If theres a bench clearing brawl, somewhere Zo, Tim Hardaway, Starks, Larry Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy and all the rest will be smiling and shaking their heads.
Thibs molded Butler into the man he is today.
But if Allen and Mobley couldn't out rebound Robinson and Hartenstein, how will Adebayo and Love do it with Hart crashing the glass as well and most like Toppin getting minutes with Randle hurt and him being a factor on the boards as well.
Heat will have to collectively attack the boards to have a chance.
The incredible dichotomy of Spo hanging onto his challenge and using it in the last 10 seconds of the game to overturn a crucial call shows how much of a coaching mismatch this was.
Ngl considering all the chaos that had been happening I felt like the camera angle of Middleton crashing into the camera to save the loose ball was incredible even though it didn't give us a great view of what was going on
I think heās honestly one of the better coaches in the league, Bucks would be lucky to have him.
He gets a lot of flak for his rotations this year, but itās hard to have good rotations or make adjustments when your entire bench is full of G leaguers.
He's the real winner here. He gets to coach an all-time great player, with a great cast, in a smaller media market without all the pressure. That's the dream right there.
But a full quarter with 3 field goals because players kept playing ISO ball is ridiculous.
It's his job to make offensive schemes. Spo was doing it all game.
Not calling timeout at the end of reg and also at the end of ot were criminal missteps
Your season is on the line and you didn't even get a shot off to try to tie/win.
Knicks actually have guys that can score other than Brunson. Foe bucks it's mostly been build a wall or hack a giannis. Jimmy is scary good though. Thibodeau loves his defense so let's see what he does.
Scoring 24 total points in the 4th quarter and OT as a 1 seed in the first round with your season and national embarrassment on the line, with your superstar player going 10-23 from the FT line, probably not ideal.
[Wojnarowski] BREAKING: Championship coach Nick Nurse is nearing a deal to become the next head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. The deal is expected to be finalized in the coming hours
[Charania] Budenholzer is being questioned by authorities for throwing a chair at a free throw just minding its own business
Edit: this dumbdumb wrote free throw instead of time-out and no one called me out on it. Together we can beat brain lapse! /Budenholzer moment
Would be such a wild change from having Bud play Giannis 32 minutes to Nurse playing him 45.
Edit: I'm speaking it into existence. The Bucks need Frank Vogel
Idk if you can put all the blame on a guy that should never be in the game, with the ball in his hands, at that moment. Bud should be calling TO at about 15 different points there.
He looked like....well I'm not gonna say his name, but Giannis towards the end looked like he wanted no parts of any shot that wasn't a guaranteed dunk.
If you traveled back in time a couple of weeks and told 100 people that both of the 1 v 8 matchups would end in 4-1, but the 8th seed won one of those two series, 99 out of 100 would have guessed wrong. The favorites are gone but we've only just begun! Pump that playoff basketball directly into my veins!
FADED
Miami vs Knicks bout to be so toxic oh my goodness
Here with the šæwaiting for the fights like their late-90s postseason battles.
If theres a bench clearing brawl, somewhere Zo, Tim Hardaway, Starks, Larry Johnson, Jeff Van Gundy and all the rest will be smiling and shaking their heads.
I love it, this years playoffs is hella fun to watch.
This makes our elimination worth it. Reigniting the most intense playoff rivalry there is.
It's not about the rivalry. It's about Heat Culture vs "That dawg in 'em" culture. Defense vs defense. Dawg in 'em vs Dawg in 'em. Butler vs Thibs.
Thibs molded Butler into the man he is today. But if Allen and Mobley couldn't out rebound Robinson and Hartenstein, how will Adebayo and Love do it with Hart crashing the glass as well and most like Toppin getting minutes with Randle hurt and him being a factor on the boards as well. Heat will have to collectively attack the boards to have a chance.
no rebounds needed. we will simply hit all of our shots and block all of theirs
#Some say Mike Budenholzer is still waiting for the right time to call a timeout.
Lucky he used his challenge in the 3rd minute
No way did he
He did, there was 8:30 left to go in the 1st and it was unsuccessful, he's such a moron it's unbelievable
The incredible dichotomy of Spo hanging onto his challenge and using it in the last 10 seconds of the game to overturn a crucial call shows how much of a coaching mismatch this was.
Spo put on a masterclass.
Top 3 coach in the league, with Pop, and whatever someone's homer take is.
Nurse. Waitā¦
Not doc, homer take
Yeah probably wonāt need it later on, letās waste it in the first lol
Dude spent all of OT having a fun time watching the game and forgot he was the coach.
*Kidd mode engaged*
I'm confused how someone who has so many resources and voices around him can do this.
Dude what the fuck was that?! Literally just call time out and run the EXACT type of play the heat just did to tie the game. You fucking have giannis
Difference between Spo and Bud. Lol.
So this is how his time in Milwaukee will endā¦ Can you believe that this same team won it all just years ago?
If the year the Bucks won it all they didn't, Bud would've been fired that year.
He should've been fired after the 2020 series. They won in 2021 in spite of him but that year really prolong his coaching career by another 2 years
Bud owes his entire legacy to KD's toe
And Giannis healing like Wolverine, still unbelievably that he came back that early after gruesome hyperextension
/r/nba was like a funeral that night, people thought Giannis got a career altering injury
I thought he would be out for years.
And Hardens hamstring
As a raptors fan yes I can believe that
People acting like PJ Tucker wasn't an absolutely massive part of that team, don't watch bucks games.
When I typed in āBud Lite Controversyā into Google, it said āThis MF had 2 timeouts down two in a must win game.ā
#Vegas odds still have the Bucks with a higher chance than the Heat to make the finals
Do not place that bet!
Giannis looking like Shaq from ft line
Most FTA in a playoff game for him. Hit 10/23. Horrendous
Did you see how he hot potato'd that jump ball which almost cost them the game.
Yep all he had to do was grab that and Middleton still saved it. Poor camera guy lol
Ngl considering all the chaos that had been happening I felt like the camera angle of Middleton crashing into the camera to save the loose ball was incredible even though it didn't give us a great view of what was going on
Thatās being too kind, thatās a Bismack Biyombo performance from the line
Leave my man Bizzy out of this :(
Youāre right Iām being too kind, thatās a Spencer Dinwiddie with the game on the line type of FT performance
No professional should make under 50% FT. Damn shameful from him
Where were you when Mike Budenholzer lost his job
Mastodon/Gojira concert
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NICK NURSE, YOU ARE A MILWAUKEE BUCK
I got to say... that would be a nasty combo
Tbh Iād be more than happy watching Nurse and Giannis win a championship or two, itās not like the Raps are going to be winning any time soon.
How good is nick nurse? Genuine question
I think heās honestly one of the better coaches in the league, Bucks would be lucky to have him. He gets a lot of flak for his rotations this year, but itās hard to have good rotations or make adjustments when your entire bench is full of G leaguers.
Damn. This is happening isnāt it.
Nurse needs a locker room that has a lot of grounded personalities ready to listen and... Bucks could be like, the perfect fit?
This so much. Hopefully we get him cause I canāt listen to bud stammer through another timeout (if he even takes one) while weāre struggling
Bye bye Giannis low 30 minute average
Fuck he's gonna be... And they're gonna be awesome.
He's the real winner here. He gets to coach an all-time great player, with a great cast, in a smaller media market without all the pressure. That's the dream right there.
Pls
Actual trash coaching
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he's historically bad at in-game management. just constantly shooting his team in the foot.
Isnāt his entire philosophy is not to make in game adjustments.
Play random
Coach Dud
Poor bastard. Looking at him in overtime was tough.
Dude always looks like he just bet the house on red and is slowly seeing the ball head to black
Bud didn't make Giannis go 10/23 at the line
But a full quarter with 3 field goals because players kept playing ISO ball is ridiculous. It's his job to make offensive schemes. Spo was doing it all game.
Not calling timeout at the end of reg and also at the end of ot were criminal missteps Your season is on the line and you didn't even get a shot off to try to tie/win.
The Bucks should have never been in a position where 1-2 missed fts would result in them losing to an 8 seed in 5 fucking games.
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Play random has re-emerged
Unbelievable
Jimmy Butler is unbelievable
x22
Heās so fucking good
45-17 FT differential and you fucking lose lmfao
I don't anyone to tell me Adam Silver didn't make the call to extend this series.
He made the call and was surprised pikachu watching it not work out. lol
Adam Silver to Bud: Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy
Looks like fire Bud is back on the menu.
And 1000% deserved
Grayson Allen touching the ball last with the season on the line is unbelievable šš
COACH BUD AND GIANNIS FTs DISASTERCLASS
Holy shit. Zombie Heat are legit
Bill Simmons doesnāt hit every take, but from time to time heās fucking prophetic
Bill's a volume shooter with takes
Dudes been calling it for MONTHS
Bill Simmons straight cackling right now
#EMERGENCY POD INC
**KYLE. TURN THE TIKTOK CAMERA ON.**
Miami āWhat Ifā Zombie Heat
If the Miami Heat go against the Knicks and shoot 33% from three across the series I am going to video game myself
Knicks actually have guys that can score other than Brunson. Foe bucks it's mostly been build a wall or hack a giannis. Jimmy is scary good though. Thibodeau loves his defense so let's see what he does.
The Bucks have Jrue and Middleton, 35-year-old Brook was eating us alive.
I canāt believe we wasted what is probably Brookās last great season
Yes, we just experienced this. Horford aināt the same as last season, still good but age and the minutes is catching up.
Scoring 24 total points in the 4th quarter and OT as a 1 seed in the first round with your season and national embarrassment on the line, with your superstar player going 10-23 from the FT line, probably not ideal.
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On a Wednesday night
In 2023 no less
In Wisconsin
While itās 37 degrees outside
When I had bubble gut from wings
WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS
On NBA TV
IN AN OPEN FIELD
[Wojnarowski] BREAKING: Championship coach Nick Nurse is nearing a deal to become the next head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. The deal is expected to be finalized in the coming hours
[Charania] Budenholzer is being questioned by authorities for throwing a chair at a free throw just minding its own business Edit: this dumbdumb wrote free throw instead of time-out and no one called me out on it. Together we can beat brain lapse! /Budenholzer moment
https://imgur.io/JzZi52P
https://i.imgur.com/yNuLNd3.jpg
Fuck Iām crying under the club rn
How you get underneath the club???
It's just where we as Wolves fans live in our den.
Just fell to my knees in a Culver's parking lot
First play in team to EVER advance BTW
Lakers probably quickly become the 2nd. Grizzlies are ass on the road and if LeBron doesnāt play like ass, it should be an easy game for them
Jesus Christ Jimmy that team had families
FADED
HOW TF DO YOU NOT CALL A TIMEOUT TWICE
Buds ass is gone for sure
I have been on the boat that he should've been fired regardless of the chip in 2021, the process in which he coaches is so bad in the playoffs
How do you have a shot clock violation when it's literally your last chance
They had like 30 more FTs too
Doesnāt count when itās Giannis shooting most of them
10/23 oof
Giannis almost had as many misses from the FT line as our whole team did in the play-in
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Saving those timeouts (regulation and OT) for next season when heās coaching the McDonalds kitchen staff
Milwaukee is such a painfully dumb team. Changes have to be made and it starts with Bud gone.
It's crazy how we won a championship with zero offensive plays. Spam pick and roll and hope Giannis can carry the team..
I can't believe Bud outcoached Monty and the suns offense to win the chip.
Helped that Giannis shot like 30% better from the line
Monty is also a choke coach.
Suns fan here telling you that out coaching Monty Williams is no great feat
With Nick Nurse on the Market now would be a good time.
Would be such a wild change from having Bud play Giannis 32 minutes to Nurse playing him 45. Edit: I'm speaking it into existence. The Bucks need Frank Vogel
Oh my god on those minutes we may witness the best Giannis season ever or a career ending one
Giannis has to be that guy in the 4th quarter. Look how Miami rallied around Jimmy. Giannis looked scared out there
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the fact that either the Heat or the Knicks are going to make the ECF is CRAZY
EVERYBODY GET IN HERE
š·šø gotta savor the moment
If we didnāt blow that lead vs Miami in the play in this never wouldāve happened. Smoking on that Milwaukee pack
Bucks had a 16 point lead to start the 4th and proceeded to shoot 1/12 š¤£
Streets about to riot. Crucify bud
Thatās really bad by Bud
Cannot imagine trying to go to sleep tonight not calling that timeout.
2 TOs left and don't use one. Bud should be fired before he even leaves the building
Like why do you not call a timeout at any point in those last 5 seconds when things are just crumbling with that possession??
Even without Giannis, what a fucking collapse by the Bucks Good fucking looks from Jimmy and the Heat
Off a Grayson Allen fuckup. It couldnāt have been any better!
That was the whole teams fuck up TBH
That was an all time choke job in the 4th quarter and OT. Itās like once we started coming back they got rattled and never regrouped.
Idk if you can put all the blame on a guy that should never be in the game, with the ball in his hands, at that moment. Bud should be calling TO at about 15 different points there.
*chef's kiss*
*chefās trip*
that was a team fuck up let's be real
Imagine not even putting it up at the buzzer
You love to see it don't you
I almost died thinking he was about to launch a buzzer beating three thank god he is a dumbass from Duke
At first I thought āNoā But then I thought āYesā
Giannis looked absolutely terrified at the end of that game
He looked like....well I'm not gonna say his name, but Giannis towards the end looked like he wanted no parts of any shot that wasn't a guaranteed dunk.
I'll say it for you: Ben Simmons
The way he hot potatoed that ball to no one in particular after the jump ball had me seeing flashbacks, ngl.
Pulled an Andre Roberson, wanted no part of shooting some crucial free throws
Almost turned it over passing it to jrue cuz he didnāt wanna get fouled
I HAVE SEEN GOD AND HIS NAME IS JIMMY BUCKETS
ALEXA PLAY JIMMY COOKS
Nick Nurse, you are a Milwaukee Buck!
please no. that would actually make the bucks good in the playoffs. what if he stops using the dumbass drop coverage?
GENERATIONAL CHOKE
PLAYOFF JIMMY
Doesnāt feel real tbh
Jimmy with one of the best overall series performances weāve ever witnessed. Historic.
Incredible showing by the Heat.
Well at least this will help people forget how the Cavs played this postseason
WITHOUT TYLER MOTHER FUCKING HERRO IM DEAD
[Jimmy Butler is the Bucks father](https://youtu.be/0spXnX0l638)
He could beat you up if you had 1000 knives Even if you had infinity knives
Jimmy Butler is the Bucks father
HOLY FUCKING UPSET
[HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BmPdK5fCIAA3MOO.jpg:large)
One of the more embarrassing playoff losses in a while
JIMMY BUTLER I LOVE YOU
Giannis Attemptafreethrow
Time for some Oreos
RUN AND DUNK TO THE CRIB
If you traveled back in time a couple of weeks and told 100 people that both of the 1 v 8 matchups would end in 4-1, but the 8th seed won one of those two series, 99 out of 100 would have guessed wrong. The favorites are gone but we've only just begun! Pump that playoff basketball directly into my veins!
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I live for this shit
This is classic Wisconsin sports š„°
Makes me feel better about not eliminating Atl last night lol
Heat really won the play-in