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and then he just missed a point blank layup lol

brook lopez shutting u down

cant wait to see them against some actual competition.

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, April 22, 2019 8:35 PM (two minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

feel like a key to the series will be the celtics ability to bench the bucks 3pt shooting big men on offense via attacking them on the other side, spacing w shooters around giannis is so important to what they do

celtics are very good at attacking guys like that fwiw

the kyrie-horf high pnr is death to slow footed tall guys

the other component is defending middleton. giannis will get his but they can't let middleton kill them.

blake should not be out there man i get it props for giving it a go but its not worth it. take the sweep and get that kobe + scope before next season. he could also stand to lose about 20 lbs to take some pressure off those knees.

feel like the bucks v celts will be a deep series with lots of ~adjustments~ and unique storylines from game to game.

65% blake is still hands down their best player lmao

haha that fan reaction after the giannis block

the other component is defending middleton. giannis will get his but they can't let middleton kill them.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 22, 2019 8:46 PM (six minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

hes not really that good

@HennySpiffNBA

Celtics are going to do some things to the Bucks and they’re not pretty things.

xp no but he did swing a 72% true shooting against them last year so that is probably worth cleaning up this time around

ha yeah he was on a heater, only reason that series went 7

middleton extremely borderline for second best player on a champ team status, on the other hand giannis extremely not borderline for best player on champ team status

yeah. if the bucks get that far it's b/c of the overall roster fit around giannis not any other individual player.

still i'm watching tonight and they give a lot of minutes to guys like sterling brown and arlington, mass's own pat connaughton.

ok i'm not a reggie jackson guy but that was awesome

sick play def, that one where giannis went up for the dunk got fouled switched hands and laid in the bay floater was ridic too

yeah. if the bucks get that far it's b/c of the overall roster fit around giannis not any other individual player.

still i'm watching tonight and they give a lot of minutes to guys like sterling brown and arlington, mass's own pat connaughton.

― call all destroyer, Monday, April 22, 2019 9:17 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

coach bud has a history of reg season over achievement too...................on the other hand he never had giannis before

xp yeah that was crazy

i guess he did not actually switch hands still p cool tho

SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT GIANNIS JUST DID RIGHT NOW pic.twitter.com/YWEcMWYpPz

— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) April 23, 2019

he half switched hands and then kinda shot it off both

even that much reggie miller is too much reg for me at this point

had it up to here with you, reggie miller xp

not a cool guy

smoke reggie miller ->->-> coughing/choking constantly

There was a post somewhere today about his “click click welcome to your Kodak moment” catchphrase making a return....

lol

Blake joined in with the crowd on "refs, you suck" chant 😂 pic.twitter.com/hhqsMwJP2V

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 23, 2019

btw god bless blake out there on one leg in a hopeless situation feel like he really showed us something this year

it's cool, this pistons team has some fight. blake doesn't have to be out there but it's obvious how much he wants to be.

subplot

An underrated aspect of the next series is Ojeleye has spent an entire year angrily lifting weights before and after games to turn himself into a mobile brick wall precisely for this moment for 10 minutes a night of pure pain

— PeoplesJaylenbrownLiberationFront 69☭ (@Riffs_Man) April 22, 2019

lol here's hoping

giannis is good

every series except spurs/nuggets feels over now

― ciderpress, Sunday, April 21, 2019 11:33 PM (yesterday)

honestly haven't cared at all about any series except this one

bad first round this year imo

historically, since the first round went to seven game series instead of five games, the first rounds rarely deliver more than cursory excitement, unless you find it fascinating to watch higher seeds choke.

Spurs nuggs and okc pdx have been v good imo

But the rest v snoozy. We always knew the 2nd round was where it was gonna be at this season

ehh i think there were a bunch of possible upsets this year but they didn't manifest

Jazz rox seemed good on paper

okc pdx has been good bc of the drama

The hoisting. It burns!

the kyrie-horf high pnr is death to slow footed tall guys

― lag∞n, Monday, April 22, 2019 8:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The Celtics outscored the Bucks by 28 points during the 44 minutes both Al Horford and Brook Lopez were on the court during the regular season.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) April 23, 2019

i could see boston scheming robin lopez off the floor essentially but the bucks could just slide giannis to center and i don't think the celtics could really punish them for that or would want to even try

shdnt be too hard to scheme robin lopez off the floor since he plays for the bulls haha

brook lopez is the bucks leading 3pt maker and the bucks whole offense relies on spacing to get giannis single covered in the paint is the point of getting him off the floor

mirotic is 3rd btw another very attackable big man, ilyasova also fits the profile

saying the bucks whole offense relies on brook lopez feels a bit strong...

if someone said that i agree it wld be strong

i understand why they would want to get him off the floor i just think that the bucks have a lot of line up flexibility and some decent role players -- mirotic, ilyasova, dj wilson, sterling brown, tony snell etc -- to throw at the problem

the first two guys in that list are basically in the same boat as lopez tho, another interesting aspect of this series is the bucks give up a ton of threes and the celtics take a ton cld easily just swing on shooting variance yay lol