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Bledsoe can get beyond the first line of defense pretty easily it’s just that he has no clue what to do after that and often jumps in the air before he has it figured out

mirotic has been soooo bricky in this series

lovin broggy p in this game

mirotic has been soooo bricky in this series

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 23, 2019 9:24 PM (forty-five seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

on zach's pod today he was saying that in a 12-game series mirotic would have a game where he goes off but it's a 7-game series and we've played 4 of them.

man van vleet is one of the best short defenders i've ever seen

Giannis is getting hacked every time he goes to the rim holy shit

alright I guess i'll take it, Raps legit could've gone on a 20-2 run to start that quarter

Eh doesn’t look too bad to me but I have no dog in this fight.

These teams are weird you really just don’t now who you’re going to get contributions from from a game to game basis outside of giannis khris and kawhi pascal.

both rosters have a bunch of sus guys

but they also have monstrous stars who can win games on their own

the guys who have played in lots of playoff games aren't doing stupid stuff (except kyle lowry). everyone else is doing stupid stuff.

bropez just missed brogdon comically open in the corner

he was open for like the entire play an easy pass away waving his arms

not the best passers in this series

yanni is bleeding

lol he got efd up

Giannis finally came to play

that said Bucks really need to get out of the "clear out the middle and let Giannis do something" offense, he's great but he can't clear 4 dudes

yeah got mix in pnr and post ups

fred!

what's the story on how gucci mane became the bucks' celeb fan

hes a fan slut he shows up to celtics games in jaylen brown jerseys too

did not see Vanvleet being the X factor here

needless to say he efs w the hawks too

is he just trolling drake?

ha thatd be good, hes prob friends w someone on the buck cant think of who itd be tho

so much tight assed play in this series

xp probably mallory edens

i'm less convinced coming out of this series that either of these teams have a legit shot against the warriors even if KD doesn't play

ha van vleet killing it the playoffs r cool

ok I'm starting to think they should stop leaving Vanvleet wide open

i'm less convinced coming out of this series that either of these teams have a legit shot against the warriors even if KD doesn't play

― J0rdan S., Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:13 PM (forty-eight seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the been there before vs. first time ratio is going to be *insane* especially if it's the bucks

worth considering that the blazers werent actually that good and dont match up well w the dubs

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worth considering that the blazers werent actually that good and dont match up well w the dubs

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:16 PM (twenty-one seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this gets into a lot of how hard is the top of the east vs. the west 2nd round type stuff, i think you can throw out the portland series and draw the same conclusion

worth considering that the blazers werent actually that good and dont match up well w the dubs

― lag∞n, Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:16 PM (twenty-two seconds ago) Bookmark

these teams are def harder match ups... i've thought all year that the east team would win it all. but the "uh oh we haven't scored in 5 mins and look like we've never even practiced before" stretches w/ both these tmeas is not conducive to beating the warriors

to me dubs-bucks shd it happen will all come down to if they can defend giannis at all and tbh im pretty curious to see

Middleton has 2 points on 0-6 shooting

there's going to be 1 finals game where the easy team is insanely shook and loses so i'm counting that against the east's chances

dubs are vulnerable to size and physicality and the bucks have both, dubs will have to do some pretty cool stuff to make it work, but i mean they are known for doing cool stuff so

itd be an big test for draymond

id feel pretty good abt him guarding giannis for a quarter every game but if he has to be the primary defender thats pretty punishing

of course all the bucks role players are totally capable of shitting the bed at the same time too

haha fred

Draymond has a tough time w Giannis types

This has to feel so good for Fred after such a dump of a season

he just gives up so much size xp

this version of kawhi is prob the third best player in the NBA

i love watching leonard’s step back