2023-24 Bucks Season Thread

[adambr2]

The old dog isn't quite ready to be put down yet, apparently. 

[adambr2]

Man, if they had just finished the rally in Game 3...they'd still somehow be right on the cusp of winning this series despite everything.

[sveumrules]

Pretty much the funnest three quarters of the season. Would be insane if they could force a Game Seven at this point.

Turn off all the lights in the arena and let Giannis walk out to The Underaker’s entrance music.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

6 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Man, if they had just finished the rally in Game 3...they'd still somehow be right on the cusp of winning this series despite everything.

I doubt it. Going up 3-1 changed the urgency for Indiana.  They'll put them away quietly in 6. 

[adambr2]

1 hour ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

I doubt it. Going up 3-1 changed the urgency for Indiana.  They'll put them away quietly in 6. 

I would think that having the threat of Giannis looming if they can't finish things would be pretty motivating no matter what the series lead.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

2 minutes ago, adambr2 said:

I would think that having the threat of Giannis looming if they can't finish things would be pretty motivating no matter what the series lead.

Is Giannis looming? Why do I feel like he's done for the year and they just won't say it.

[Joseph Zarr]

 

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[BrewerFan]

20 hours ago, adambr2 said:

Man, if they had just finished the rally in Game 3...they'd still somehow be right on the cusp of winning this series despite everything.

Just that ONE possession. It was maddening. It felt like they got 6 resets, but whatever it was, it was a lot and it was infuriating. Just didn't have the size.

[BrewerFan]

So Dame back, probably not Giannis for Gm6?

That's fine. Need Dame to really facilitate, hit a few big shots obviously, take some pressure of Middleton...and then PatBev, AJJ, those guys need to play with that same energy as they did Gm5. Portis beating up on Siakam. Indy seems most likely to be tight with the prospect of a Gm7 in Milwaukee.

 

Would still be...pretty damn surprised to see the Bucks moving on to Rd2, but I love the way they're battling. 

[OldSchoolSnapper]

I mean this is it really. It'd be hard to see them losing if they force a Game 7. Definitely more plausible if Lillard can actually play.

[LouisEly]

1 hour ago, BrewerFan said:

Indy seems most likely to be tight with the prospect of a Gm7 in Milwaukee.

Oh, yeah.  They just got blown out my a MKE team without Giannis or Lillard.  And the game before the Bucks, without Giannis, Lillard, and Portis for most of the game and a turned ankle on Middleton were within 10 points with 8 minutes left at home.

I think they got skidmarks in their britches.

[adambr2]

Bucks look like the tight ones now. Picking an awfully bad time to play such bad ball. 

[adambr2]

They absolutely need to keep this one within single digits, have to keep it close. 

Maybe they can get Siakam in foul trouble. 

[adambr2]

15% from 3 is not going to win you an elimination game. 

They've got two quarters for the shots to start falling, or this goose is cooked. 

[young guns]

What are these refs smoking?  Did they just call a charge on that small bump 40 feet from the basket that you get 5 times on any back down in any game that never gets called?

[adambr2]

Absolutely brutal sequence from Brook. Misses yet another FT, turns the ball over, leads to an and one, and you go from a possible 6 point game back to 12 that quickly, then misses a layup to close the 3rd. 

Just brutal. They're done.

[young guns]

Feels like that's been the series.  Scratch and claw and fight to get it close and then suddenly 5 seconds later the pacers have gained back what you took and then some.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

The injuries stunk, but all in all it feels like a fitting end to the season. I can't really say I'm confident they win if Giannis had played. They just never got going this year. Kept waiting for things to gel and it just never happened. 

[adambr2]

Turns out Game 5 was just a blip on the radar. In no way did they show up ready to build off of it today. 

Pacers are nothing special. They'll get bounced in the next round by either potential opponent. 

[HarryDoyle]

I wonder if anyone will ask Giannis if the season was a failure.

[BrewerFan]

5 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

The injuries stunk, but all in all it feels like a fitting end to the season. I can't really say I'm confident they win if Giannis had played. They just never got going this year. Kept waiting for things to gel and it just never happened. 

If you refuse to play Jackson Jr....or even Beauchamp, what in the hell is the point of drafting young, athletic wings?

 

Jevon Carter-Andre Jackson Jr...bench players can win games. The Bucks bench did NOTHING in this game and the Pacers bench did.

We've got one more season, throw a couple darts, hope you find an impact player(and then playing him is kinda key)...and then the Bucks will just fade away and go into a 6-7 year purgatory with their picks all owed to other teams. 

[yourout]

16 minutes ago, OldSchoolSnapper said:

The injuries stunk, but all in all it feels like a fitting end to the season. I can't really say I'm confident they win if Giannis had played. They just never got going this year. Kept waiting for things to gel and it just never happened. 

Time to blow it up and start over. 

3 years of misery coming soon.

[nate82]

Not sure the Bucks can do anything really.  Even if they sell off they won’t have any picks.  That would be a 5-10 year rebuild and I don’t believe the owners will want any part of that.

This is going to be the team plus some minor changes here and there for the next two seasons at least.

[SomewhereInTime]

A disaster season from start to finish