Series Thread: ECF: 1) Milwaukee Bucks vs 2) Toronto Raptors

[gobigred]

George Hill and Mirotic likely gone.

Probably Brook Lopez as well

Don’t worry, they will trade them for PG -buckalis

 

[Darth Dawkins]

Let's just leave it as you won over a whole Nation. From Vancouver Island to Labrador.


This is absolutely Canada's team. Its the only one we have.

























































For now!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Ojb81]

Time to go party. See you all tomorrow. Time to make a finals threal please.

RAPS IN 6

Happy for ya, @raptorlife4

 

[packerzrule]

Congrats to the Raptors and their fans

They earned it.

 

[Shanemansj13]

Kawhi deserves a fucking statue even if they get swept by GS

 

[Shanemansj13]

Giannis definitely has weaknesses and needs work to become the best player. That is pretty clear

 

[packerzrule]

Fuck everyone who doubted us
Fuck everyone who said the wird craptors
Fuck everyone who doesnt understand the passion in toronto
And fuck paul pierce

I love gracious winners

 

[Hambombs]

Giannis definitely has weaknesses and needs work to become the best player. That is pretty clear

From here on out you will see KD vs Giannis in the conference finals

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Congrats, @raptorlife4, @Bloody Brian Burke and the other Raptors Fans.

 

[raptorlife4]

I love gracious winners

Not personal. This goes back years.

 

[msgkings322]

Lick my fucking asshole doubters

Um. Dude.

 

[msgkings322]

"This is absolutely Canada's team. Its the only one we have."

Oh how the mighty Vancouver Grizzlies have been forgotten....

 

[Tai Chi≈Surfing]

I actually like Toronto.
It's not bad for being a hockey is always 1st town. "Go Leafs" en sech.

And how 'bout those Argonauts, eh?

 

[Judge Fudge]

Not personal. This goes back years.

I get it.

 

[Hambombs]

Bucks and sixers in trade talks for Ben Simmons already is what I'm hearing

 

[tlance]

He was caught unprepared for the Raps bench after the first 2 games... Thereafter he was out performed by the Raps coach, who changed the Raps tactics in the three games that followed... Bud was unable to adapt his tactics mid game when the Bucks were losing in tactics for the whole season and so he is in the playoffs... He understands what's going on, only after he reviews the game after he is looking at the video. Mid game he is unable to answer.

He did not change tactics. And he should of.

But, to answer your question, Bud's defensive strategy was to help off of players like Siakam and Van Vleet.

Why help off Van Vleet? A career 39% 3 point shooter?

Prior to game 4, Van Vleet was 7 for 37 from 3 in the playoffs and 3 for 25 since the start of the Philly series. Milwaukee had the exact same defensive strategy in game 3 where Van Vleet went 1-11. And no, he was not ever going to shoot 8 3s in a game where he is tightly guarded. That isn't Van Vleet's game.

Bud shoul led have adjusted his rotations a bit when Can Vleet got hot. But, he wasn't simply "unguarded" and there was good reason that he was the player Milwaukee was helping off of at first.

 

[tlance]

Why should I cry? Is it because I proven to you how much basketball I know? I even predicted in my previous quote that the Raps will throw Powell in the game during the 3rd in an attempt to reverse the game.

Wow.

What an amazing prediction.

Good call that the Raptors would turn to their best bench player who has steadily outplayed Danny Green inntue 3rd quarter.

How on earth did you know that?

 

[tlance]

George Hill and Mirotic likely gone.

Probably Brook Lopez as well

This offseason going to be really interesting

Do the Bucks run it back?

Can the Bucks run it back? Lots of pretty important FAs for them. Middleton, Brogdon, Mirotic, Lopez, Hill

 

[tlance]

Not personal. This goes back years.

I get it too.

But there was good reason to doubt this team before Kawhi.

This year, it wasn't so much about doubting the Raptors as it was about thinking the Bucks were better than they were. Everyone universally declared that the East challengers were all head and shoulders better than they were last year.

 

[tlance]

Got to give credit to the Raptor defense.

They were unbelievable.

It is not easy to provide enough help to stop those Giannis drives without leaving too far off shooters to get a good contest. It will be interesting to see how they defend GS, who plays a much different style.

One thing is for sure, GS will need Iggy healthy to deal with Kawhi.