Eastern Conference Finals: Milwaukee Bucks vs Toronto Raptors

[adambr2]

Mirotic now 6-31 (19.4%) from 3 in the series. Bucks are -37 with him on the court, +46 with him on the bench. Completely useless.

 

Yep. Loved the trade and still think it made all the sense in the world, but man has he killed us.

[PinaMadness]

Great start to the half. Keep it up.

[OnTheBlack]

Mirotic now 6-31 (19.4%) from 3 in the series. Bucks are -37 with him on the court, +46 with him on the bench. Completely useless.

 

Yep. Loved the trade and still think it made all the sense in the world, but man has he killed us.

 

 

I think he'd be fine if he just took the shots he normally takes, but he'snot a "step back fadeaway 3" type shooter. This is how guys get screwed up, they start playing stupid.

 

Of course when you miss as many as he does, that probably starts creepin' into his mind when he does get those open shots. But he's passed up a couple open ones and taken a couple highly contested shots. It's just baffling.

 

And yes, it was a great trade. I can't think of a bad move the Bucks have made in the past 18 months save for maybe that very minor move of keeping Frazier and letting Wood go, but that's hardly manifesting itself in this series. He'd be behind Wilson in the rotation anyway.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Middleton has taken three shots. I had to look because I only recalled one .six assists and seven boards.

[OnTheBlack]

Great start to the half. Keep it up.

 

 

Bled knocking down a few shots is just huge. Especially if it makes them start playing him tight and he can go past them and get to the paint.

[OnTheBlack]

Middleton has taken three shots. I had to look because I only recalled one .six assists and seven boards.

 

 

It seems like Kawhi is on him and he's not open...so he's been making smart plays by in large.

 

Though maybe he's been too passive. He's maybe the one guy who can hit contested shots with his length. Not over Kawhi, but in general.

[OnTheBlack]

GREAT look by Middleton!

[adambr2]

Giannis really has struggled from the FT line the entire playoffs.

[OnTheBlack]

Keep it going, take control now in the 3rd!

[adambr2]

Keep it up boys!

[OldSchoolSnapper]

If Bledsoe is hitting Middleton can afford that stat line. Another reason I'd say he's been just fine tonight. I think sometimes people need reasons for a guy to fit a predetermined judgement of a player.

[PinaMadness]

Giannis is just not a good ball handler. I don't know why Bud uses him that way.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

He's a better ball handler than most 7 footers but I don't know why he randomly tries to be Allen Iverson

[PinaMadness]

I guess they don't call traveling when you roll/slide on the floor anymore. Not that I'm complaining because it's a stupid rule.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I say this no matter what team does it, but you shouldn't be able to call timeout as you're falling or rolling around on the floor. Reminds me of the old days where you could call one midair as you flew out of bounds. It's dumb, end it.

[OnTheBlack]

Now VanVleet looks like he's a superstar...

[OnTheBlack]

We need Hill to calm us down here.

[adambr2]

And of course we just can't pull away.

[PinaMadness]

Back to forcing shots again.

[adambr2]

That good Middleton from the blowout loss is the guy we really needed today and he's nowhere to be found.

[OnTheBlack]

Small ball now like CHL wanted. Hopefully this gives us a shot in the arm.

[OnTheBlack]

That good Middleton from the blowout loss is the guy we really needed today and he's nowhere to be found.

 

He's not scoring, but he's playing well defensively, he's made some great passes and he's rebounding. We need him to hit shots for sure though.

[adambr2]

That good Middleton from the blowout loss is the guy we really needed today and he's nowhere to be found.

 

He's not scoring, but he's playing well defensively, he's made some great passes and he's rebounding. We need him to hit shots for sure though.

 

Yeah true, he'd be on his way to a triple double today if he could just hit a shot.

[PinaMadness]

Looks like Mirotic has grabbed some pine finally.

[OnTheBlack]

That good Middleton from the blowout loss is the guy we really needed today and he's nowhere to be found.

 

He's not scoring, but he's playing well defensively, he's made some great passes and he's rebounding. We need him to hit shots for sure though.

 

Yeah true, he'd be on his way to a triple double today if he could just hit a shot.

 

 

He's just waiting until we need them the most