NBA Thread

[Abomination]

They're shooting better from the 3 than we are from the field.

[Spanky99]

They're just not missing... Wow!

[Abomination]

From a quality of play perspective, it can't really get any worse. What the f*** happened to pushing the ball anyway? We've basically been walking it up the last few games.

[Stoneyen]

From a quality of play perspective, it can't really get any worse. What the f*** happened to pushing the ball anyway? We've basically been walking it up the last few games.

 

For real. The most aggravating type of game to watch is when the opponent can't miss from 3 and is dominating the boards

[Abomination]

For real. The most aggravating type of game to watch is when the opponent can't miss from 3 and is dominating the boards

 

They're actually not dominating the boards. There's only a difference of like 4, and those are all defensive (we've been missing more).

[Carlos Danger]

Gasol is killing us tonight...

[Boxcar]

This game feels like it's already over. What a f***ing awful performance.

[Spanky99]

Hope the Raps hold home court... geez.

[Boxcar]

These Osmow's commercials are so cringy.

 

Great food, though

[Carlos Danger]

TNT is showing how the Raptors have made "controllable errors" and they are damn right, nothing to do with shooting bricks, but just poor decision making. The Bucks bench has more points then our starters... They are saying Bucks were rusty after a week off, first quarter of game 1. Since then they have dominated us.. NO way we beat them 4 games... Unfortunately, I can't argue with anything they are saying..

[Carlos Danger]

Do we practice? Do we do shooting drills? WTF.... We were scoreless on 7 attempts there for a bit...

[Abomination]

Do we practice? Do we do shooting drills? WTF.... We were scoreless on 7 attempts there for a bit...

 

Teams go through this during a season from time to time, and when you're up against a great defense it gets magnified. Very unfortunate timing. Some of it can be blamed on great defense, but the open looks can't. It looks like it's in their heads now, because they're passing up on shots they should be taking and trying to drive instead. Nothing inside is called in the playoffs, so you're basically fouled on every play and end up with a lot of misses.

[Carlos Danger]

Ibaka wide open would have made it 13..

[Stoneyen]

Kinda frustrating watching us lose last year with the best bench/depth in the conference and now watching us get dominated by the Bucks and Sixers benches now that we have a legit star

[Spanky99]

Chip away boys.

[Abomination]

You can thank me for this run any time. After seeing the score at the half, I chose a bunch of bench players in DFS for the second half. I have no doubt it'll end up a tight game with all the starters in.

[Abomination]

1. Not goaltending.

2. Put the bench back in please.

[Abomination]

That was a 3 by Meeks, and it wasn't close.

 

Edited: Oh, they changed it.

[Krylian]

Completely outclassed

[Spanky99]

Completely outclassed

 

5-1 odds for me Raptors take both @ home for 20?!

[Abomination]

Wow, that was a hell of a move by Kawhi.

[Boxcar]

Damn, Bledsoe has tiny ears

[Abomination]

Lol at FVV in any universe being able to bowl over Ilyasova.

[jaysblue]

Gasol looks completely scared out there. He was awful once again tonight. Green as well.

 

Raps need to figure out how to get those two going offensively.

[Spanky99]

Raps take 2 @ home.

[onwego]

Raps had to give a lot of themselves to get by Philly, this new opponent is better than Philly and rested. So many options to go to on the Bucks, if one isn’t working then five more can step up, they don’t care at all who gets the support points on a given night.

 

For a stretch in the 2nd both KL’s had to improvise totally on their own and make highly contested shots, which the cheerleaders on the Raptors TV crew couldn’t bother to notice.

 

The Bucks were downcourt in two seconds with one or two wide open and ready shooters to chime in.

 

No shame in losing to this team, it was the best in the regular season, just go down fighting.

[jaysblue]

Raps take 2 @ home.

 

They definitely need to haha. And they need to win Game 5 in Milwaukee if it gets that far.

 

It's possible. In 2016 they took two at home vs. the Cavs after even losing far worse in the first two games in Cleveland.

 

Game 1 was the game to steal though. They didn't show up in that fourth quarter, other than Kyle Lowry. In Game 2, the first half buried them and it was too big of a wall to climb despite them playing better in the third quarter.

 

Raps need to just take it one game at a time. Win at home on Sunday first and they still have a shot.

[dineke]

Milwaukee is a historically great team by pretty much every metric. Winning 4/5 of the remaining games is pretty much close to impossible.

[jaysblue]

Milwaukee is a historically great team by pretty much every metric. Winning 4/5 of the remaining games is pretty much close to impossible.

 

Raps gotta win both home games. Winning on Sunday first is a must. Can't afford a split at home and expect to go into Milwaukee and win in an elimination Game 5.

[Dick_Pole]

Milwaukee is a historically great team by pretty much every metric. Winning 4/5 of the remaining games is pretty much close to impossible.

 

Do the metrics account for strength of schedule? The Bucks had one of the easiest schedules ever (with the Raptors not far behind). Naturally, being the best team in a ******** conference.