NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Phoenix Suns, Part 2 | Series tied at 2

Seattlesun · Post #81 » by **Seattlesun** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:22 am

Go Suns!!! Just keep being the Suns and that will be enough. Easily the best team in the NBA this season and the beauty of the NBA is the best team wins.

Much love goes out to Giannis though. He suffered a far worse injury than Harden, Anthony Davis, Kawhi,or Lebron did yet he’s out there fighting. The aforementioned “superstars” are a bunch of pu$$ies that will never win again. Major props to both the Bucks and Suns that have shown the heart it takes and the willingness to play hurt to win it all.

lambchop · Post #82 » by **lambchop** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:52 am

Seattlesun wrote:Go Suns!!! Just keep being the Suns and that will be enough. Easily the best team in the NBA this season and the beauty of the NBA is the best team wins.

Much love goes out to Giannis though. He suffered a far worse injury than Harden, Anthony Davis, Kawhi,or Lebron did yet he’s out there fighting. The aforementioned “superstars” are a bunch of pu$$ies that will never win again. Major props to both the Bucks and Suns that have shown the heart it takes and the willingness to play hurt to win it all.

It is much easier to stabilize a knee with no structural damage than it is to get a torn/strained muscle to function. You simply cant play with a pulled hamstring or groin. It is not even about playing through the pain, cause there isnt much pain anyway, the issue is that you cant generate power using that muscle and the worst case scenario is that the muscle tears off bone which will need surgery and put you out for 6 months.

I admire NBA players for still trying. Would be unthinkable in soccer with all the sprinting those muscles would tear immediately.

Statlanta · Post #83 » by **Statlanta** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 12:39 pm

I think today is gonna be the ugliest game in the series. Everything points to a Milwaukee win.

The real game starts in Game 4

Calvin Klein · Post #84 » by **Calvin Klein** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:50 pm

https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Phoenix @ Milwaukee Scott Foster (#48) Eric Lewis (#42) James Williams (#60) Curtis Blair (#74)
Replay Center: Kane Fitzgerald

Seattlesun · Post #85 » by **Seattlesun** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:59 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Phoenix @ Milwaukee Scott Foster (#48) Eric Lewis (#42) James Williams (#60) Curtis Blair (#74)
Replay Center: Kane Fitzgerald

Yikes. Prepare for the $hit show tonight.

pj0tr · Post #86 » by **pj0tr** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:35 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Phoenix @ Milwaukee Scott Foster (#48) Eric Lewis (#42) James Williams (#60) Curtis Blair (#74)
Replay Center: Kane Fitzgerald

Yeah if the Bucks don't win tonight... lol

Doranku · Post #87 » by **Doranku** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 4:39 pm

Scott Foster officiating? Giannis finally getting some help this series.

Mrakar · Post #88 » by **Mrakar** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:56 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Phoenix @ Milwaukee Scott Foster (#48) Eric Lewis (#42) James Williams (#60) Curtis Blair (#74)
Replay Center: Kane Fitzgerald

GG, Paul is getting 2nd tech before halftime...

ForeverTFC · Post #89 » by **ForeverTFC** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 5:58 pm

Calvin Klein wrote:https://official.nba.com/referee-assignments/

Game Crew Chief Referee Umpire Alternate
Phoenix @ Milwaukee Scott Foster (#48) Eric Lewis (#42) James Williams (#60) Curtis Blair (#74)
Replay Center: Kane Fitzgerald

Finally, they got Giannis some help

yannisk · Post #90 » by **yannisk** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:32 pm

JDR720 wrote:The Bucks issue in this series is they need the other players to step up, yet the other players play better without Giannis.

They don't play better without Giannis, they are just inconsistent. Middleton had his best two games (38 points each) playing with Giannis. He had 11 points last game. You never know what he will do next game

cjx · Post #91 » by **cjx** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 6:41 pm

Bucks win game 3 by 7 pts, Middleton drops 38 pts, Giannis drops 40 pts and 16 rebs, book it, RealGM!

jcsunsfan · Post #92 » by **jcsunsfan** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:03 pm

Sal85012 wrote:
jcsunsfan wrote:The Suns lose whatever game Scott Foster refs.

I wonder. Do the Bucks have a particular ref that they think has it out for them? Scott Foster HATES CP3.

Yea hoping he only refs one game and its on the road to limit the effect.

Well. The lead official is Scott Foster for this game. I am not expecting a Suns win. That is how bad he is biased against CP3. I just hope we come out of this game healthy.

WD · Post #93 » by WD » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:21 pm

Looking forward to tonight’s game

DeBrick · Post #94 » by **DeBrick** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 7:27 pm

rilamann · Post #95 » by **rilamann** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 8:45 pm

jcsunsfan wrote:
Sal85012 wrote:
jcsunsfan wrote:The Suns lose whatever game Scott Foster refs.

I wonder. Do the Bucks have a particular ref that they think has it out for them? Scott Foster HATES CP3.

Yea hoping he only refs one game and its on the road to limit the effect.

Well. The lead official is Scott Foster for this game. I am not expecting a Suns win. That is how bad he is biased against CP3. I just hope we come out of this game healthy.

For us it's Marc Davis, he's had an obvious hatred/bias against the Bucks since the George Karl big 3 days in the early 2000's.

And he officiated game 1 of this series and was true to form.

And of course, right on a cue, Marc Davis officiated our game 7 against Brooklyn, and tried like hell to screw the Bucks.

trickshot · Post #96 » by **trickshot** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 10:29 pm

I thought people were sick of the unfair officiating complaints in the gamethreads. Just goes to show we're all just patiently waiting for our turn to have a moan.

homecourtloss · Post #97 » by **homecourtloss** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:36 pm

yannisk wrote:
JDR720 wrote:The Bucks issue in this series is they need the other players to step up, yet the other players play better without Giannis.

They don't play better without Giannis, they are just inconsistent. Middleton had his best two games (38 points each) playing with Giannis. He had 11 points last game. You never know what he will do next game

Both score more efficiently individually with Giannis off court.

Jrue
55.5 efg%, 57.9 TS% with Giannis off court
52.8 efg% 54.8 TS% with Giannis on court

Middleton
54.7 efg%, 59.4 TS% with Giannis off court
52.5 efg%, 56.3 TS% with Giannis on court

Interestingly, when both are on court together without Giannis, they do worse than with Giannis on court. In any case, Giannis’s defensive impact makes up for whatever increased offense efficacy they have without him individually,

LordRiley · Post #98 » by **LordRiley** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:51 pm

Lol at you experts counting the Suns out. Y’all never learn. Cannot wait to revisit this post.

HeatIn5 · Post #99 » by **HeatIn5** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:52 pm

LordRiley wrote:Lol at you experts counting the Suns out. Y’all never learn. Cannot wait to revisit this post.

+1

Hardenstepback · Post #100 » by **Hardenstepback** » Sun Jul 11, 2021 11:55 pm

Bucks by 8 tonight, 13+ depending on how Scott foster feels

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