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

well the bucks are gonna have to pain their masterpiece tonight to blow this one

why do you underestimate them Jordan

middleton hasn’t not been able to guard KD

my god the number of jrue step back attempts in this game

hes moving at half speed and doing inexplicable things

it's like the universe is rebalancing for that series where he outplayed dame

dude KD

yeah I'm already starting to dread what's gonna happen in the 4th

maybe they should consider doubling him idk

the first three quarters of this game have felt like waiting for the headliner to come on at a concert

why is he seeing no doubles MAKE IT MAKE SENSE. after he hits two in a row you gotta double

lol at that replay of on obvious carry/double dribble

respect where it's due, harden played 46 minutes on one leg and has somehow managed to look *much better* two days later

if there’s one thing you can say about james harden it’s he plays hard

harden grinding for sure

that final shot at the buzzer a perfect metaphor for the degree to which middleton has been saving the bucks tonight

lol otm

Middleton's funny like that, when he gets hot you cannot beat them

i think if you had asked me what lead the bucks would need to have after 3 for me to feel comfortable about them not blowing it i would’ve said 17 so all things considered 11 is not the end of the world for the nets

btw Game 7 would be a real good time for the Bucks free throw shooting to revert to the mean

I mean 3 point shooting

middleton needs to touch the ball on every possession in the 4th

so basically Durant has to do exactly what he did in the 4th quarter of the last game

giannis on kd two possessions in a row, air ball and turnover

jrue is 1-10 from three

that was a real nice play to get Holiday a wide open 3, really wish he could knock them down

pj too, even if just a couple more of those go down this is a blowout

but instead kd is warming up

letting harden just sit there and reach instead of getting him on the move <<<<<

Bucks about to make a ton of dumb mistakes

lead down to 5..

i think if you had asked me what lead the bucks would need to have after 3 for me to feel comfortable about them not blowing it i would’ve said 17 so all things considered 11 is not the end of the world for the nets

lol they got it to 15 then immediately gave up a 10-0 run

why are they challenging that

still think the Bucks are winning this, Game 7 is gonna be the one where they blow a 15 point lead late

it's better when the bucks try different plays on offense instead of always running the same play for an entire quarter

nice answer by the bucks here. jrue forgoing the open three for a layup was good

so it seems really clear now that Giannis can defend Durant

would be hard for a full game but no reason they cant and shouldnt sprinkle him in there

ok there we gooo

let him cover him in the 4th imo

Bucks just remembered this is an elimination game

lol

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not so easy when Durant doesn't make every fucking shot now is it

feel like the bucks rode the home game wave here, pretty predictable outcome ultimately. excited to see how game 7 goes not sure this game gave me any great confidence

idk i fel like the bucks played well in a sustainable way. giannis settled less and drove more, KD had a normal game. middleton's hot hand probably wont be there though, but will jrue keep sucking this much?

jrue was ok outside of his 3 point shot imo

yeah but that was v bad

I mean I feel like Durant & Harden have got to be exhausted and the Bucks are due for a game where Jrue Holiday actually remembers how to shoot so they've got a chance but yeah I have no confidence in them despite everything they did today

come to think of it Game 7 is gonna be the most consequential Bucks game of my lifetime, I'm gonna be a wreck

scoring is hard for the nets and easy for the bucks but the bucks tend to have a way of making things hard on themselves

wld be kind of fun if kyrie came back for game seven and he was also extremely still injured