ATL - Ham Slamwich to the Lakers

Matches Malone · Post #481 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:35 am

Meeting of the geriatrics at the rim.

Iheartfootball · Post #482 » by **Iheartfootball** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:39 am

I loathe Butler’s smugness.

msiris · Post #483 » by **msiris** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:41 am

Boston is such a great team. LOL. Home cooking is good.

Matches Malone · Post #484 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:41 am

Celtics can't dribble and the heat are just covering them the full length of the court. Kind of something we did in Game 1 vs Bos with Jevon Carter. :cry:

Post #485 » by **Prez** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:43 am

Boston’s gassed and they’re feeling the absences of Smart/Horford.

Also, the Bucks not pressuring one of their ballhandlers with Jevon and in place Allen/Hill minutes after it worked in game 1 will never not infuriate me.

Post #486 » by **Prez** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:44 am

Matches Malone wrote:Celtics can't dribble and the heat are just covering them the full length of the court. Kind of something we did in Game 1 vs Bos with Jevon Carter.

It’s why I don’t agree at all with the idea that because we pushed them to 7 that Bud should be above criticism. We could have won that series even without Khris. Game 6 was right there and we blew it playing liabilities.

Antinomy · Post #487 » by **Antinomy** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:48 am

Prez wrote:
Matches Malone wrote:Celtics can't dribble and the heat are just covering them the full length of the court. Kind of something we did in Game 1 vs Bos with Jevon Carter.

It’s why I don’t agree at all with the idea that because we pushed them to 7 that Bud should be above criticism. We could have won that series even without Khris. Game 6 was right there and we blew it playing liabilities.

Forget Game 6, we could’ve went up 3-1 & Bud decided to leave Horford wide open for an entire quarter.

We led the entire series 1-0, 2-1 & 3-2 — we absolutely could’ve (& should’ve) won that series.

Pressuring their ballhandlers was something I suggested before the BOS series & Bud abandoned it after Game 2.

greekbuck34 · Post #488 » by **greekbuck34** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:50 am

Tatum's body language after the first half = I'm tired...

Giannis : Bitch please...

SirChurros · Post #489 » by **SirChurros** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:52 am

I’d do whatever to have Spoelstra coach the Bucks.

soboMP3 · Post #490 » by **soboMP3** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:54 am

Whoa whoa whoa did Van Gundy just say “don’t reward acting and flopping”?!

greekbuck34 · Post #491 » by **greekbuck34** » Wed May 18, 2022 2:56 am

soboMP3 wrote:Whoa whoa whoa did Van Gundy just say “don’t reward acting and flopping”?!

That's the good one. His brother would have said that the refs just decided Strus will run down people.

Post #492 » by **Prez** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:02 am

The Heat are really not that good. Boston would definitely win this if they had Horford/Smart. God I’m still so salty lol. Title was right there if not for Khris’ injury.

RubberSoul · Post #493 » by **RubberSoul** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:13 am

The Celtics low number of 3PA and low 3P% should be damning enough to fire Bud. Bud turned them into the Durant era Warriors.

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ejn1214 · Post #494 » by **ejn1214** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:18 am

Prez wrote:The Heat are really not that good. Boston would definitely win this if they had Horford/Smart. God I’m still so salty lol. Title was right there if not for Khris’ injury.

Pritchard is gonna play 30 minutes for Christs sake. And the Heat are constantly targeting him. The Celtics bench of Theis, Pritchard and neismith is disgusting. When Pritchard was in against us, he guarded George hill who didn't even look at the basket.

mattg · Post #495 » by **mattg** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:18 am

Matches Malone wrote:Celtics can't dribble and the heat are just covering them the full length of the court. Kind of something we did in Game 1 vs Bos with Jevon Carter.

Also when you pressure, it takes the team a few seconds longer to get into their halfcourt set, even if they have good handlers. That still lowers offensive efficacy by slowing tempo and leaving less time on the shot clock to work into a quality shot. I've been saying FOR YEARS that ball pressure is the single most underrated aspect of defense and it gets shrugged over in the NBA a lot. And it can definitely be exploited further when you play vs teams that play unconventional lineups that lack true PGs or guys with great ball skills (ala Boston)

ejn1214 · Post #496 » by **ejn1214** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:23 am

This heat crowd makes the fiserv look like a Beatles concert.

sidney lanier · Post #497 » by **sidney lanier** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:27 am

I was surprised during this game to realize I dislike the Celtics less than I dislike the Heat. I think it's Jimmy Butler's punchable face.

Post #498 » by **paulpressey25** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:37 am

sidney lanier wrote:I was surprised during this game to realize I dislike the Celtics less than I dislike the Heat. I think it's Jimmy Butler's punchable face.

I dislike our Boston centric NBA media more than I dislike the Heat.

mattg · Post #499 » by **mattg** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:38 am

I definitely prefer the Heat to Boston. Feel like they whine and flop less and I'm obviously an unabashed Herro fan.

Brewhoopfan · Post #500 » by **Brewhoopfan** » Wed May 18, 2022 3:41 am

Two guys named Strus and Vincent just combined to hit more 3s than the Bucks did in game 7. How many more "shooters" will the Bucks cycle through before everyone realizes it's a Bud problem?