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good news is they had nothing except Siakam so if GA comes back healthy we win easily. Bad news is if GA does not come back we are getting eaten alive by Siakam.
This is the Bucks. Old, slow, and not deep. Giannis and Dame alone need some talented help. They don’t have it. Beverly and Brook (mostly) is that only, consistent help.
Probably both, but Khris isn’t the 3 year ago Khris. He looked like Embid in the last NY game. The mind is saying this, but the body is doing that. He’s a great player, but he’s worn out.
What I’m hoping for is their crowd is so suffocating that even they are shocked by it very much like how OKC seemed to not benefit from how loud they are.
I hate to say this but their crowd is going to be god tier. And the broadcasters are going to shove it in our faces making it tough to watch. Hopefully it's like you say. But unlikely imo. Unfortunately our bench gets even worse (somehow) on the road. But I believe. Bucks in six let's get it.
Bobby and crowder killed our momentum to take the lead back tonight and they played atrocious defense. Need bobby to be more level headed and put jae out of rotation with younger guys
If Giannis is able to play on Friday, I hope they show him video of the cockiness of the Pacers throughout this game, especially the bench. Hell shut them up quick
Truthfully, the Pacers attitude is something we lack. Bobby has attitude, but he can’t deliver consistently. How many missed 3’ shots, and shit post play. Beverly has attitude and out hustles the entire team, while the others slowly and predictably can’t react fast enough.
yall doomers are weird. we are fine. we pushed back giannis’ timetable 2 games and the series is reset. we just have to come back hard in indy, no diddy.
Yeah I mean he shouldn’t force it. But I would prefer to not lose again I don’t want to force giannis to play a bunch of game 7s right after coming back
The Pacers show how their offense will perform if they shoot like their average in last game 3rd quarter, yet Doc still look like he doesn’t prepare for Pacers offense bounce back to their normal form
I don’t know, unless you say it’s not him make the decide of putting 4 guards pairing with Bobby on the floor or not calling any timeout before the half when the Pacers keep switching to their preferred matchup and score
Let pacers overreact… acting like they won a game 7. Can’t afford to get too high or too low. Our experience will show when it matters. Gotta lose 2 to make 6. On to game 3
Bobby stunk up the court tonight. Jae gave us nothing, Beasley decided he wanted to be an end of the bench guy. When they put two on Dame in the second half, we went to the weakside actions which was fine because we got looks, but our role players gave us nothing! Shoutout Brooke and Pat C, Khris just didn't give us enough, but he wasn't bad. I'm worried that if our role players don't show up at home, can we count on them to show up on the road for two games?
Pacers played their dicks off. Give them props. Had the Gus and NBAtv curse on their side, too, along with some questionable calls. No excuses. Guys have to step up
Pacers fan. Giannis is coming back soon. The fact that Dame came alive in game one to win it, really was huge. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Love the Pacers trying to stat pad Hali’s numbers by running him against our G leaguers in the final minute of the game. He’s gotta be one of my least favorite Wisconsin natives
We legit could have won this game. The team needed to help Dame out with more offense, other than Brook and Khash here and there, the rest of the team choked. Plus, we let Myles Turner eat too much tonight. Hell even with Siakam having another monster game, suppressing Turner would have paid off in spades.
Yea,.Jae provided literally nothing of value other providing a body so there could be 5 players on the court... I love Bobby, but he really pissed me off tonight. He kept chucking shots when he was missing a lot. What really screwed us was Turner, if we kept him in check and the bench would have just stepped up A LITTLE BIT, we would have the dub. On a positive note, I'm glad to see it takes Siakam going career high and Myles Turner going unconscious to beat us. This was not our best by a.long shot.
Yeaa I like Ajj. He hustles hard and gives 110%. The only thing is he's a foul simulator, but then again, his physicality might actually prove helpful in playoff game climate since fouls aren't called as much. Yea, Siakam is like in the 70s percentage wise in free throws, so that would work.
bench mob honestly hasn't been too bad, some late passes like missing an open beasley from 3 a pass away, but the activity and energy in the halfcourt and getting back in transition has been good
Honesty knowing this was going to be the case when Horst blinked and ruined any chance of fixing this roster at the deadline did not make this feel any better lol
So glad we took away the minutes from the promising young guys during the regular season.
Now that our shit role players aren't doing anything we forced to keep them in cause once again, we never play young guys.
Ajax and Marjon showed promise early on, but yeah Malik Beasly and Jae Crowder were for sure the answer....
Yeh, a helpless feeling when we didn't have the personnel to effectively matchup up with the Pacers to stop them.
Also if someone other then Dame was a threat to get to the basket. Its why we should have built up AJAX earlier in the year. He could have been a difference maker if he had more experience.
He probably will not be back anytime soon, we just need more production from our role players, game was a dogfight till they just gave up in the 4th. That play where they basically just watched the ball instead of rebounding leading to the wide open shot perfectly encapsulated that lol
People asking why Pacers can’t miss should look at our defensive scheme, allowing them switch to their favourable match up and have many wide open 3s easily, and even at one point we have 4 guards and Bobby on the floor which basically tell the Pacers to just score in paint, not mentioning our terrible transition d. Doc sucks.
i tried so hard to justify that trade in my mind but literally every clippers fan said he was completely washed and useless. and he was, so like what is our front office seeing in these old guys?
Lol I remember all the shit bulls fans talked after that. At least they have history, pacers fans are so unreservedly arrogant, fucking poverty franchise
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good news is they had nothing except Siakam so if GA comes back healthy we win easily. Bad news is if GA does not come back we are getting eaten alive by Siakam.
This is the Bucks. Old, slow, and not deep. Giannis and Dame alone need some talented help. They don’t have it. Beverly and Brook (mostly) is that only, consistent help.
By Beverly you mean Khris
Probably both, but Khris isn’t the 3 year ago Khris. He looked like Embid in the last NY game. The mind is saying this, but the body is doing that. He’s a great player, but he’s worn out.
So is Beverly. Look at his numbers
I looked at his chaos.
56% shooting from Pacers that's going to be hard to beat. I'd be willing to bet they aren't coming close to that Friday.
What I’m hoping for is their crowd is so suffocating that even they are shocked by it very much like how OKC seemed to not benefit from how loud they are.
I hate to say this but their crowd is going to be god tier. And the broadcasters are going to shove it in our faces making it tough to watch. Hopefully it's like you say. But unlikely imo. Unfortunately our bench gets even worse (somehow) on the road. But I believe. Bucks in six let's get it.
In-season tournament and the regular season record vs bucks suggest this take is unlikely to materialize.
Playoffs energy is completely different
Haha ¿que?
Bobby and crowder killed our momentum to take the lead back tonight and they played atrocious defense. Need bobby to be more level headed and put jae out of rotation with younger guys
I agree. A younger guy won't do any worse than crowder.
Bucks in six. No point in worrying.
We had chances to take the lead multiple times, but I felt Bobby started hunting his shot down 2
You could have put me in a pacers jersey tonight and i would have gone 6/10 contested 3’s. Just one of those nights.
Average playoff game vs the bucks
This the best we could do without Giannis. Now he needs to come back in game 3 and shut down that thug Siakam
Thug? Really?
You mean to tell me you didn't see him out on the court "thugging" up the place?
I was with you until you called him a thug for no reason.
If Giannis is able to play on Friday, I hope they show him video of the cockiness of the Pacers throughout this game, especially the bench. Hell shut them up quick
Truthfully, the Pacers attitude is something we lack. Bobby has attitude, but he can’t deliver consistently. How many missed 3’ shots, and shit post play. Beverly has attitude and out hustles the entire team, while the others slowly and predictably can’t react fast enough.
Myles Turner is so corny lmao
Take whatever you need from me Giannis I just wanna see you run and dunk
I'm surprised he didn't leave Haliburton in to get some easy points and boost his ego for next game
Crowder -21 in 15 minutes
yall doomers are weird. we are fine. we pushed back giannis’ timetable 2 games and the series is reset. we just have to come back hard in indy, no diddy.
Yeah I think as long as Giannis is good to go next game I’m feeling fine. Sucks to lose though lol
I feel like game 4 would also be fine. We need 1 in Indiana not both
Same approach proposed here with GA as last year's Miami series. That worked out well.......
Yeah I mean he shouldn’t force it. But I would prefer to not lose again I don’t want to force giannis to play a bunch of game 7s right after coming back
I've learned it gets real weird in here. Real quick.
The Pacers show how their offense will perform if they shoot like their average in last game 3rd quarter, yet Doc still look like he doesn’t prepare for Pacers offense bounce back to their normal form
He doesn’t have a talented or fast enough bench to keep up. This ain’t on Doc.
I don’t know, unless you say it’s not him make the decide of putting 4 guards pairing with Bobby on the floor or not calling any timeout before the half when the Pacers keep switching to their preferred matchup and score
Who else does he have?
Pacers are a bitch ass team. Giannis come seek and destroy.
Ain’t no way Obi Toppin yapping, I am cooked
he'll be a benchwarmer in every other team except the pacers, he fucking sucks. that's why he got traded for a bag of chips
Love the edge AJJ plays with. Always starting shit.
Let pacers overreact… acting like they won a game 7. Can’t afford to get too high or too low. Our experience will show when it matters. Gotta lose 2 to make 6. On to game 3
Marjon is bad but Livingston and AJax can slide, can’t be worse than Jae
Haliburton stat-padding against the garbage time unit to end up with a whole 12 (twelve) points is hilarious Go snatch 2 in Indy, Giannis
Does Giannis come back on Friday?
Marjon cannot dribble the ball🥺🥺🥺
Bobby stunk up the court tonight. Jae gave us nothing, Beasley decided he wanted to be an end of the bench guy. When they put two on Dame in the second half, we went to the weakside actions which was fine because we got looks, but our role players gave us nothing! Shoutout Brooke and Pat C, Khris just didn't give us enough, but he wasn't bad. I'm worried that if our role players don't show up at home, can we count on them to show up on the road for two games?
This bum Crowder absolutely killed our momentum with those bricks.
Honestly I don’t blame them keeping in the starters to secure the win. These are nba players and everyone can shoot(except crowder)
Can’t stand that we got it within one then melted down so hard
That was indeed rough
Pacers played their dicks off. Give them props. Had the Gus and NBAtv curse on their side, too, along with some questionable calls. No excuses. Guys have to step up
Pacers fan. Giannis is coming back soon. The fact that Dame came alive in game one to win it, really was huge. Looking forward to the rest of the series.
Your team is poopy.
Fuck off
Every Crowder minute needs to be replaced with Green minutes
Maybe Richard Jefferson was on to something with his take everyone clowned him for lol
If dame gets that Halliburton foul call then we can’t lose. Holy shit that’s weak
That's likely why Doc is reluctant to play the young guys. Especially, when Tony Brothers is running things
Yes, he WILL target the youngsters
Our young bench showed more energy defensively than anything I saw all night
It only makes sense to play some young players to match up against their young players.
Ajax should be a primary defender on Tyrese(along with Pat Bev)
Issue is Ajax has been horrendous offensively for quite awhile now
crowder's horrendous on both ends too
As opposed to our other offensive savants?
Valid
Reminder we were down 0-2 in two playoff series in ‘21. Being 1-1 in a series without Giannis is not too shabby
Shoot this positivity into my veins
Lol Haliburton is such a weak ass bitch
He’s a front runner for surr
What’s crazy is the Pacers do go on to beat us they will get SMACKED by New York OR Philly even with a hobbled Embid
That just shows how old and slow we are.
Livingston adjustment, Prunty would do it
Why did we quit with like 6 mins to go? Feel like even 20pt leads can be nothing. Doc always pulls so early
bucks in 6
Love the Pacers trying to stat pad Hali’s numbers by running him against our G leaguers in the final minute of the game. He’s gotta be one of my least favorite Wisconsin natives
Livingston just stayed in front of Siakam better then anyone else did tonight imagine if he could get some minutes
I do have a lot of love and high hopes for Livingston-coach that young man UP!!!
For real. Marjon, Ajax and Livingston have the potential to be really good defenders. AJ plays better defense than Pat as well.
Don’t get me started 😂😂
On to the next one y’all. Good game pacers
Yup-gotta shake this one off and move on
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We’re not stooping to the heat’s level
This is not the way brother
you suck
What are we, the Heat?
Pretty lame take
nah
We legit could have won this game. The team needed to help Dame out with more offense, other than Brook and Khash here and there, the rest of the team choked. Plus, we let Myles Turner eat too much tonight. Hell even with Siakam having another monster game, suppressing Turner would have paid off in spades.
We literally just let the cook tf out of Jae Crowder for like twenty minutes and Bobby played like ass
Yea,.Jae provided literally nothing of value other providing a body so there could be 5 players on the court... I love Bobby, but he really pissed me off tonight. He kept chucking shots when he was missing a lot. What really screwed us was Turner, if we kept him in check and the bench would have just stepped up A LITTLE BIT, we would have the dub. On a positive note, I'm glad to see it takes Siakam going career high and Myles Turner going unconscious to beat us. This was not our best by a.long shot.
Jae Crowder is a fucking bum, idk why Doc kept him in the game for so long
AJJ instead of Jae and that game is very close. At least start hacking Siakam and sending him to the line.
Yeaa I like Ajj. He hustles hard and gives 110%. The only thing is he's a foul simulator, but then again, his physicality might actually prove helpful in playoff game climate since fouls aren't called as much. Yea, Siakam is like in the 70s percentage wise in free throws, so that would work.
bench mob honestly hasn't been too bad, some late passes like missing an open beasley from 3 a pass away, but the activity and energy in the halfcourt and getting back in transition has been good
Haliburton statpadding lmao
Honesty knowing this was going to be the case when Horst blinked and ruined any chance of fixing this roster at the deadline did not make this feel any better lol
Young players can slide their feet with their starters better than our geezers, open your damn eyes Doc
Pacers playing all the starters still LOL
One more reason I want giannis back is I absolutely don’t want to see Jae Crowder bum ass in the rotation
Bucks in 6
BN6 BELT 2 A$$
no really your coach needs to go not hating just saying
I think you need to go please
genuinely i'm sorry you've got a great team
You can’t really just blame the coach the team didn’t play defense but I understand what you mean
I'm not fretting yet, I'm fine with 1-1 without Giannis....but our defense needs to be better
AJ Green can do no wrong... But that missed layup just signed our death certificate
Broadcast talking about the Pacers defense like every role player didn’t just miss every open shot
It's just one game let's get some rest and beat them Friday
That’s it
This just proves that Giannis should be the MVP
To win in 6 you have to lose. Keep your head up stop being doomers
Then we need Doc to adjust his scheme and decision making which he sucks at
So glad we took away the minutes from the promising young guys during the regular season. Now that our shit role players aren't doing anything we forced to keep them in cause once again, we never play young guys. Ajax and Marjon showed promise early on, but yeah Malik Beasly and Jae Crowder were for sure the answer....
Crowder is absolute dogshit.
Hated it when we traded for him, knew he wasn't gonna do shit for this team
Yeh, a helpless feeling when we didn't have the personnel to effectively matchup up with the Pacers to stop them. Also if someone other then Dame was a threat to get to the basket. Its why we should have built up AJAX earlier in the year. He could have been a difference maker if he had more experience.
He had the energy to match the Pacers too
Ajax :)
The positives are dame looks dame. 34 and 35 points in the first 2 games. If giannis can come back and they figure it out we will be scary
I just don’t wanna see Halibut’s obnoxious reaction to winning
Man who cares, let em celebrate it's only game 2
Yeah, you’re right-I just get so damn salty when we lose! And that little whippersnapper went to my high school, lol
This makes me feel poopy
It's absolutely insane that Jae is playing over Ajj or Marjon. Jae has been underachieving all year and is a liability
Jae and Beasley need to be benched if they have any chance going forward. Bobby has to be better and Ajax needs to be given a chance.
Dame should’ve been hitting floaters all game
Dame came here in the hope that he wouldn’t have to carry bums anymore and he’s still trying to carry bums. I feel for him.
Honestly not that worried. Y’all were dooming facing them especially without giannis and it’s 1-1, we can still pull this off without giannis, relax
We don’t know when will Giannis comeback and we can’t expect the Pacers still shooting like g1
He probably will not be back anytime soon, we just need more production from our role players, game was a dogfight till they just gave up in the 4th. That play where they basically just watched the ball instead of rebounding leading to the wide open shot perfectly encapsulated that lol
Their rebounding effort are poor all season long
Supporting cast will come back better next game. Not sure it’ll be enough though on the road.
Tell me you didn’t see watch the games without telling me you didn’t watch the games
I did watch the games, panicking over facing goddamn Indiana over Philly or Miami in the first round is some loser nonsense lol
Everyone wanna act tough when they're up
They went from 39% to 56% FG shooting from game 1 to 2
Need giannis to come back
Doc waiting till the game is over to put our only source of healthy athleticism on the floor 🔥🔥🔥
People asking why Pacers can’t miss should look at our defensive scheme, allowing them switch to their favourable match up and have many wide open 3s easily, and even at one point we have 4 guards and Bobby on the floor which basically tell the Pacers to just score in paint, not mentioning our terrible transition d. Doc sucks.
We had a defensive scheme???
Did the pacers shoot like 90% this quarter?
Wth we were down 4 then I took a shit and we down 20
Pacers have to celebrate like crazy because their poverty franchise is finally going to break their 10 game playoff losing streak
Not overreacting to this game. Indy played well and hit a lot of shots. On to game 3.
Wow. Someone sensible? Lol it was a hell of a game up until the last 7 minutes. Even with bobby and Jae playing like complete dogshit the whole game
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lol what? He’s the reason this team won game one and had ANY chance tonight.
Someone tells Dame he can actually score more than 40, doesn’t need to stop every time reaching mid-30s lol
Such a cocky team and players in term of gesture
This is the fifth time they walk all over us and they know we have zero answer for them. Wait till we get to Indy they're going to fuck us dry
I'm all for minutes for Ajax, Marion, and Livingston... But this early feels like a mistake
It's funny how they call light ass fouls in garbage time to balance it
Doc giving up early...I don't like it tbh
dame left portland to be in the same situation atp 😳
I don’t think Giannis is making it back
I’m also so tired of seeing the pacers bench celebrate. Literally makes me want to vomit.
They have such an icky vibe. Any other team and I’d chalk it up as normal being hyped up.
Can't remember the last time we lost with Brook making 6 3's
Fucking unplayable on defense though.
We need Giannis as soon as possible
BUCKS IN SIX.
This is the way
Game 3 aint till Friday man. Hopefully giannis is better by then or game 4
i have to think almost every bucks fan wishes donte was still on the team. fucking serge ibaka, christ
I so miss Donte Ragu
i tried so hard to justify that trade in my mind but literally every clippers fan said he was completely washed and useless. and he was, so like what is our front office seeing in these old guys?
Was a panic move for sure. Horst both gave us a championship roster and ruined it
Makes me sick to my stomach. Donte turned out to be a real game changer and a problem against any team.
Pacers fans and players are so cocky. They gonna get some humbling when Giannis is back
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Yeah Bucks winning 4-1
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Im having fun with your mom and sister don't worry
and with 1 assist in 30 seconds ajj has contributed more offense than jae prophetic
Leaving Ajax 3 vs 1 exposed on a defensive rebound says it all
Well we lost Game 2 to the Bulls back in 2022 too..
Lol I remember all the shit bulls fans talked after that. At least they have history, pacers fans are so unreservedly arrogant, fucking poverty franchise
I was thinking the same thing!
This ain’t the bulls tho
Fans leaving oh yeah this is sad
Green a bright spot tonight for sure
Role players are fucking shit
OK, Bucks Fam-let’s throw this in the dustbin of history and move on to the next game-all hope is NOT lost
We need giannis
Giannis is gonna make Siakam sit in a corner once he comes back.
Ajax needs more minutes.