P R E G A M E T H O U G H T S

Giannis being a game-time decision will definitely make things interesting.

Even if he can play, how effective will he be.

Giannis is playing, I’ve got a

Tuesday - July 6, 2021

Starting the game with some lengthy Giannis free throws.

Despite starting 5-2, Suns are moving well and look much more active.

Giannis looks good and is being aggressive. Makes me think the Bucks knew he would be good to go all along.

Suns just out working Bucks at this point.

Kaminsky getting some run with Saric out.

Jrue Holiday is going to have to get in the mix for the Bucks here soon.

More aggressive, winning 50/50 balls, and more importantly converting and knocking down their shots.

Missed a good chunk of this quarter...

F I R S T H A L F T H O U G H T S

Chris Paul has been the floor general as expected. Obviously Booker is the leading scorer, but CP is picking his spots, moving the ball, and keeping things in motion.

That Holiday turnover is not going to help things after CP3’s four point play off a flagrant.

Deficit is definitely doable, but the Bucks have to get stops and I just don’t see it happening, especially without a lot of threes getting drained.

Giannis looks good though and if the Bucks can limit the damage done to Brook Lopez in the second half, it could come down to the wire.

Completely breaking the game open to end the third. I think it’s enough to call it a wrap. Maybe if Giannis had a jumper I’d give em a shot to come back in the 4th.

They can’t stop Cam Payne. That’s all you need to know at this point.

Suns just have all the right pieces to compete against anyone and they’ll be tough to beat on their home court.

And just as I say that, the Bucks cut the lead to nine. Shows what I know.

@thisisfranchise Poster Series from the Conference Finals

POSTGAME THOUGHTS

Game mostly played out as expected.

Will be interesting to see how the Bucks comes out in Game 2.

I still think Phoenix will head to Milwaukee up 2-0.

Brook Lopez was a beast offensively, but was getting absolutely murded on the other end, which limited him in the second half.

SUNS WIN 118-105

Bucks got lucky against Atlanta that Trae missed a game and was then missing a step...

32pts (12/19) | 9asts | 4rebs | 1stl | +17

My (poor) attempt at a game poster...

Not exactly sure how I’m going to format notes throughout the course of the game here.

22pts (8/10) | 19rebs (2off) | +13

27pts (8/21) | 6asts | 3stls | +18

MVP of the Game

Other than Lopez putting up 17 early, DA played damn near perfect.

Only 1 of 8 from deep. Imagine if he starts connecting from deep.

Just thought this would be a fun experiment in use cases for Kinopio, especially since live collaboration is already a thing.

Opening up the Space if others want to partake, drop in notes, images, etc. as well.

Set up Qtr markers as a loose guideline for where to include notes. Will have a POSTGAME section too.

B O X S C O R E

Background From Are.na

This space is so fun. I couldn’t watch the game tonight, but this would have been neat to play along with :)

20pts (6/11) | 17rebs | 4asts | 2stls | 1blk | +1

29pts (12/26) | 7rebs | 4asts | -11

10pts (4/14) | 9asts | 7rebs | -16

Wow, this is extremely my shit, will hopefully get a chance to join you for one of these games. great idea!

Not much else Khris could’ve done. Still 46% from the field probably won’t do it when Giannis isn’t 100%.

Only Bucks starter with a positive +/-

Was involved, but has to be more aggressive. Also 4/14 isn’t going to cut it.