Will The Deer Fear The Eclipse? - Official Bucks vs. Suns 2021 NBA Finals Thread

[Bledswole]

Milwaukee might be a more talented team but I have not seen a better team in these playoffs than Phoenix.

Book's gotta do better though.

Man Phoenix not that good,they’re good but not that good.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

This is the Gannis that would have flourished in GS

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Jae went 6-7 from 3PT range, when the rest of the Suns shot 3-24.

Damn

It’s bad when Crowder is your best three point shooter. Hes suppose to compliment and everyone else feed off of that

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I love basketball but I have to admit this game has a lot of arbitrary rules, if I tried to do this at the gym nikkas are callin travel


And based off the rules, idk if it’s a travel or not

Based off the rules that they should be upholding, it's definitely a travel. They'd call this at the international level, every time, but they're a lot more lenient in the NBA.

 

[BrehWyatt]

Man Phoenix not that good,they’re good but not that good.

When I say Phoenix is the best team, I mean in terms of playing together/chemistry and everybody knowing their roles while having multiple ways to get a W.

Milwaukee clearly has the most dominant player -- as in, no matter what, he's getting his and it can be argued that as a collective, the Bucks' best 5 are more talented than the Suns' best 5. However, the Bucks are prone to doing dumb shyt and going away from what's working offensively. Phoenix doesn't do that as often when they can help it.

Phoenix will still win the series IMO, but that's mostly because their backcourt seems much more consistent than Milwaukee's (though the Bucks' backcourt is probably more talented) and coaching-wise I'll take Monty over Bud in a six or seven-game series where adjustments are going to need to be made.

The Bucks won by 20 but at one point in the third quarter, the Suns had cut a 15-point deficit down to 4 before it got away from them. And this is with Ayton in foul trouble, Booker having his worst playoff game ever (one of his worst, period) and Jae Crowder looking like the team's best player far too much. So far, both teams have done what is expected: win at home.

 

[goatmane]

Booker shooting 17% from 3 on the road since the 1st round....

 

[Nero Christ]

This is the Gannis that would have flourished in GS

if they this at Giannis now...let him have Curry & Klay running around him at all times

heads would've

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Phoenix is fine. Booker had a horrific game. If he just played ok it would have been a much closer game.

I think it's more to the contrary, to be honest.

I feel like Phoenix has played above their talent level, which speaks to the chemistry and roster balance they have, and Milwaukee has been slowly trying to figure out how to counter that, where Jrue and Middleton have struggled for extensive periods, despite getting to their spots whenever they want. The longer this series goes on, the more Giannis will continue to find a groove, and I don't know if any player on the opposing side will be able to match that.

As we all know, it's a make-or-miss league, and Phoenix are still leading 2-1, so they have the advantage simply off the strength of that, but almost all the indicators point towards them being in a dangerous spot. It's a classic revenge tale where the protagonist is down and wounded, but you just know somehow, someway, he'll overcome all that and triumph at the end: that's the position I feel the Bucks are in right now.

 

[UpAndComing]

I want them to get it just off the strength of MCollum and others that talk slick shyt about himAt home on their phones on Twitter meanwhile this man putting up 40 and 10 for the series

I agree, I'm rooting for Giannis. He's silencing his haters

But the Point God is finally achieving his destiny

 

[TEH]

This is the Gannis that would have flourished in GS

if they this at Giannis now...let him have Curry & Klay running around him at all times

heads would've

I would have to bandwagon GS if that happens

 

[O.iatlhawksfan]

This series has been really underrated and I think will go 7

 

[fifth column]

When I say Phoenix is the best team, I mean in terms of playing together/chemistry and everybody knowing their roles while having multiple ways to get a W.

Milwaukee clearly has the most dominant player -- as in, no matter what, he's getting his and it can be argued that as a collective, the Bucks' best 5 are more talented than the Suns' best 5. However, the Bucks are prone to doing dumb shyt and going away from what's working offensively. Phoenix doesn't do that as often when they can help it.

Phoenix will still win the series IMO, but that's mostly because their backcourt seems much more consistent than Milwaukee's (though the Bucks' backcourt is probably more talented) and coaching-wise I'll take Monty over Bud in a six or seven-game series where adjustments are going to need to be made.

The Bucks won by 20 but at one point in the third quarter, the Suns had cut a 15-point deficit down to 4 before it got away from them. And this is with Ayton in foul trouble, Booker having his worst playoff game ever (one of his worst, period) and Jae Crowder looking like the team's best player far too much. So far, both teams have done what is expected: win at home.

Suns have the more talented backcourt

 

[fifth column]

I think it's more to the contrary, to be honest.

I feel like Phoenix has played above their talent level, which speaks to the chemistry and roster balance they have, and Milwaukee has been slowly trying to figure out how to counter that, where Jrue and Middleton have struggled for extensive periods, despite getting to their spots whenever they want. The longer this series goes on, the more Giannis will continue to find a groove, and I don't know if any player on the opposing side will be able to match that.

As we all know, it's a make-or-miss league, and Phoenix are still leading 2-1, so they have the advantage simply off the strength of that, but almost all the indicators point towards them being in a dangerous spot. It's a classic revenge tale where the protagonist is down and wounded, but you just know somehow, someway, he'll overcome all that and triumph at the end: that's the position I feel the Bucks are in right now.

If Suns win game 4 it’s a wrap.

 

[fifth column]

Suns have the more talented backcourt

I would only say this if Bucks tie up the series at 2-2.

 

[GoldenGlove]

I think it's more to the contrary, to be honest.

I feel like Phoenix has played above their talent level, which speaks to the chemistry and roster balance they have, and Milwaukee has been slowly trying to figure out how to counter that, where Jrue and Middleton have struggled for extensive periods, despite getting to their spots whenever they want. The longer this series goes on, the more Giannis will continue to find a groove, and I don't know if any player on the opposing side will be able to match that.

As we all know, it's a make-or-miss league, and Phoenix are still leading 2-1, so they have the advantage simply off the strength of that, but almost all the indicators point towards them being in a dangerous spot. It's a classic revenge tale where the protagonist is down and wounded, but you just know somehow, someway, he'll overcome all that and triumph at the end: that's the position I feel the Bucks are in right now.

Milwaukee has to get out to big leads and hold them to win the series. They are not going to out execute or beat this PHX team in close games. If the game is close down the stretch, Booker and Paul's impact is greater than Giannis' because no matter how much of a groove he's in before the 4th, as long as he's shaky from the FT line things will be harder to close than they should be.