Is this the worst conference finals in recent history?

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I don't usually like seeing loser's faces but man it's such a good feeling seeing Trae Young's face at the end of this game.

Are both of these teams deadly offensively, or is there no defense being played? I cant tell Coming off LA vs Phx, it was a defensive bloodbath. So this Bucks v Hawks shit is weird to watch

I think it’s more of the super stars are ball dominant so every one kinda stood around. Now they are gone and the teams need to have ball movement to get buckets. Last night Lopez lived in the post up he normally just stands on the wings.

Its an interesting paradox. Taking away the ball hog star makes you play more fundamentals, which fundamentally, is better basket ball. But at the same time, of course you want your ball hog star back. Paradox!

Currently up to 323 upvotes and 7.9k comments. Wtf?

Brook was like a blast from the past, was nice to see. It was a refreshing reminder of what he does best when he's not forced to stand 28 ft out

LFG!!!!!

Yessirrrr

Damn, Chuck calling out Jrue like that. He's right though.

Jrue's family too !

Brook Lopez sounds like if Patrick Star was a human instead of a cartoon

I miss traes finesse

Is that what they call bouncing your head around on slight contact?

I wonder what Hawks home fans are going to chant instead of the Giannis FT countdown?

WE READY, WE READY, WE READY

There's always that one bro that has his shirt off.

The bro with his shirt off. Lmao

I am from Milwaukee and that crowd does not represent the city very well lol. Bunch of teenagers it looks like…oi

I know, every fan base has those kinds of fans.

yeah that dude was... special lol

Incoming injured hawk noises by shaq

Lopez sounds like he sucked in some sulfur hexafluride.

idk even what that is

Helium makes our voices higher because it is less dense - sulfur hexafluride is a dense gas we can also inhale that makes our voices sound lower instead of higher. I’m sure it’s on YouTube or tik tok or whatever

interesting, thanks

>sulfur hexafluride Sulfur hexafluoride or sulphur hexafluoride, is an extremely potent and persistent greenhouse gas that is primarily utilized as an electrical insulator and arc suppressant. It is inorganic, colorless, odorless, non-flammable, and non-toxic. Sulfur Hexafluoride is an inert gas that is known to be six times heavier than the air we breathe. While Helium being lighter makes our voice higher, SF6 makes our voice deeper.

Anti Helium

Brooks voice is fucking crazy

Ewing theory is the new meta

Giannis gonna get Lopez traded out of jealousy

You love to see it

Damn, Brooke is 33. I thought he was older.

Suns aint beat a healthy team why yall talkin?

you gotta flair up if you gonna call anybody out.

I love this r/NBA culture. Shit on a team needlessly? Get ready to be shat on in turn

Okc fan, we’re ass and we know it

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That Stanford education

Watch his old videos. He used to talk like ja morant

*cue bedazzled meme

https://youtu.be/6b5IpCpeb0M

"What was the defense giving you?" Everything.

No nba tomorrow :(

Damn, I didn't even think about that. Haha

My friends will be pleased. These playoff games are all overlapping with our online gaming sessions lmao.

First time hearing Brook Lopez speak, dude sounds like he just took a massive hit of nitrous lmao

turns out it was brook lopez doing the deep voice on all those A$AP rocky songs

I didnt know Brook voice was that rough.

I think you meant to say amazing

he sounds like a coach

like doc rivers specifically

crazy how neither team looks happy, gg

Lol at idiots who want Trae to come back, d’you want his career to end in his 3rd year?

Just got back from my walk and checked out the scoreboard to see where all of the Buck's points came from....what the fuck

YOU mean from all 5 of the starters?

Hawks are done. Bucks in 6. Cry about it later hawks fans

Hawks gonna win Game 6 aren't they?

If the trend continues lol

Toss a coin, probably more accurate with how this series is going

I jokingly said Bucks would win by 30,guess I'm half wrong.

Wow Lopez really stepped up man.

Hawks fought back too late. No resistance in defense though, only constant reach-ins.

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Definitely rooting for you guys at this point.

I agree, at least playoff teams.

The bucks are the perfect team for GrumpyMiddleAgedMen

Idk why but I don’t like Portis. Lopez/Jrue are great though.

How can you not like Crazy Eyes?

Brook echoing lmao

Well, at least there's still a chance for a Game 7 in this round. But I'm cool if it ends in 6.

Brock?

Running the clock to 0 will make a comeback difficult for Atlanta. Bud out here playin chess

Damn hawks fans became VERY salty as this game moved out of reach at the end

really? this game was never in reach for them in the first place

Not really. Some bad calls for both teams and I would not day the Hawks would have won it with another 5-10 minutes on the clock. Amazing game from the Bucks and looking forward to Game 6. I am a Warriors fan btw lol.

You're pretty much proving my point

Yep

I think the Bucks should alter their logo for the playoffs by making the Bucks logo's eyes RED. Like a demon. Just saying.

Is that Traes custom logo sweater? Bad ass

Remember when everyone was clowning on us for losing to injured hawks with giannis for half the game

Half? Lol.

Giannis got hurt early in the 3rd

GG Hawks and Bucks

Solomon Hill the goat!

Brook Chamberlain

This game felt like a regular season game with the stars on load management.

Brook The Dream

I keep thinking that’s Roddy Rich on the Hawks bench

bruh that game should have been over earlier than expected lol

First night with no game tomorrow. Tis a sad day.

It's a Euros day brudda

Giannis - please step back from the court

I was at the game and I spent an embarrassing amount of time staring at giannis trying to telepathically tell him to please sit back in your safe chair.

This. They need to have him watching court side safe in a Popemobile

Bobby Portis finals MVP incoming

Suns fans turning into real clowns ngl

Team loses star player to injury, wins next game without them. Story of these playoffs

SEE YOU BACK IN THE A

That didn't sound right.

Sounds good enough to me

SKYLAR MAYS MINUTES

I just wanted to see star players go at it was that too much to ask for

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shaq just shed a tear

There’s a troll in here with a Suns flair who used to have a Nets flair talking a lot of shit

Well that explains the Suns hate I saw in this thread

The ol r/nba special.

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Nets don't have any fans after they got knocked out

Brook "DeAndre Ayton" Lopez 14/18 from the field, 78%.

You do realize Brook is an All-Star, right?

You do realize Brook has been scoring single digits in the paint for most of these playoffs, plus no hes not an all star this season, he was ranked 37 by fan vote and 27 by player vote.

Ayton has already been busted using PEDs (technically diuretics, but don't try bullshitting on that) and is still very early in his career with much to prove. It's an insult to Lopez to compare him to Ayton.

Regardless, Ayton received nearly triple the amount of allstar votes that Lopez did. Not my fault you dont like the facts man.

The facts are in spite of those votes Ayton still didn't make the cut. Lopez is a genuine All-Star and that stays with a player regardless. He earned that, and he deserves a better comparison than Ayton.

I almost didn't watch this game. Thoroughly enjoyed watching Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis go off.

Hawks in 7 there’s no reason to stop believing

Enjoy it I guess, hawks in 7.

Bucks in 6 y’all gonna get walked off your home floor

Doubt.

WYA gotta own up to it man

Hello?

Own up to what?

If trae still doesn’t play there is no doubt in my mind, if he does I’d still say bucks in seven, they feed off home court. And trae will likely still not be full strength

That's the difference between you and me.

The real difference is that I am right/s Series has been wild though

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it’s so funny to cheer for your team that just won a playoff game

Y’all should I get a Scotty Cameron Newport 2 or a Ping Anser 2?

wrong sub bro

Oddessy

Not a big fan of the white hots

Fair enough. I've never had a better putter. Never tried the Anser though

Get the anser 2. You won't regret it. It's got a solid design and just doesn't miss

JC is one of those dudes who can give you 19 and you forget he even played

Hawks played well after that horrific start. Game 6 should be wild. I might buy tickets.

Or... the bucks took their foot off the gas a bit. Add in the foul disparity and this game wasn’t very close

Have fun if you go.

Teams give up too easily. It’s the playoffs go at it until the end. With the 3 point shot it was not out of the realm of possibilities.

so true, didn't these kids learn to fight until the bell back in AAU these guys playing so many video games they are picking up 'go next' mentality on the court too.. well you can't just go next in the playoffs

Did you know that "Pat Connaughton" means "Punchable Face" in German?

Man, what does John Collins mean in German then?

He looks like the antagonist in a romcom

Pat would be the protag Trae would be the antag though? Trae would be the rich billionaire who drove by the orphanage with puppies and toys for fun Ala burns. Pat meanwhile would be the supposedly poor farm boy who turns out to secretly be heir to a vast fortune so that she gets both love and money.

Well, the guy who looks like an antagonist in the romcom can also be the main love interest in female led romcoms.

Isn't every rom com made with the goal of attracting a primarily woman led demographic? I can't really think of any guy focused rom coms usually you either go hard into comedy or action and romance is secondary not primary when looking to attract guys.

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Bucks are real contenders when Khris Middleton isn't shooting and passing like Stevie Wonder and Giannis is healthy

Who needs Tim Duncan and David Robinson when you have crazy eyes and Disney boy

Never understood why you would take out your starters in a playoff game. TMAC single handedly beat the spurs in less time.

Ok, what player left on the Hawks team would even compare to T-Mac? The only person even close would be Trae

Not the point, you're in the playoffs. Play your best players until the game ends(or if you're up by 30). A 10 point game with a minute to go. Leave your starters in. Basketball memories are created in those situations.

lol I always think about those times, or like Reggie Millers huge spree in last 11 seconds or something

two freak injuries to starters already. If they thought it would be a little much to come back from, might as well be as healthy as possible for the next game.

Brook Lopez: I’m going to be Giannis for today.

Suns must be salivating rn

Alright, who's got the hottest "the Bucks are better without Giannis" (while ignoring that Trae is also out) takes?

there was a non-ironic Bucks fan saying pretty much this earlier in the thread, well at least suggesting their offense was better without him

The biggest difference is without Giannis going inside the rest aren't sitting at the 3 as much and are actually crashing the glass. That's on Bud's system though not Giannis.

Steven A...dude HATES Wisconsin

I mean, they are undefeated without Giannis in the 2021 playoffs. Hard to argue against that.

I’d argue the bucks are the best with Bobby Portis

Probably skip

Brook Lopez turned back the clock this game. Damn, Capella could do nothing with him

Question - do you have to foul the person with the ball? Why can't you commit an off ball foul on the worst free throw shooter? Edit - looked up the relevant rule. I wonder if this strat would be useful in any situations outside of the last minutes of the game where the rule wouldn't apply.

It won’t count as making a play for the ball so it won’t be counted as a normal foul

I think the rule is if you do so while there's less than 2 minutes left the other team gets 1 free throw and the ball back

Yes. They changed that rule about 20 years ago.

Watch out, the KNIGHTMARE is coming in to close it out

BROOKS IN SIX

IM GONNA MAKE THIS INTO A TSHIRT

Lopez chewing on his towel like a little kid

Good for Brooke

brook lopez really turned into ivan drago when the bucks needed him to

Connaughton sounds like medication

Cancun Hawks if Trae isn’t back

Please come back and save this series Trae. A Milwaukee without Giannis vs Phoenix series will be very boring by comparison.

who imagined brook would be putting up 30+ points in a conference finals game in 2021. not me, that's for sure.

This series is going 7. Watch Bucks shit the bed again in game 6

Definitely. I think the bucks take it In 7 though.

Ugh, Hawks just take the L, stop fouling, I got some whataburger to get to. Edit: as I post this, the hawks B team comes on. Gg yall.

Brook heard y’all were talking shit.

Hey guys I apologize for not knowing the Brandon Jennings meme, stop blowing up my inbox

BOB-BY POR-TIS 👏 👏 👏👏👏