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The Bucks’s explosive offense has been missing the last two games. That’s why this series is tied at 2-2.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 22, 2019

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, May 22, 2019 11:32 AM (twenty-eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if you have to quit your job in order to make posts like these, you pretty much gotta do it

lol

I feel the Bucks are still gonna take this.

sorry i just can't get over magic quitting his job to make playoff commentary tweets that sound like they're autogenerated by a bot

this one after kawhi's shot was my favorite

Kawhi Leonard played like a superstar scoring 41 points in a game 7 victory over the Sixers.

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) May 13, 2019

magics still got it baby

With the Bucks and Raptors tied at 2 games apiece, it's looking like a real toss up of a series! No wonder the NBA playoffs are must-see TV!

otm

i think lebetard has a segment on his show where they read real magic tweets mixed with made up ones and they have to guess which are real lol

simmons did that on a podcast a couple weeks ago

maybe that was it

i listen to too many pods...

I hope Brogdon and Bledsoe play better tonight. I also hope the old saying about the bench playing better at home is true.
Toronto looked like the better team in game 4.

they've looked like the better team for most of this series. Milwaukee needs to stop running the same offensive play over and over again. I do trust that Bud will come up with *something* but yeah end of the day they need more than one guy to step up. They win when they get those quick runs where they score quickly on transition and wear the other team out. They've done almost none of that this series.

Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina

Warriors say they “anticipate” DeMarcus Cousins will play at some point in the NBA Finals. Warriors they are “hopeful” Kevin Durant plays at some point in the NBA Finals. But nothing is certain. Warriors will re-evaluate both players on Wednesday

i still have absolutely no idea how boogie is coming back this quickly

rt if you know how

boogie rubbed that deer antler spray into his quad every day

boogie plays 2 minutes in the fourth quarter of game five, misses three shots, gets a dunk and though he has to be helped off the floor by Jerebko a ring is a ring

so many different ways this KD narrative can play out depending on when/if he comes back and how the team does with or without him.

my guess is this is a smokescreen and neither guy plays another minute this season. the way Toronto and Milwaukee have been slugging it out is making me reasonably confident GSW isn't going to need either of them anyway.

boogie playing in the finals seems like a very bad idea

depends who they play, he would do fine against gasol.

yeah i mean better to have him available than not

exactly, they need bodies.

i think both teams bring a lot of matchup challenges but Im leaning towards the raptors being a harder opponent due to their length and experience.

bucks have giannis

raps have green/siakim/kawhi to wreak havoc. it's close tho.

depends who they play, he would do fine against Gasol

he's got a broken foot, I'd think anyone could defend him

i had to figure that one out. totally forgot yall picked up pau sometime this season.

pau is cooooooked

i've thought the raptors have had the best roster in the east all year but the weird heebee jeebee vibes of the last few years have carried over and that gives *me* the heebee jeebees

i worry about lowry and vanvleet getting mentally destroyed by steph and klay

brogdon is the most interesting player for a warriors match up to me bcuz he doesn't seem to get shook and physically is not something either steph or klay are used to

Giannis already bricked 2 fts he’s kinda shook

It looked like he could have drawn a shooting foul a few minutes ago but passed after the whistle.

yup

Holy shit the bucks actually put Giannis in a PNR. I mean it ended with him on his ass but at least he got to the cup easier than when he just starts at the top of the floor and launches himself at the basket.

Raptors only ten back is promising for them that started as a disaster

Kawhi playing pretty well

jfc the Bucks absolutely cannot finish around the rim

what the fuck is this reffing

yeah, that was a pretty uneven start to the quarter.

Gotta mute this broadcast crew can’t believe how much dumb stuff they say

i'm watching the dun'd on stream. so done with the tnt broadcast.

It is with a heavy heart that I announce Eric Bledsoe is back on his bullshit.

i love how various packers are now just chugging beers at bucks games as a sideshow. seems very wisconsin.

god fuck this

Ima check that duncdon stream.

Maybe someone will Make a shot in this game idk

fyi i find the youtube one easiest to sync

Bledsoe can get beyond the first line of defense pretty easily it’s just that he has no clue what to do after that and often jumps in the air before he has it figured out