Eastern Conference | Round 1 | (3) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Chicago Bulls (Bucks WIN 4-1)

jimmybones · Post #1141 » by **jimmybones** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:30 am

Middleton injury does not mean the Bucks lose this series but it would mean no chance against Brooklyn or Boston.

soboMP3 · Post #1142 » by **soboMP3** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:30 am

Bucksmaniac wrote:
soboMP3 wrote:
Bucksmaniac wrote:
Middleton is not that important a player. If we lose the series it’s because three rotation players being out is a lot to overcome.

You are absolutely delusional lol.

In late March without Midds we had back to back convincing wins against these Bulls and the Wizards. We also came back and beat Brooklyn in OT after he was ejected. His defense is average at best and lately his offense has been inconsistent along with his ballhandling.

Are you some kind of plant? Middleton was one of the reasons we won the championship. You are purposely being obtuse.

Post #1143 » by **Michael Jackson** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:31 am

Bucksmaniac wrote:
PrinceAli wrote:
Bucksmaniac wrote:
In late March without Midds we had back to back convincing wins against these Bulls and the Wizards. We also came back and beat Brooklyn in OT after he was ejected. His defense is average at best and lately his offense has been inconsistent along with his ballhandling.

Looking at a pair of regular season wins to say he isn’t that important is a really bad take. He’s a key cog to what the Bucks do and losing him would definitely hurt

In later rounds I agree but against the Bulls losing him is not that big a deal by itself, just in conjunction with two others if Bobby is still out. He did not play well in either game until today’s 3rd quarter, and I feel someone off our bench is due to get hot, it’s not like they have to replace his defense.

Honestly against the Bulls Middleton shouldn’t be huge… but further rounds that really hurts their chances. Middleton is not the guy that wins you games, but he is the guy that wins you games if that makes sense.

Slim Charless · Post #1144 » by **Slim Charless** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:32 am

ChiCitySPORTS#1 wrote:
Dominater wrote:
FreeThrowLine wrote:Watching the highlights and Giannis definitely got away with at least 4 blatant travels

Not sure the Middleton loss is as big as some think, I'd say the Bucks are still favourites in this series at least

Yep Middleton or not, it's still 8 on 5. If saw correctly (admittedly was driving so couldn't pay full attention) I can swear there was a play with a minute or 2 left where Giannis gave an NFL style stiff arm. No call.

The dude has his elbows out in front of him every time he drives. That’s all he does. Offensive foul every mf time, it’s hard to watch. Not to mention he travels half the time too

He's like an NFL running back. I feel like I'm watching Derrick Henry barrel into opposing d-lines....or Jerome Bettis if anyone remembers him.

Just plowing into dudes....and then getting the call.

Slim Charless · Post #1145 » by **Slim Charless** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:33 am

soboMP3 wrote:
Bucksmaniac wrote:
soboMP3 wrote:You are absolutely delusional lol.

In late March without Midds we had back to back convincing wins against these Bulls and the Wizards. We also came back and beat Brooklyn in OT after he was ejected. His defense is average at best and lately his offense has been inconsistent along with his ballhandling.

Are you some kind of plant? Middleton was one of the reasons we won the championship. You are purposely being obtuse.

As a Suns fan, I sadly second this. Mids killed us throughout the Finals and in your victory earlier this yr.

Pachinko_ · Post #1146 » by **Pachinko_** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:34 am

It sucks, it happens, we have to find the next guy. Connaughton, Allen and Matthews will have to share his minutes and hopefully stay in the playoffs long enough until Khris is back.

Post #1147 » by **HomoSapien** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:34 am

Read on Twitter

Perseus1966 · Post #1148 » by **Perseus1966** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:35 am

I dont mind if we play bad or the others play better ,but it is unacceptable to lose the two most important rembounds of the gam

AntetokounmBros · Post #1149 » by **AntetokounmBros** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:35 am

Yeah, not sure we can rely on guys like Pat and Grayson to replace what Khris brings. He's our best iso scorer and has some gravity that opens the paint a bit, even on his dud shooting nights. I think this hurts Giannis the most, because they're more likely to gang up on him and let our role players shoot it.

Hopefully our defense can finally lock in and take pressure off of the offense. That's the key, I think.

GSP · Post #1150 » by **GSP** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:37 am

jimmybones wrote:Middleton injury does not mean the Bucks lose this series but it would mean no chance against Brooklyn or Boston.

Brooklyn

Itll be US next round buddy. And we remember that last series.....except our point guard wont quit on us mid series like last time :nod:

Perseus1966 · Post #1151 » by **Perseus1966** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:41 am

AntetokounmBros wrote:Yeah, not sure we can rely on guys like Pat and Grayson to replace what Khris brings. He's our best iso scorer and has some gravity that opens the paint a bit, even on his dud shooting nights. I think this hurts Giannis the most, because they're more likely to gang up on him and let our role players shoot it.

Hopefully our defense can finally lock in and take pressure off of the offense. That's the key, I think.

If we can beat the Hawks without giannis we can beat ,the bulls without khris ,but we must play defense ,we must use brook more ,and hit the free throws .

greekbuck34 · Post #1152 » by **greekbuck34** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:43 am

HomoSapien wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
GSP wrote:
Your boy got **** cooked, torched and eradicated

Read on Twitter

It will be unlucky when he goes 6-29 in the next game against the same defense shooting the same contested shots.
Watch the highlights. Almost each shot is with a hand on his face. Great defense. Sometimes a player is having a hot night though.
As I said we will live with that.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. These are the types of shots he’s been hitting all season long. If I hadn’t seen him so closely this year, I also would have your take. This is just how he plays.

I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

nitric0 · Post #1153 » by **nitric0** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:44 am

The High Cyde wrote:I was hoping for a Milwaukee-Phoenix rematch, they both might not make it out the first round now because of injuries, wow

Let’s not pretend the Bucks are playing a fully healthy Bulls team.

Post #1154 » by **HomoSapien** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:46 am

greekbuck34 wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
It will be unlucky when he goes 6-29 in the next game against the same defense shooting the same contested shots.
Watch the highlights. Almost each shot is with a hand on his face. Great defense. Sometimes a player is having a hot night though.
As I said we will live with that.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. These are the types of shots he’s been hitting all season long. If I hadn’t seen him so closely this year, I also would have your take. This is just how he plays.

I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

I guess it’s all about perspective. I actually feel like you barely beat us in game one despite us playing like crap.

GSP · Post #1155 » by **GSP** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:46 am

The High Cyde wrote:I was hoping for a Milwaukee-Phoenix rematch, they both might not make it out the first round now because of injuries, wow

Well injuries were a big part of them making the finals in the first place so itd be quite poetic if that happened

meekrab · Post #1156 » by **meekrab** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:48 am

greekbuck34 wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
It will be unlucky when he goes 6-29 in the next game against the same defense shooting the same contested shots.
Watch the highlights. Almost each shot is with a hand on his face. Great defense. Sometimes a player is having a hot night though.
As I said we will live with that.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that. These are the types of shots he’s been hitting all season long. If I hadn’t seen him so closely this year, I also would have your take. This is just how he plays.

I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

You can keep blaming it on "our team playing like crap" until it keeps happening and you have to accept it's just your team playing. :dontknow:

AntetokounmBros · Post #1157 » by **AntetokounmBros** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:50 am

meekrab wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. These are the types of shots he’s been hitting all season long. If I hadn’t seen him so closely this year, I also would have your take. This is just how he plays.

I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

You can keep blaming it on "our team playing like crap" until it keeps happening and you have to accept it's just your team playing.

Strange thing to say considering how your team has looked against us the last, oh...5 years...

greekbuck34 · Post #1158 » by **greekbuck34** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:51 am

meekrab wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:
I wouldn’t be so sure of that. These are the types of shots he’s been hitting all season long. If I hadn’t seen him so closely this year, I also would have your take. This is just how he plays.

I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

You can keep blaming it on "our team playing like crap" until it keeps happening and you have to accept it's just your team playing.

It's happening each season. We are very slow starters in a series. We have problems in the 1-2 games and as the series continues we get better and better mainly because Coach Bud gets outcoached and he is too slow to adjust.

Post #1159 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:51 am

HomoSapien wrote:

Read on Twitter

Caruso being a vocal leader in the locker room lol I did not expect that. Love to see it.

meekrab · Post #1160 » by **meekrab** » Thu Apr 21, 2022 5:52 am

AntetokounmBros wrote:
meekrab wrote:
greekbuck34 wrote:
I know and it's not enough offense to beat us 4 out of 7 games. He is not getting any double teams so we can guard the others much better.
He scored 40pts in just 3 quarters a week ago and it was a blowout win for us anyway.
As long as he is not getting in the FT line we are doing our job.

It didn't worked the 1st game despite out team playing like crap.
It barelly worked the 2nd game despite our team playing again like crap.

Our defense is fine. Our offense and especially Jrue need to wake up. It's even more important now without Khris Middleton.

You can keep blaming it on "our team playing like crap" until it keeps happening and you have to accept it's just your team playing.

Strange thing to say considering how your team has looked against us the last, oh...5 years...

You lot were supposed to blow us out in 4 games. :lol:

Who wins the series?