame all but himself !

Our players aren’t impressionable young guys. They don’t need to see their coach get T’d up in order to snap it into gear.

While that used to work years ago, I don’t recently recall seeing a coach doing that and it actually working. If anything, I’ve been seeing coaches doing that after their team has been getting blown out and their teams only go on to get hammered even more.

I think fans just want to see their anger/frustration channeled through the coach, and I get that, but like you said, I don't think it's very helpful.

[DarkXaero]

All this Nash bitching really needs to stop. We've suffered from bad luck first and foremost. The moment Kyrie went down with that injury, this game was over, it's really that simple. If Harden doesn't injure his hamstring again 43 seconds into game 1, this would have been the last game of the series. Bucks have been incredibly lucky to benefit from our injuries, and that's really what it comes down to.

If we don't get Harden back healthy by game 5 (key word: healthy), then we're screwed because Kyrie is likely out for the remainder of this series. This is why you cannot give up opportunities in the playoffs, and why the game 3 loss stings even more now because we could have killed this series off.

I agree about everything but is inevitably losing the series.

I’m still thoroughly unimpressed by Giannis and the rest of the team. They were at home and never looked comfortable outside of Kyrie going down and us not adjusting.

If our bench players don’t put themselves under too much pressure in Game 5, I fully expect us to roll. For some reason, the next game isn’t until Thursday lol.

The Brooklyn crowd will be amped. I expect the coaching staff to make the adjustments in Game 5 that they frankly should’ve made during these two road games and I expect the role players to light it up, regardless of whether Kyrie is playing.

If Harden is back and plays appropriately measured (as in not passive and deferring but also not too ISO happy), we should beat them comfortably.

Maybe I’m irrationally confident but I don’t “fear the deer” at all.

I hope Kyrie’s sprain is minor and that 3 days of RICE will be enough time for him.

Still gotta believe….let’s go Nets!

I agree with you on the Bucks, they're really not impressive at all. They seem like a mentally weak team to me that only starts playing well when circumstances favor them greatly. It is really not that difficult to make Giannis look like a liability at times, and everyone else on the roster is very streaky. It's just a damn shame that we've to deal with these crucial injuries because I truly do believe now that it would have been a sweep if we were healthy.

[HardenGoat]

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X-Rays only show broken bones.

You need an MRI to show the damage done to tendons and ligaments etc., soft tissue injuries.

That said, everything about Kyrie's injury spelled "high ankle sprain", which is almost as bad as a broken ankle.

In fact I know people I played ball with who came back sooner from a broken ankle than a high ankle sprain.

IT'S OVER.

BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR.

It’s a low ankle sprain

[ArksNetsSince99]

Trust me , after all this years , post JKidd era , Billy King era , all this **** years i want nothing more than this team to finally succeed, sorry if i rub anyone wrong way , you right , its a frustration for next three days , on to the next one

[ArksNetsSince99]

I'm legitimately confused how you guys are blaming anyone for this loss. I'm not even mad about it. More disappointed.

I was furious after Game 3 because I knew it was one we let slip away.

KD did play like garbage all game. But even if he was good, we were not winning this one.

Not without Kyrie, Harris choking and our role players looking dazed and focused.

What can Nash do? Teach us to play offense without Kyrie and Harden. Something we haven't done all season and were in no way prepared to handle.

I think there is no chance Kyrie can go for Game 5. And Harden probably not either.

Our best shot is to shoot lights out from 3, KD to get like 40 and for the Bucks to get cold again. All the pressure will be on them since nobody expects us to win anymore.

Then maybe we can get Harden back for Game 6.

But Bucks should be heavily favored now. It sucks but its the truth. Were not as good as them anymore.

According to Netsdaily it’s a little chance Harden will play in game 5 or even the series

[HardenGoat]

NBA wants to extend this series. At this point we have to get Kyrie healthy and Harden has to play. We have our two star ball handlers out. There was no way we were getting that win today I saw the writing on the wall when they started calling weak fouls on us while they mauled us. All momentum was lost due to the refs.

[Sharcm1]

I just went back and watched the play again. Giannis comes in and puts his foot under Irving. I get it Giannis was coming in for the rebound. But outside the pain this is a flagrant foul

[ArksNetsSince99]

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X-Rays only show broken bones.

You need an MRI to show the damage done to tendons and ligaments etc., soft tissue injuries.

That said, everything about Kyrie's injury spelled "high ankle sprain", which is almost as bad as a broken ankle.

In fact I know people I played ball with who came back sooner from a broken ankle than a high ankle sprain.

IT'S OVER.

BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR.

It’s a low ankle sprain

I sprained my ankle twice playing tennis , both times took me at least 5-6 weeks to get back on the court , considering Kyrie is much better athlete than myself i just dont see it how he plays in three days , i just dont

[andrewww]

Kyrie is in a walking boot.

[andrewww]

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[NyCeEvO]

For those who are complaining, without James and now Kyrie going down too, WTF did you expect?

I'm not impressed by the Bucks. They were much scarier during the regular season than they are now. In fact, I bet if you polled Bucks fans, they probably believe that they could play better than they're currently playing.

I don't look at our squad as a team that's missing Kyrie and Harden. I look at it as a team with KD and enough quality depth to at least put up a good fight, as long as they have a solid game plan and adhere to it.

I'm not critical because of the lack of star power. I'm critical because of the lack of a solid game plan. It's not like the Bucks had stout defense on all of our players, they were just aggressive with KD. The offense looked so disorganized I can't remember where we were ran 3 good sets back to back.

We're playing into the Bucks hands by playing this slow possession based basketball. We're passively allowing the Bucks to set up their defense and prepare for KD by walking the ball up everytime.

There's so much that we could do better that have nothing to do with Harden and Kyrie being out.

The Bucks are the luckiest MF'ers in the world, cause they would have gotten SWEPT if not for Nets injuries.

Now they are going to win the series, FOR SURE, but it might be the hollowest win in NBA playoffs history.

I'm pretty sure the Raptors would be without a NBA championship if KD and Klay didn't go down with serious injuries.

Would the Warriors have beaten the Rockets if CP3 didn't injure his hamstring?

Would the Warriors have gotten past the Grizzlies in 2015 with a healthy Mike Conley?

Injuries happen and are part of the game.

The champion is the best team that lasts through 4 rounds of playoffs, not the team that would've won if there were no injuries.

Sometimes we get Finals teams who make it without serious injuries and other times would-be Finals teams lose because of injuries.

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