OFFICIAL 2021 NBA PLAYOFF THREAD - YAWNIST WITH THE CLOSEOUT 50 PIECE - BUCKS WITH FIRST CHIP SINCE ‘73 - CP0 LOSES AGAIN

[wavycrocket]

It’s not that they aren’t a great team, it’s just that next year there are quite a few powerhouses in the league that, at least on paper, when healthy are better. Like how did the Bucks let an injured Nets squad take them to 7 and almost beat them if not for KD’s toe? That never should have happened. That said, like any team, they can improve next year but I think winning a title next year is going to be significantly more difficult, in terms of their opponents. Hell, whomever makes it out the West will no doubt be a FAR better team than his Suns squad.

When the Bucks run out to a 15-0 start or something crazy next year….we’ll revisit this.

Keep doubting them. They’ll be right back in the mix if healthy. Shoot, they may be even better.

All the “ifs and what ifs” don’t matter. A good team with a generational mvp caliber player, great secondary option and good role players with a core still in tact and good coaching + chemistry won.

Y’all going to spend the whole summer talking about KD’s toe and injuries and what ifs. **** happens.

The bucks should reload and be right again in the mix next year.

 

[pmatic]

 

[N41D]

Who in the east is better than them other than the Nets when healthy?

And "when healthy" for the Nets absolutely SHOULD NOT be the expectation - especially with another significantly truncated offseason.

 

[100027]

The lesser version of this team was on pace to win 70 games a year ago.

This version slightly regressed record wise…but was still dominant.

It’s a great team. With a great player and good pieces. Idk how y’all don’t see it.

They are a great team. They are not in conversation with the best championship winning teams, though. Better than Toronto or Dallas but certainly worse than all the others of the last decade.

 

[ill steelo]

4th quarter tie game, it’s winning time, your big guns have to rise to the occasion. It didn’t happen for Phoenix




- Not sure if this is a set or what but cp gets khris on him and goes to sit in the corner, Jrue on book and he wants no parts of the ball, nobody setting any good screens. Just a terrible unfocused possession.
- They catch both Tuck & Giannis ball watching, Crowder misses a WIDE open look.
- Book gets Portis on the switch, gets him off balance & has the pull up instead decides to blow by him but doesn’t put any arc on the finger roll
- CP misses a technical free throw
- Book gets Giannis on the switch, tries the Harden arm bar & doesn’t get the call.
- CP loses the handle against no pressure
- They finally get Connaughton on the ball but Kaminsky wants to set a screen You can tell a clear plan hasn’t been communicated. Book doesn’t want Giannis to switch so he rejects it, goes baseline but now the base is an extra defender, turnover.
- Pat is out of the game so now would be a good time to make Middleton defend on the ball, instead CP lets Tuck keep the assignment, runs PnR with Giannis who switches, Paul gives it to Book who gets ripped on the trap Just a mess
- CP calls for a rescreen & gets Giannis twisted up, Ayton gets the dump off with nobody between him & the rim and doesn’t even try to go up strong. SHOOK
- they catch Portis gambling after a loose ball Crowder misses another WIDE open look
- They run a beautiful elevator doors variation for Book, WIDE open brick. Bridges takes a foul when he doesn’t have to ball game.

Title on the line - 3 fantastic looks, 3 bricks. Other possessions they took harder paths rather than trying to get a weaker defender on the ball which they had success with all series long. CP with a giveaway & missed free throw, Ayton getting scared Less than stellar execution all around. CP & Book will have all summer to think about why they went away from what was working in the 4th quarter of these road games.


On the other end Giannis with 50 in a closeout, 12 points before garbage time in the 4th, more than Book & CP combined. Bud has him playing like a center and there’s just not much you can do:





- crowder instinctually sinks deep in transition to build the Giannis wall, khris attacks his closeout Ayton helps & forces a miss. Crowder was supposed to help the helper & get his body on Giannis but doesn’t. He’s probably still too short but doesn’t even make an effort. Suns are good defensively but not elite so that’s not surprising. Giannis got a million of these easy buckets all series long.
- Bridges & Crowder don’t communicate the coverage end up with 2 on the ball, Jrue makes the read, Ayton doesn’t have his arms straight up on the help. Bridges is supposed to go over the screen & Crowder is supposed to drop. You’re conceding an open look at 10-15 feet this way but that’s the best option.
- Giannis freight trains in transition, Bridges picks the ball up & fouls. He’s struggled with that matchup all series, although that one was a tough call for Phoenix after book didn’t get the whistle using the Harden armbar at the other end.
- They give Jrue a double screen & crowder has to pick up ball or Jrue can turn the corner with Kaminsky & Paul on the backend. Bridges now on Giannis & Giannis heads to the block where Bridges isn’t a match.
- Crowder doesn’t give Ayton any help on the iso so this is poor defense. Giannis is shooting like 80% at the rim so you have to concede the corner 3.
- they try PnR with khris but Giannis doesn’t really set the screen so they get nothing, then Jrue uses Crowder’s front as a screen, they get the Bridges switch & Giannis shows off some of that #skill

The quarter was a microcosm of the whole game, he’s not only reliant on isos & fastbreaks anymore. Using him as a pick & roll big has opened an entirely new world of opportunities for him & others. Took Bud a while but better late than never for right?

Giannis with an all time great resume at 26 years old. Amazing. Deserves all the flowers.

 

[darthska]

Besides Kobe, was there another All Star on the Lakers 09/10 repeat rings?

No, right?

Last team to repeat w/ just one player who was an All Star for those titles.

-foe

 

[100027]

So they cropped Carmelo off the boat just to avoid giving him the slander he deserves huh. One of the worst playoff win rates a star has ever had.

 

[staffsgtdignam]

When the Bucks run out to a 15-0 start or something crazy next year….we’ll revisit this.

Keep doubting them. They’ll be right back in the mix if healthy. Shoot, they may be even better.

All the “ifs and what ifs” don’t matter. A good team with a generational mvp caliber player, great secondary option and good role players with a core still in tact and good coaching + chemistry won.

Y’all going to spend the whole summer talking about KD’s toe and injuries and what ifs. **** happens.

The bucks should reload and be right again in the mix next year.

You still haven’t addressed how they let that Nets series get so out of hand lol

 

[rolaholic]

Giannis the new Stringer

 

[dman14]

They legit celebrated like it was the Larry O'Brien.

anyone else yt recommended this clip after

 

[pmatic]

Besides Kobe, was there another All Star on the Lakers 09/10 repeat rings?

No, right?

Last team to repeat w/ just one player who was an All Star for those titles.

-foe

Uh, Pau?

 

[akajae]

damn, I wish he would've knocked D Whistle off too

 

[RustyShackleford]

Besides Kobe, was there another All Star on the Lakers 09/10 repeat rings?

No, right?

Last team to repeat w/ just one player who was an All Star for those titles.

-foe

Gasol was an All-Star both those years

 

[staffsgtdignam]

Besides Kobe, was there another All Star on the Lakers 09/10 repeat rings?

No, right?

Last team to repeat w/ just one player who was an All Star for those titles.

-foe

We just writing off Pau now?

 

[100027]

Besides Kobe, was there another All Star on the Lakers 09/10 repeat rings?

No, right?

Last team to repeat w/ just one player who was an All Star for those titles.

-foe

Yes, Pau.

 

[wavycrocket]

4th quarter tie game, it’s winning time, your big guns have to rise to the occasion. It didn’t happen for Phoenix




- Not sure if this is a set or what but cp gets khris on him and goes to sit in the corner, Jrue on book and he wants no parts of the ball, nobody setting any good screens. Just a terrible unfocused possession.
- They catch both Tuck & Giannis ball watching, Crowder misses a WIDE open look.
- Book gets Portis on the switch, gets him off balance & has the pull up instead decides to blow by him but doesn’t put any arc on the finger roll
- CP misses a technical free throw
- Book gets Giannis on the switch, tries the Harden arm bar & doesn’t get the call.
- CP loses the handle against no pressure
- They finally get Connaughton on the ball but Kaminsky wants to set a screen You can tell a clear plan hasn’t been communicated. Book doesn’t want Giannis to switch so he rejects it, goes baseline but now the base is an extra defender, turnover.
- Pat is out of the game so now would be a good time to make Middleton defend on the ball, instead CP lets Tuck keep the assignment, runs PnR with Giannis who switches, Paul gives it to Book who gets ripped on the trap Just a mess
- CP calls for a rescreen & gets Giannis twisted up, Ayton gets the dump off with nobody between him & the rim and doesn’t even try to go up strong. SHOOK
- they catch Portis gambling after a loose ball Crowder misses another WIDE open look
- They run a beautiful elevator doors variation for Book, WIDE open brick. Bridges takes a foul when he doesn’t have to ball game.

Title on the line - 3 fantastic looks, 3 bricks. Other possessions they took harder paths rather than trying to get a weaker defender on the ball which they had success with all series long. CP with a giveaway & missed free throw, Ayton getting scared Less than stellar execution all around. CP & Book will have all summer to think about why they went away from what was working in the 4th quarter of these road games.


On the other end Giannis with 50 in a closeout, 12 points before garbage time in the 4th, more than Book & CP combined. Bud has him playing like a center and there’s just not much you can do:





- crowder instinctually sinks deep in transition to build the Giannis wall, khris attacks his closeout Ayton helps & forces a miss. Crowder was supposed to help the helper & get his body on Giannis but doesn’t. He’s probably still too short but doesn’t even make an effort. Suns are good defensively but not elite so that’s not surprising. Giannis got a million of these easy buckets all series long.
- Bridges & Crowder don’t communicate the coverage end up with 2 on the ball, Jrue makes the read, Ayton doesn’t have his arms straight up on the help. Bridges is supposed to go over the screen & Crowder is supposed to drop. You’re conceding an open look at 10-15 feet this way but that’s the best option.
- Giannis freight trains in transition, Bridges picks the ball up & fouls. He’s struggled with that matchup all series, although that one was a tough call for Phoenix after book didn’t get the whistle using the Harden armbar at the other end.
- They give Jrue a double screen & crowder has to pick up ball or Jrue can turn the corner with Kaminsky & Paul on the backend. Bridges now on Giannis & Giannis heads to the block where Bridges isn’t a match.
- Crowder doesn’t give Ayton any help on the iso so this is poor defense. Giannis is shooting like 80% at the rim so you have to concede the corner 3.
- they try PnR with khris but Giannis doesn’t really set the screen so they get nothing, then Jrue uses Crowder’s front as a screen, they get the Bridges switch & Giannis shows off some of that #skill

The quarter was a microcosm of the whole game, he’s not only reliant on isos & fastbreaks anymore. Using him as a pick & roll big has opened an entirely new world of opportunities for him & others. Took Bud a while but better late than never for right?

Giannis with an all time great resume at 26 years old. Amazing. Deserves all the flowers.

This the same BS, Cp3 did against the Rockets in game 7 last year

Fast forward to the 4th quarter. 6:20 Mark.

He lets SGA iso….while he’s in the Mf’n same corner

 

[darthska]

Gasol was an All-Star both those years

Yes, Pau.

We just writing off Pau now?

I forgotttttt.

-foe

 

[ill steelo]

This the same BS, Cp3 did against the Rockets in game 7 last year

Fast forward to the 4th quarter. 6:20 Mark.

He lets SGA iso….while he’s in the Mf’n same corner

I completely forgot he had a chance to eliminate Harden & wanted no parts of it He’s gonna have a long long long list of regrets when he hangs em up

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Giannis the new Stringer

And he had covid

 

[nick.]

Giannis the new Stringer

So his brother was in the health & safety protocol while he was sick to the point of needing an IV?

Huh.

 

[addict4sneakers]

4th quarter tie game, it’s winning time, your big guns have to rise to the occasion. It didn’t happen for Phoenix




- Not sure if this is a set or what but cp gets khris on him and goes to sit in the corner, Jrue on book and he wants no parts of the ball, nobody setting any good screens. Just a terrible unfocused possession.
- They catch both Tuck & Giannis ball watching, Crowder misses a WIDE open look.
- Book gets Portis on the switch, gets him off balance & has the pull up instead decides to blow by him but doesn’t put any arc on the finger roll
- CP misses a technical free throw
- Book gets Giannis on the switch, tries the Harden arm bar & doesn’t get the call.
- CP loses the handle against no pressure
- They finally get Connaughton on the ball but Kaminsky wants to set a screen You can tell a clear plan hasn’t been communicated. Book doesn’t want Giannis to switch so he rejects it, goes baseline but now the base is an extra defender, turnover.
- Pat is out of the game so now would be a good time to make Middleton defend on the ball, instead CP lets Tuck keep the assignment, runs PnR with Giannis who switches, Paul gives it to Book who gets ripped on the trap Just a mess
- CP calls for a rescreen & gets Giannis twisted up, Ayton gets the dump off with nobody between him & the rim and doesn’t even try to go up strong. SHOOK
- they catch Portis gambling after a loose ball Crowder misses another WIDE open look
- They run a beautiful elevator doors variation for Book, WIDE open brick. Bridges takes a foul when he doesn’t have to ball game.

Title on the line - 3 fantastic looks, 3 bricks. Other possessions they took harder paths rather than trying to get a weaker defender on the ball which they had success with all series long. CP with a giveaway & missed free throw, Ayton getting scared Less than stellar execution all around. CP & Book will have all summer to think about why they went away from what was working in the 4th quarter of these road games.


On the other end Giannis with 50 in a closeout, 12 points before garbage time in the 4th, more than Book & CP combined. Bud has him playing like a center and there’s just not much you can do:





- crowder instinctually sinks deep in transition to build the Giannis wall, khris attacks his closeout Ayton helps & forces a miss. Crowder was supposed to help the helper & get his body on Giannis but doesn’t. He’s probably still too short but doesn’t even make an effort. Suns are good defensively but not elite so that’s not surprising. Giannis got a million of these easy buckets all series long.
- Bridges & Crowder don’t communicate the coverage end up with 2 on the ball, Jrue makes the read, Ayton doesn’t have his arms straight up on the help. Bridges is supposed to go over the screen & Crowder is supposed to drop. You’re conceding an open look at 10-15 feet this way but that’s the best option.
- Giannis freight trains in transition, Bridges picks the ball up & fouls. He’s struggled with that matchup all series, although that one was a tough call for Phoenix after book didn’t get the whistle using the Harden armbar at the other end.
- They give Jrue a double screen & crowder has to pick up ball or Jrue can turn the corner with Kaminsky & Paul on the backend. Bridges now on Giannis & Giannis heads to the block where Bridges isn’t a match.
- Crowder doesn’t give Ayton any help on the iso so this is poor defense. Giannis is shooting like 80% at the rim so you have to concede the corner 3.
- they try PnR with khris but Giannis doesn’t really set the screen so they get nothing, then Jrue uses Crowder’s front as a screen, they get the Bridges switch & Giannis shows off some of that #skill

The quarter was a microcosm of the whole game, he’s not only reliant on isos & fastbreaks anymore. Using him as a pick & roll big has opened an entirely new world of opportunities for him & others. Took Bud a while but better late than never for right?

Giannis with an all time great resume at 26 years old. Amazing. Deserves all the flowers.

Is this ‘alpha’ behavior ballinsam23

 

[100027]

I forgotttttt.

-foe

I actually thought that Bynum or Odom had done it at least one year…. Looked it up but nah. Bynum was in 2012 somehow. Odom never made it which makes sense if you look at the forwards in the West, but still feels surprising.

 

[pmatic]

Bynum was a beast that lockout year.

 

[rolaholic]

And he had covid

Those Igbo and Yoruba genes are something

 

[witnesskb24]

Damn can y’all just be happy for Giannis and the bucks?

All this “if such and such woulda happened” is so tiring