NBA Finals: Milwaukee Bucks vs. Phoenix Suns, Part 4 | Bucks lead 3-2

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It ends tonight-- Bucks in 6
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Hold on a little longer-- Bucks in 7
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Back from the brink-- Suns in 7
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Post#501 » by Hsker4Life » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:12 am

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art_tatum wrote:Wtf the refs are trying to get a game 7.
It was a lob! Not a shot.
Also robbed giannis of a dunk.


Ok... all of you are biased as hell... it was a goaltend. 100%



Definitely not


Ball was over the cylinder. Definite goal tend .
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Post#502 » by WuTang_CMB » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:12 am

Id fire buldholzert at half time. This guy never has his team prepared
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Post#503 » by Coach Carter » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Bud just terrible that quarter
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Post#504 » by ReKon » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Jrue 1/11... Midds has as many field goals as turnovers and fouls... This is a recipe for disaster. It can't be just Giannis against the whole Suns squad
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Post#505 » by JohnPferdelack » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

embarrassing first half for milwaukee.
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Post#506 » by Ben-N1ce » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Holiday aint making up train wreck offensive games like this on defense.
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Post#507 » by BostonCouchGM » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Phystic wrote:
BostonCouchGM wrote:still waiting on that elite defense from Holiday I keep reading about


Have you even watched this series?


every minute. Been watching Paul and Booker, two guys Holiday guards, go off this series putting up better numbers than they did in the regular season. Have you?
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Post#508 » by cjx » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Bucks also miss Brogdon
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Post#509 » by SOA » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

The Bucks will score more in the 2nd half. This game isn't over. Not by a long shot. In fact, the odds are greater that the Bucks pull this out than the Suns winning on the road.
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Post#510 » by og15 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

art_tatum wrote:Wtf the refs are trying to get a game 7.
It was a lob! Not a shot.
Also robbed giannis of a dunk.

The goaltending rule does not differentiate between whether it was a lob or a shot as far as I can remember, it's just that you can't touch the ball when it is above the cylinder (as long as it isn't thrown from out of bounds).
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Post#511 » by AIfan3 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Bucks need less Lopez and more Portis in the second. In fact, I'd consider playing Portis the entire second half.
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Post#512 » by Ducklett » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:13 am

Hsker4Life wrote:
Dupp wrote:
Johnny Bball wrote:
Ok... all of you are biased as hell... it was a goaltend. 100%



Definitely not


Ball was over the cylinder. Definite goal tend .


I agree that it was a goaltend, but the refs are so inconsistent. Twice the Suns have hit the rim and net for basket interference and it wasn't called.
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Post#513 » by LightTheBeam » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

WuTang_OG wrote:Id fire buldholzert at half time. This guy never has his team prepared
They have gotten to this point in spite of him. Hes lucky Giannis and crew have saved his job. Hes a joke

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Post#514 » by art_tatum » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

Johnny Bball wrote:
art_tatum wrote:Wtf the refs are trying to get a game 7.
It was a lob! Not a shot.
Also robbed giannis of a dunk.


Ok... all of you are biased as hell... it was a goaltend. 100%


Its not in the spirit of the game. If holiday has no intent to make the shot why does it matter if the ball passed slightly over over the rim? It had no chance of going in as it was 1 foot higher than the basket since it was a PASS
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Post#515 » by G R E Y » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

Big swing. But considering the Bucks were like 3 or something-for-everything they should feel lucky they're only down 5 at the half. Regroup, pull your heads out, play like a team, finish passes, finish at the rim. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat.
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Post#516 » by jaymo123 » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

Everybody but Giannis is playing horrible for the Bucks. The moment may be too big for them.
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Post#517 » by WD » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

Tight game, Suns made an impressive run.
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Post#518 » by Doranku » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

Hsker4Life wrote:
Doranku wrote:It's just dumb that that is an offensive goaltend, but Ayton's lob against the Clippers wasn't.

Gotta hate established rules.


Yeah... it's a stupid rule.
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Post#519 » by Funcrusher » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

RatherUnique called it. screening for Giannis on Booker/Paul and then putting him in PNR is a much better option than trying to hunt matchups with Jrue Holiday or Tucker guarding you. It's really hard for Giannis to get over on those screens with his size and since they don't want the guards to get the switch on Connaughton/Portis/Lopez that opens up passing/shooting lanes for Paul and Book in the mid range. Maybe the Suns were reading RealGM the past few days lol.
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Post#520 » by Bank Shot » Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:14 am

I'd call him Jrue Bledsoe but at least Bledsoe wouldn't take 10 shots in a half.

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