( ( ( ( ( nba bubble ball 2020 ) ) ) ) )

That Middleton missed 3 to put Milwaukee up 3-0 in Toronto is gonna haunt me the rest of my life I guess

has someone considered writing "playoff adjustments" on a piece of paper and slipping it to coach bud

In retrospect Middleton probably shouldn’t have gone 2 months without touching a basketball

i feel like he tried something different and should be appreciated for it

may i make an observation jae crowder got better at shooting

lol what the fuck happened in that fourth quarter

ah well nevertheless

Mike Budenholzer just said the Bucks had won six quarters in a row entering the fourth quarter tonight. That may be so, but they lost the other two quarters in Games 2 and 3 by a combined 36 points.

— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) September 5, 2020

winning quarters is second only to winning games!

gotta love it baby

Budenholzer says Giannis/Middleton playign 35-36 minutes is “pushing the ceiling”…wow

— Vincent Goodwill (@VinceGoodwill) September 5, 2020

that makes it sound like they're both injured

bron in midseason form

Um, LeBron? pic.twitter.com/Wwjw6yPa9r

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 5, 2020

omg that we won more quarters stuff is the most losery not my fault bullshit

If Iguodala goes 2 for 2 on threes you win. Rulez.

hot take: pop’s former assistants are his failsons (bud, brett brown, mike brown, jacque vaughn, boylen)

it's uncanny how similar it is to all the belichick assistants that have flamed out

i knew harden would have a good playoff game eventually if we gave him enough tries

Worst 4th Quarter Points Differentials In Playoff History:

2020 Bucks vs. Heat ...... -27
1986 Spurs vs. Lakers ... -26
2015 Clips vs. Rockets ... -25
2003 Mavs vs. Spurs ..... -25
2002 Nets vs. Celtics ... -25

h/t @EliasSports

— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) September 5, 2020

he said worst but he meant biggest

that stat is completely shocking

Wow lebron!

that was fucking crazy

lebron james

the extra craziest thing about the bucks stuff is that the heat have been playing giannis this way for like 3 years and have frequently frustrated him. it's just a huge contrast watching the heat squeeze offense out of creativity and scouting while the bucks are playing as if they have never heard of the concept of preparation.

couple years back casey got fired from toronto like a week after winning coach of the year xp

This also happened to George Karl with the Nuggets in 2013. They won 57 games but were just 3rd in the west.

between the heat, celtics, and raptors the remaining east teams are probably some of the best coaching/preparation teams ever given that coaching/preparation has gotten better over time.

subtle but nice

Beard on the break 😤 pic.twitter.com/0S85Yw1h2a

— ESPN (@espn) September 5, 2020

lol russ needs to learn how to do that

what was bron thinkin about here

Hakeem must be so pissed right now pic.twitter.com/N5z84T5dE9

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 5, 2020

i get why harden drives everyone nuts but that subtle hesitation on the break is something that no one else even thinks to do

he is a scientist of the basketball arts

Might be Kuzma's worst game in the bubble: -21 in 21 minutes, four fouls, has had a tough time containing the Rockets guards in space, done little offensively.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) September 5, 2020

*vomiting emoji*

oof

kuz is not good

“frank vogel looking for some scoring...” as waiters clangs a mid range jumper off the rim with 4:30 left in a playoff game... not the greatest omen for the lakers

houston winning this series would be genuinely funny i support it

a friend said that to me too but i think ultimately i want to see the lebron vs kawhi showdown

james harden loves him some game 1s, we'll see where this goes.

yeah that's where i circle back to w/ this series. if lebron is playing in a game 6 or game 7 he's putting up 35-15-15. if harden is playing in one he's shooting 2-13 from the field w/ 11 points

Lakers never looked into it

Everything starts with their defense and rebounding

lakers played at 75% speed the whole game

dont think ive cheered for a rockets team since... 95?

yeah i'm having a tough time with this one, heart would prefer both teams implode

rockets have the weird ability to make any game bad

Lakers have looked so bad all bubble, I think the rockets take this. Think the thunder had a shot too

xp its so impressive, really feel like they deserve the chip for it

The Bucks have made many, many, many questionable decisions in this series, but I *really* don't get why they aren't ducking under every Jimmy Butler PnR.

Butler shot 30.5 percent (!!!) on jumpers out of PnR during the regular season via Synergy.

🗣️ SOUND ON pic.twitter.com/nggOmsJ9Qm

— Karens In Paris (@NekiasNBA) September 5, 2020

not great coach bud

*2 point game*

[insert Rondo] pic.twitter.com/udBSoTwiRB

— pickuphoop (@pickuphoop) September 5, 2020

Rondo running around trying to look like he’s doing something smh

not gonna get it done!

Boston shot 7/35 (20%) tonight. This was the 7th time in NBA history a playoff team shot 20% or less on 35+ attempts. They've all come in the past 4 years and Boston now has 3 of them.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) September 6, 2020