ATL - Ham Slamwich to the Lakers

thomchatt3rton · Post #1041 » by **thomchatt3rton** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:11 am

Luka didn’t get a couple calls at the rim, then quit.

I’m sure he’ll snap out of it in the 3rd, but it’s probably too late.

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greekbuck34 · Post #1042 » by **greekbuck34** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:20 am

He looks Jabari/Harden like some times in the perimeter. Guards blow by him and it looks like his controller's battery just died.
Jokic is equally as bad but at least he is trying to defend. He is just too slow and heavy to do it.
Luka should do better than that.

blazza18 · Post #1043 » by **blazza18** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:20 am

Really annoyed we're not getting Warriors/Bucks. Would have been a fascinating series for a variety of reasons.

Plossum · Post #1044 » by **Plossum** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:23 am

Oh another blowout, what a shocking turn of events!

Profound23 · Post #1045 » by **Profound23** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:27 am

blazza18 wrote:Really annoyed we're not getting Warriors/Bucks. Would have been a fascinating series for a variety of reasons.

Agreed, but I think Boston vs GS will be a good series too.

Baddy Chuck · Post #1046 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:27 am

Klay is like a superstar version of Jared Dudley now and it's kinda fun.

Post #1047 » by **Prez** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:47 am

Unfortunately I think GSW gets it together and takes this but this would be a legendary choke.

blazza18 · Post #1048 » by **blazza18** » Fri May 27, 2022 2:50 am

Crowd got so nervous in the blink of an eye lol.

blazza18 · Post #1049 » by **blazza18** » Fri May 27, 2022 3:03 am

Who had Kevon Looney having a higher playoff impact than Gobert?

Baddy Chuck · Post #1050 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Fri May 27, 2022 3:22 am

blazza18 wrote:Who had Kevon Looney having a higher playoff impact than Gobert?

He's like the MLK of plodders and this was his March on Washington.

Sigra · Post #1051 » by **Sigra** » Fri May 27, 2022 8:09 am

MikeIsGood wrote:Please just continue the Warriors dynasty at this point. They already have a bunch of rings - who cares if they get another.

Well, there is real possibility that if Warriors win it this year the media narrative will be that only reason Raptors, Lakers and Bucks won rings in 2019, 2020, 2021 is because Warriors were not healthy those 3 years. And honestly, it would be true.

Sigra · Post #1052 » by **Sigra** » Fri May 27, 2022 8:45 am

1957-1969 Celtics
1980-1989 Lakers
1991-1998 Bulls
2015-2022 Warriors

This Warriors are really in that company now.

And yes, if healthy they will destroy Boston.

Milbucks96 · Post #1053 » by **Milbucks96** » Fri May 27, 2022 9:07 am

The warriors have only lost 2 series under Kerr, and they were both in the finals. What a crazy run. Hof talents, **** ton of money to spend, great location that anybody would love to live in, choice of min guys that would happily take less to play there. Must be nice to be a warriors fan.

Milbucks96 · Post #1054 » by **Milbucks96** » Fri May 27, 2022 9:09 am

Sigra wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:Please just continue the Warriors dynasty at this point. They already have a bunch of rings - who cares if they get another.

Well, there is real possibility that if Warriors win it this year the media narrative will be that only reason Raptors, Lakers and Bucks won rings in 2019, 2020, 2021 is because Warriors were not healthy those 3 years. And honestly, it would be true.

Toronto might’ve given them a decent series but yea they would’ve cruised to 5 straight.

AussieBuck · Post #1055 » by **AussieBuck** » Fri May 27, 2022 9:12 am

We needed Otto Porter.

blazza18 · Post #1056 » by **blazza18** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:24 am

People will look back at 2019 with regret because of their injuries but I’d argue because we’re a better team and they’re older and more vulnerable that this year is the more regrettable missed opportunity. Just needed a slip or coach stubbornness to not happen and we’d be on our way to b2b titles.

rilamann · Post #1057 » by **rilamann** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:26 am

Milbucks96 wrote:
Sigra wrote:
MikeIsGood wrote:Please just continue the Warriors dynasty at this point. They already have a bunch of rings - who cares if they get another.

Well, there is real possibility that if Warriors win it this year the media narrative will be that only reason Raptors, Lakers and Bucks won rings in 2019, 2020, 2021 is because Warriors were not healthy those 3 years. And honestly, it would be true.

Toronto might’ve given them a decent series but yea they would’ve cruised to 5 straight.

It's easy to forget now, but going into the 2019 playoffs after we won 60 games, I felt like our ceiling was getting to the finals and maybe winning a game vs the Warriors.

That all changed once KD got hurt in the playoffs, but at no point during that season when the Warriors were healthy did I feel like we had any real shot to beat them in a 7 game series.

And I highly doubt we would have beat the Warriors had we made it back to the Finals this season with a healthy Middleton. I had been saying since February that if we got back to the Finals, we better hope that the Warriors don't make it out of the west. Or at least that's how I felt, I know some might disagree. I actually thought that out of the teams capable of making it out of the west, our best chance to repeat would have been if we played the Suns again. After we lost game 7 to Boston, it took some of the sting out of the Buck's loss for me when the Suns got knocked out later that day.

Bucks Warriors would have been a good series. If we were in a hypothetical world and we won tonight to beat the Heat 4-2 and advance to the Finals with a healthy Khris Middleton, I would say Warriors in 6 or 7.

WarFan · Post #1058 » by **WarFan** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:34 am

rilamann wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:
Sigra wrote:
Well, there is real possibility that if Warriors win it this year the media narrative will be that only reason Raptors, Lakers and Bucks won rings in 2019, 2020, 2021 is because Warriors were not healthy those 3 years. And honestly, it would be true.

Toronto might’ve given them a decent series but yea they would’ve cruised to 5 straight.

It's easy to forget now, but going into the 2019 playoffs after we won 60 games, I felt like our ceiling was getting to the finals and maybe winning a game vs the Warriors.

That all changed once KD got hurt in the playoffs, but at no point during that season when the Warriors were healthy did I feel like we had any real shot to beat them in a 7 game series.

And I highly doubt we would have beat the Warriors had we made it back to the Finals this season with a healthy Middleton. I had been saying since February that if we got back to the Finals, we better hope that the Warriors don't make it out of the west. Or at least that's how I felt, I know some might disagree. I actually thought that out of the teams capable of making it out of the west, our best chance to repeat would have been if we played the Suns again. After we lost game 7 to Boston, it took some of the sting out of the Buck's loss for me when the Suns got knocked out later that day.

Bucks Warriors would have been a good series. If we were in a hypothetical world and we won tonight to beat the Heat 4-2 and advance to the Finals with a healthy Khris Middleton, I would say Warriors in 6 or 7.

Bucks/Warriors would have been a hell of a finals with or without Middleton and was always the scariest matchup for the dubs imo. Celtics are legit too though and I’ll settle for that series. Good luck next year.

rilamann · Post #1059 » by **rilamann** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:37 am

blazza18 wrote:People will look back at 2019 with regret because of their injuries but I’d argue because we’re a better team and they’re older and more vulnerable that this year is the more regrettable missed opportunity. Just needed a slip or coach stubbornness to not happen and we’d be on our way to b2b titles.

Warriors are a bad match up for us, but it would have been a good series, I would have went Warriors in 6 or 7 but we deff would have had a great shot to win it.

It's kind of crazy to think that if Giannis misses that 3 against Brooklyn that sent the game into overtime, we lose that game and we're the #4 seed. If we were the #4 seed, we beat the Raptors and Heat and we're probably talking about game 6 tonight at Fiserv with the Bucks up 3-2 on Boston and with a healthy Khris Middleton.

Hindsight is a son of bitch....lol.

We could play that game all day though.

rilamann · Post #1060 » by **rilamann** » Fri May 27, 2022 10:46 am

WarFan wrote:
rilamann wrote:
Milbucks96 wrote:Toronto might’ve given them a decent series but yea they would’ve cruised to 5 straight.

It's easy to forget now, but going into the 2019 playoffs after we won 60 games, I felt like our ceiling was getting to the finals and maybe winning a game vs the Warriors.

That all changed once KD got hurt in the playoffs, but at no point during that season when the Warriors were healthy did I feel like we had any real shot to beat them in a 7 game series.

And I highly doubt we would have beat the Warriors had we made it back to the Finals this season with a healthy Middleton. I had been saying since February that if we got back to the Finals, we better hope that the Warriors don't make it out of the west. Or at least that's how I felt, I know some might disagree. I actually thought that out of the teams capable of making it out of the west, our best chance to repeat would have been if we played the Suns again. After we lost game 7 to Boston, it took some of the sting out of the Buck's loss for me when the Suns got knocked out later that day.

Bucks Warriors would have been a good series. If we were in a hypothetical world and we won tonight to beat the Heat 4-2 and advance to the Finals with a healthy Khris Middleton, I would say Warriors in 6 or 7.

Bucks/Warriors would have been a hell of a finals with or without Middleton and was always the scariest matchup for the dubs imo. Celtics are legit too though and I’ll settle for that series. Good luck next year.

Giannis in the paint vs Curry on the perimeter would have been incredible. Giannis might have averaged 40ppg, but I think Curry would have lit us up. It would have been must see TV, I think the Warriors would have won the series though because of their depth and the HCA. Hopefully we get to see it happen next season.

Would be fitting if the 2021 champs face off against the 2022 champs in the 2023 Finals.

Warriors vs Celtics will be a really good series, the Celtic's defense is going to be really tested. They've passed every test so far. That said, I think the Warriors pull it out in 6 or 7.