PREGAME THOUGHTS

Another Scott Foster game for CP3?

Part of me thinks it’d be the perfect twist for CP3 to finally win a playoff game with Foster reffing to go to game 7.

I’m just a casual fan this year, want to see the Bucks win, they feel like the underdogs

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

I’m not ready for the season to be over so I’m hoping for one more game.

Giannis’ ability to impact both sides of the ball in an above average way has so far trumped his lack of ability outside of the paint and it’s starting off that way again tonight.

CP3 starts 0-2. Not a great sign if PHX is going to turn things around.

But both sides are super cold through the first three minutes.

Good defense on Giannis by CP3. Stood his ground strong, and forced Giannis to bobble and almost turn it over as he taps it out.

Always so humanising how pressure gets to even the best players

You totally see players’ personalities come out in high pressure situations. You can’t hide who you are:)

WHY DOES GIANNIS SHOOT THREES TO INITIATE OFFENSE?!?!?! If you want to shoot them, let it come later in the flow of the offense. They will still leave you wide open, trust me!

WARNING: HALF DIVIDER

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DA with a much needed And-1 to stop the early bleeding. (Off a CP3 dish)

KAMINSKY SIGHTING! Getting ready to check in @ 4:25

Wow those last couple possessions where Giannis scored…

I know it’s still super close, but Giannis is the type of guy who doesn’t give up.

Bucks the ones coming hot out of the gate this game, scary they’re doing it with defence rather than hot shooting

Really turning into a rock fight here, Jrue with a wonderful steal

Giannis makes a 3!

Weird game, PHX look calm but keep getting tough late clock ISO looks. But now it’s even?

Can’t miss easy dunks in a game like this..

Cooking while I try to watch...

Crowder with a toughhhhhhh And-1 3! To tie and then FT for the lead.

Jae Crowder - the best role player in this series???

Don’t forget the KAMINSKY O-BOARD AND ASSIST! And then a block on the other end!

CP just doesn’t look confident with the ball in his hand at all. I think that’s why the shot clock keeps getting burned through.

PHX is keeping it close enough despite the poor start and MIL high energy.

Such a weird game. So low scoring and then Giannis just doing everything like the hulk or Superman out there.

How cold is MIL though?? 4 pts through the first 7min of Q2??

i hate that dude, i don’t even know why haha

I was just about to point out how good Mikal’s been too haha

lmao, brook going off you gotta love it

lmao ok its definitely because of how he looks

Just forcing the issue when nothing is going right for anyone.

They gotta go at Khris here, just keep putting him in actions and force him to defend at the rim as much as possible

WARNING: HALF DIVIDER

Giannis is 8/9 from the line!

KAMINSKY WITH HIS FIRST POINTS!

they’re not even guarding him, rightly so

ANOTHER BUCKET! MVP!

CP3 disagrees. Getting good looks against Brook + Giannis, they’ll need him to keep doing that

29 pts 10 rebs already, a huge performance. Earning that modern day shaq comparison.

Only Bucks starter (besides PJ) without a big game. Now’s the time! Haha! 😹

Oh man, if Booker coulda found Cam J on that lead pass..

I wanna see Giannis go for 50 in a Finals game where the Bucks don’t even reach 100.

lmao i would have died if that little move had worked

Just getting the switch with Crowder into PnR with Ayton over and over, looks so comfortable

Another bad game from Jrue on the offensive end, at some point we gotta give Mikal some credit for this

The way these games flip every quarter...

HALFTIME THOUGHTS

77-77 ALL TIED UP

I cannot believe how many 4th quarter Kaminsky minutes we are watching here

Holiday pulling up for 3 (and making it) in Booker’s face was pretty ballsy.

FRANK THE TANK KAMINSKY!

Missed a lot more of that half than I would have liked.

lmao Portis what a character, the high step down the court

Super surprised PHX was able to come back the way they did.

It seemed like one of those games where buckets would be hard to get (and they were).

CP3 exploiting the drop again and again, huge for PHX

He wasn’t wrong... but getting himself T’d up was dumb.

But MIL just completely disappeared from the offensive end in Q2 (apparently).

TOUGH shot by CP3 over Giannis.

And somehow CP3 found his legs again.

And a tough shot by Book. Everything seems tough for PHX right now.

Booker absolutely cooks Portis but Giannis with a huge block and a dunk down the other end. What an insane performance.

Do you listen to Rights to Ricky Sanchez (podcast)?

tough tough shot by crowder, they continue to go down

I don’t know if CP3 going one on one for mid-rangers against Giannis is the best strategy...

We’ve had one game with DA foul trouble, one with Booker, one with Jrue.

haha yeah, I even have The T-Shirt

WARNING: HALF DIVIDER

Five blocks for Giannis now, absolutely huge

Khris is the one to watch a bit this game as he had 3 early in Q2.

Probably going to go a little quiet for the remainder as I stand and focus.

Ayton needs to cut harder on that. Got lucky he still received and finished there.

Booker not going up with that after the first fake and then getting swarmed, (which led to a missed Crowder 3) could be a big moment.

But then the Middleton turnover. And a terrible one at that.

BIG SHOT to go up 5 with 0:55 to go by Middleton.

Booker had a clean look at three, that looks like the last opportunity for PHX to have a real shot.

Giannis is pumped and Tucker just looked stressed 😹

We got our 50 from Giannis! Although MIL up to 105 now.

Giannis going back and forth between crying and mean mugging

Ahem, PJ Tucker somehow had the highest +/- @ +13 while scoring 0pts.

All time shit from Giannis

Now Tucker looks like the Joker

Bucks in 6, as they say.

Meanwhile Giannis went for 50 14 5blk (+11)

I mean just imagine if he can continue shooting FTs like he did tonight for the rest of his career....

Well I guess Bud won’t get fired now 😹

Been so fun doing this with you dude, thanks for setting it up!

Thank you both for hanging, made it a lot more enjoyable.