nba playoffs aka the 'offs (which includes the 'ins) 2021

i dont understand what coach bud does well in the reg season bc he looks absolutely out of his depth in the playoffs

giannis taking 3 years to shoot a free throw is a great bit i have to say

giannis and harden literally have no chance against giannis if he just backs them down every single possession. physically it’s not possible for them

that KD three was one of those classic shots you knew was going in the second it left his hands

those classic shots we know and love

holy shit kd

monumental performance by kd, my goodness

harden dribbles around for 22 seconds then dumps off to kd no problem

has giannis guarded kd once

honestly cannot think of a more painful way to lose

theyve trapped him like twice

ohhh noooo

Giannis had the dunk and just lost it

welp

harden so crafty disrupting that at the point of attack

he just dropped it

How do you fumble that when your hands are the size of dinner plates

no before that he got his hands on the ball initially and the bucks started rushing

has giannis guarded kd once

I think I'm gonna puke

tucker has been good on KD again tonight but they took him off the floor for a while and KD just started torching them as giannis stood in the corner “guarding” joe harris

My Nets

that was a shocking loss no other way to put it

and not a sustainable way to win although the bucks are such a mess it might not matter in this round

i think this is going 7

epic kd game

xp yes that seems likely

harden was +4! maybe "helped" is too strong a word but i think he was doing some useful things despite moving like me out there

idk

nets should just rest KD in game 6

basically everyone on the nets was plus something cuz KD played 48 mins and put up a 49-17–10

i do think harden will at least make some three pointers the next time out. he did get some open looks but the shots had real “i haven’t played basketball in 2 weeks” energy

16/23
4/9 from 3
13/16 FT
17 reb
10 ast
3 stl
2 blk
3 to

An absolute catastrophe for the Bucks on just about every level, and one of the greatest individual games ever from Kevin Durant.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) June 16, 2021

I just cannot understand what Bud was thinking that second half, you allow yourself to get torched by one of the great scorers in NBA history without even thinking about putting your best defensive guy on him and refuse to go after the guy playing on one leg

i really just cannot understand how the bucks didnt make the standard defensive adjustment to someone having a monster game like double teaming and putting your best defender on them who matches up with them perfectly

lol xp

it just makes me so sick the number of extremely painful playoff collapses Wisconsin sports teams have had the last decade, particularly the Bucks who just cannot do shit when the game is on the line

agreed guys, it's hard to understand

it feels like the organizational handling of giannis has just resulted in a bad basketball situation--he gets to be the lead ballhandler, on defense he gets to freelance and be the help guy. those are fun things to do but there are other things that would impact winning a hell of a lot more.

and it doesn't come from selfishness or bad intentions or whatever, it comes from developing a guy from scratch and trying to lift him up to be his best. but now it's time to do something different.

I mean it seems like giannis must be opposed to guarding KD or something? like I’m sure the idea of having giannis guard KD crossed bud’s mind

It never ends. pic.twitter.com/3TFoo6Eo1o

— Nathan Marzion (@nathanmarzion) June 16, 2021

I just can't do this anymore

like I’m sure the idea of having giannis guard KD crossed bud’s mind

are you sure you're sure?

giannis doesn’t have the equity to say he’s not gonna guard the other team’s best guy in the playoffs, or shouldn’t anyway

I’m just going to throw this out there to see what the responses will be.. If your Steve Nash and the Nets, would you sit James Harden AND Kevin Durant in Game 6 because of the heavy minutes tonight, and push all your chips to the center of table for Game 7??

— Reggie Miller (@ReggieMillerTNT) June 16, 2021

xp if giannis actually pulled something like that, and i'm not discounting it entirely to be clear, it would go against everything that's ever been reported about him being a competitor and a good soldier and a guy who wants to win in milwaukee.

he still takes 3-pointers so it's not like he's afraid of embarrassing himself on the court.

i don’t disagree with reggie!

it's logical but hardly worth talking about because these guys will never sit

yeah. but i do think nash should think about putting KD back on a normal minutes rotation in game 6 and if you lose with him playing 35 mins then you lose and bring it back home

I think the nets should use a five man rotation in game 6