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

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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— CJ Fogler #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) June 18, 2021

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

like they win they've got to be big favorites to make it to the Finals, they lose and the axis of evil will triumph as they've done in all sports this past year but hey at least we'll probably get Rick Carlisle then

this was not anywhere near enough of a blowout that the bucks should feel like they have solved anything going into game 7

jrue was ok outside of his 3 point shot imo

― pure rim rest (Spottie), Thursday, June 17, 2021 11:02 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

his stat line ended up ok but idk he was weird out there bledsoe vibes

lol no cmon. bledsoe was legitimately scared to shoot last couple years. 4 steals + good defense and some nice drives when it mattered.

they got a scare in the 4th but still won handily, meanwhile it was the Nets who needed an all time performance from Durant and for Jeff Green to hit 7/8 threes to squeak by, I mean really the Bucks **should** be given a good chance but idk I just don't think they'll have the composure

idk he looked tentative except for his willingness to take out of rhythm step back threes, did have a couple nice drive late tho xp

this version of jrue is still 10x better than playoff bledsoe

this was nice but god damnit this series should be over

im not saying he was as bad as bledsoe just that he had bledsoe vibes, there was a sense of fear one might even say cowardice about him

the only trustworthy player on either team in a game seven is kd right everyone else is completely subject to shitting the bed

apparently this was the first time in 3 years in which Giannis did not take a 3 in a playoff game

there’s no argument, based on the state of each team’s roster, as to why the nets should win game 7. it simply comes down to can the bucks execute under pressure, and to some extent if KD has enough left in the tank to carry the nets. but even that might not matter if the bucks lock up mentally. they’re the better team and if they play a good game they will win. alas…

if the bucks put giannis on kd for half the game the nets can't win, wonder how they'll talk themselves into not doing that

I think it's safe to say we are all rooting for the Bucks (and, barring that, messy drama).

Nah, I wanna see the Nets kill 'em all. Unlikely to happen though

I am ambivalent about the series even tho I profess to hate the nets

the bucks don’t really deserve to win and i wouldn’t mind continuing to watch kd play basketball.

but yeah blah blah small market existential crisis for the nba the bucks winning is “a good thing”

nets losing game seven is #1 on my list of playoff priorities i really dont want them to have a chance to get healthy, #2 is suns winning da chip

i was skeptical before the offs but feel pretty confident now that healthy nets wouldve cruised to a title

mostly cause their defense has been plenty good enough, tho obvs their big liability starting backcourt hasnt played

the bucks don’t really deserve to win and i wouldn’t mind continuing to watch kd play basketball.

― call all destroyer, Friday, June 18, 2021 9:42 AM (thirty-one minutes ago)

yeah it comes down to not respecting the bucks for me

this has been a rough playoffs

I’ve enjoyed it even in my frustrations. Still cheering for the bucks vs suns.

I post this only in order to object to it

https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/philadelphia-76ers-nba-playoffs-collapse-joel-embiid-20210618.html

I hate with poison this whose-erection-do-I-admire-more approach to sportswriting

but yeah blah blah small market existential crisis for the nba the bucks winning is “a good thing”

― call all destroyer, Friday, June 18, 2021 8:43 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

obviously I'm totally biased here but I do think having several consecutive titles won by teams whose 2-3 best players weren't on the team two years ago is probably bad for the league. like the Nets to me still don't feel like a real squad but rather some "create-a-team" feature in NBA2k

It’s insulting to say, and it might hurt to hear it, but it’s true. Grown men win NBA titles. Not Twitter warriors. Not Kardashian divas.

Grown.

Men.

xp oh sure, it's extremely bad

there's only 3 teams in the league now that are like that fortunately, but a finals between two of them is still on the table

I love the Bucks and respect them

even if its only 3 teams, that's 3 teams whose ticket to the conf finals can only really be derailed by injury, which is pretty much what's happening now

When he's on, Giannis is the most joyous player in the game, I feel

which of course is also bad for the league. I mean I wanted the Lakers to lose but more than that I wanted a *healthy* Lakers to lose

i think i’m rooting for a suns or jazz title at this point. i want to see the bucks lose in game 7 i think it would be dramatic and add more intrigue to the league