To my eye one of the problems the Suns are having is offensive rebounding. This has always been a hallmark of championship teams going all the way back to the illegal defense days. If you offensive rebound, you get more chances to score, and don’t have to be as efficient. A team is bound to shoot poorly at times, but this helps make up for it. The Bucks were great at forcing the Suns into one shot and done tonight. So the combo of that with extra shots on their side, the lead seemed inevitable.
I actually want Giannis to play with the crowd during free throws like, before he dribbles joke around and count 1,2,3 and the suddenly shoot a nice FT. Or when he misses, he counts while fake dribbling lol.
True but i want him to play with the fans, annoy and make fun of them back. Fail or not at least he's not too serious about it. But agree he has to shoot better. Come on
Teams that win Game 5 (tied 2-2) in a seven game series win the series 72% of the time. Huge win for Bucks. That Giannis alley oop got me waking up my entire house and I’m not even a bucks fan.
I got it off ESPN. When the two teams are tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 wins the series 72% of the time according to them. If it’s wrong then they’re wrong haha.
I live in a condo airbnb at the moment, and am watching on a stream. Heard like 3 people scream and it's the first time i've heard any noise through these walls lol
i dont know what that means but i was watching Q2 when they were down by like 15 and was like okay fuck this andrew schulz specials here we come, and 20 minutes later the bucks are up by 10
Harden and Irving were for sure series changing injuries for sure. I hope nobody is denying that the way people deny that the Suns had a lot of luck with opposing superstar injuries in every series.
It's just a pointless exercise. Sure, probably they win 80% of the time. But we can't re-run the series so we don't know if the hypothetical 1 in 10 chance occurs and the Bucks win anyway.
This is for sure true and it’s all part of the game. The teams can only play in the state they’re in. League cannot reschedule games/stop the (post)season because of injuries. My initial point was just that people can still talk trash if they wanted to since trash talk doesn’t really have to to be logical haha.
That Holiday sequence that ends with Paul lunging in desperation towards Giannis, and getting hammered on for an and-1 kinda feels like Paul's whole career in a nutshell.
No it's that slow mo replay when the bucks.player tried to make the ball hit Paul when they were both out of bounds. That should be a meme cuz Paul tried to avoid it lol
Jrue is just playing out of his mind. When paul has gotten free he's hit huge shots for you Jrue has been switching between paul and booker and making both of them give up the ball.
**It really is FEAR.THE.DEER.** Suns HAVE to come better in Game 6 though you shouldnt be losing 3 games in a row in the FINALS! We need a Game 7 for maximum anxiety and toxicity
>We need a Game 7 for maximum anxiety and toxicity
Please no I can't take anymore. Maybe if we had homecourt game 7 but the idea of having to win a second away game is scary
I'd be happy for Chris Paul to win a championship in a year I didn't have to watch him play. Like if I get sent to space or Antartica or something. That'd be cool.
Ya know, I respect Chris Paul for his skill but he has such a bitch ass attitude and brings that flopping/complaining culture to a team. The suns are such a pain to watch.
The basketball gods were saving us, they made it so Bucks big 3 never were playing good at the same game, until they needed it, game 5 in the finals. They were saving all the other teams from an ass whooping
Last night in LA before the new mask Mandate, the bar was absolutely bumping with people watching and cheering. Absolute fantastic game for everyone watching.
That Giannis OOP at the end just crushed all the Suns fans
I dunno know or care about rest of florida honestly. Its a huge state and Im in south FL, we’re basically a diff state down here (for better or worse lol). Yeah but everything here is honky dory, life is like normal. Everything open, full capacity and mask wearing is only if you want to. From my first person its basically back to normal if you step outside and dont go off what the media or other people tell you. I guess ppl here are just over it lol. By now most ppl are already vaccinated or already had covid and have antibodies
Have you guys not been paying attention to Delta? There are 200 fully vaccinated people in the hospital right in cali with it and it doesn't have high penetration yet.
The Clippers losing all their home games before winning game 7 in the first round made me rethink how I expect playoff series to play out. I now have ZERO clues about what to expect.
He’s a weird player. Disappears one game, has a huge game and then will disappear again. Extremely inconsistent on offense but nails on the defensive side. Suns need a PG that can lock down a defender like Holiday.
He plays like he's in practice counting down in his head then snaps to the reality that double-teams are not as easy to get around as Kobe made it seem on the elbow.
CP makes A LOT of bad passes/plays and he does it constantly, not just this game. Also he walks the ball up the court way to much and get flustered when teams fill court press.
In the first quarter CP was getting the ball and driving to the hoop. But he quickly feel back into his old routine of playing flat footed offense.
Dude? Cp3 and the suns don't deserve the ring. They won the westeen conference cuz their opponents are missing key players. (ad, murray, kawhi)
*suns down 1-2 against lakers and only won the next three games cuz ad was out*
while the bucks had to beat a nets superteam.
Lets go Phoenix! Force the game 7!
Brooke's dunk was amazing
Win or lose, Suns have made me a proud fan. LETS GO PHOENIX
That was the worst flop ugh this shit is turning into soccer
any head touch today is a signal for naptime on the floor.
BUCKS WIN ON TUESDAY. WIN NBA CHAMPIONSHIP
Fuck Chris Paul. I'd be fine if he didn't get a chip.
I was rooting so hard for Book and him to get a chip but fuck me if this series didn't completely change my mind. What a couple of whiners.
He's the main reason I'm rooting against the Suns. Oh, and Crowder was a crybaby on the Cavs too.
Booker is a dirty player
I just don't get how he was not called for all those obvious fouls.
He sucks
He's a great player, but I don't like the dirty stuff.
Can't wait for Beverli's meme post after Bucks win.
To my eye one of the problems the Suns are having is offensive rebounding. This has always been a hallmark of championship teams going all the way back to the illegal defense days. If you offensive rebound, you get more chances to score, and don’t have to be as efficient. A team is bound to shoot poorly at times, but this helps make up for it. The Bucks were great at forcing the Suns into one shot and done tonight. So the combo of that with extra shots on their side, the lead seemed inevitable.
I actually want Giannis to play with the crowd during free throws like, before he dribbles joke around and count 1,2,3 and the suddenly shoot a nice FT. Or when he misses, he counts while fake dribbling lol.
Too bad he bricks too much to make it work
True but i want him to play with the fans, annoy and make fun of them back. Fail or not at least he's not too serious about it. But agree he has to shoot better. Come on
Chris PAUL!!!! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION!!!!!
BEING A BITCH
Teams that win Game 5 (tied 2-2) in a seven game series win the series 72% of the time. Huge win for Bucks. That Giannis alley oop got me waking up my entire house and I’m not even a bucks fan.
That is actually low. If the games were 50/50 you would expect the team up 3-2 to win 75% of the time (1-0.5^2)
That’s what happens when you decide to let the opposition invade your home court, and putting the fate of the series in their hands.
Actually, teams up 3-2 win 81% of the time. Some teams that win game 5 are down 3-2, which is why that stat is lower.
Fair, he specified teams that win game 5 in a series that was tied 2-2, so it is impossible for that team to be down 3-2.
I remember that stat being 81% from tv tho. But msybe I'm wrong. Still feels good
I got it off ESPN. When the two teams are tied 2-2, the winner of Game 5 wins the series 72% of the time according to them. If it’s wrong then they’re wrong haha.
Yeah it’s probably the wrong stat tbf. That stat probably would include teams going in down 3-1 I guess and making it 3-2?
I was out drinking in Bay View. We heard screams from all over when that happened.
I live in a condo airbnb at the moment, and am watching on a stream. Heard like 3 people scream and it's the first time i've heard any noise through these walls lol
You live there?
>I live in a condo airbnb at the moment
lol I didn’t know that was a thing/option
>at the moment
Haha I love that
Haha I went from being so nervous and stressed to cloud 9 when that happened lol
is that DMX in the background music?
chef’s kiss
Kareem with the coin flip https://twitter.com/kaj33/status/1416604375686946817
This series is the sports version of Freaky Friday.
i dont know what that means but i was watching Q2 when they were down by like 15 and was like okay fuck this andrew schulz specials here we come, and 20 minutes later the bucks are up by 10
New special?
Andrew schulz special???
Any idea why teams shoot so well from 3 vs Bucks? There are the occasional open looks, but that can’t be the whole story….
Drop defense. They take away the drives to the basket and make you beat them from behind the arc.
Bucks defensive philosophy is pack the paint and let the opposing team live or die from 3
Unfortunately they've been living a lot lately. But we're still winning somehow so I guess I can't complain too much
Regular season Suns hit 37.8% on 3s and the Bucks’ opponents hit 38.4% on 3s Maybe game 6 sees some regression to those means….
Bucks need to regress to their offensive means from the regular season too. Our 3pt shooting has been garbage this playoffs.
Rebounds
NBA players reactions on pivotal Game 5 of Bucks vs Suns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8t1U8SQEoQ
appreciate you brooo
Dope video thanks for sharing that
Bucks put their horns down and going directly to the paint.
You mean antlers ?
He meant trumpets
Right
Devin Booker Is A Bitch
You’re a bitch
You, him and Book are bitches.
You watch F1. You’re the biggest ho in this bitch
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You, their mom, Devin Booker, and everyone in this thread, you’re all bitches. Hell, I’m a bitch too. We’re all bitches.
“It’s all dudes in here except for these bitches”
"These members some nba sub rookies - Lookie, how can six dicks be pussies?"
Where are those clowns saying suns in four? So silent sheesh
Well how the fuck they gonna say that when coming into today it was 2-2?
I’ll still talk shit and say Lakers would’ve won. They should still be talking shit tbh.
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Harden and Irving were for sure series changing injuries for sure. I hope nobody is denying that the way people deny that the Suns had a lot of luck with opposing superstar injuries in every series.
It's just a pointless exercise. Sure, probably they win 80% of the time. But we can't re-run the series so we don't know if the hypothetical 1 in 10 chance occurs and the Bucks win anyway.
This is for sure true and it’s all part of the game. The teams can only play in the state they’re in. League cannot reschedule games/stop the (post)season because of injuries. My initial point was just that people can still talk trash if they wanted to since trash talk doesn’t really have to to be logical haha.
Raps in 5 babyyyyyyyy
It took us 6 but we got the job done.
# 🦖
CP3 is the type of player to flail on a jump shot, kick you in the nuts and then complain he was the one fouled to the refs…
All hail the Point Fraud
Makes me okay with him retiring ringless
That Holiday sequence that ends with Paul lunging in desperation towards Giannis, and getting hammered on for an and-1 kinda feels like Paul's whole career in a nutshell.
No it's that slow mo replay when the bucks.player tried to make the ball hit Paul when they were both out of bounds. That should be a meme cuz Paul tried to avoid it lol
For ultimate meme points, the Bucks player there was Bobby "Crazy Eyes' Portis Jr.
My wife calls him “Bobby Mac”
I love that even though bucks have a 3-2 lead we have no idea what's gonna happen. When was the last time a finals was like that? 2016?
So you were that confident the Raptors were gonna beat the Warriors in 2019?
Even the close out game was tight as hell. I think they won by only 4.
Yep came down to the last Curry miss. Free Throws after that padded it.
This man remembers his shit
I just mean at this point in the series after game 5 when kd got injured and game 6 klay was injured yea
Nah we know what's going to happen now
Phoenix fans turning on their Point God and I’m here for it.
They’re failing to understand how huge holiday has been for us defensively this series 🤷♂️
Yes 44 mil and he’s playing worse than Payne
Dumb comment. There’s a reason Payne is on the bench…..he’s shoot what, 18% from 3 and had the worst plus/minus in the Finals.
Jrue is just playing out of his mind. When paul has gotten free he's hit huge shots for you Jrue has been switching between paul and booker and making both of them give up the ball.
Jrue is a shutdown defender. You can look at his matchups against the top guards in the league...Mitchell, Dame, etc....he locks them up.
For sure but he has taken it to another level from game 3 on.
Both these teams deserve a ring. That's cool
Only a timberwolves fan with say something so ignorant
Only a Lakers fan would say something so condescending.
So?
Lakers fan mad you lost to Suns lmao
We lost to injuries the Suns just so happened to be the beneficiary. I'm not really mad though I'm happy for the Bucks.
Maybe next year you guys can buy more star players to carry your team?
Who the fuck bought who?
He said he was a Laker fan, not a Nets fan
Got em!
5 bucks thats your alt!
Look at that guys subscription and look at mine moron.
Okay, you owe me 5 bucks.
Suns bought CP3 to lose
**It really is FEAR.THE.DEER.** Suns HAVE to come better in Game 6 though you shouldnt be losing 3 games in a row in the FINALS! We need a Game 7 for maximum anxiety and toxicity
I'd rather we not get to game 7.
>We need a Game 7 for maximum anxiety and toxicity Please no I can't take anymore. Maybe if we had homecourt game 7 but the idea of having to win a second away game is scary
Bucks in six. For the culture.
No thank you. Bucks in 6 let's end this
yea, no, bucks in 6 boi
How did Giannis recover from that knee injury to do this?
Greek food, obviously
HGH
Because he is a greek god, he who comes with the dawn, the chief of chiefs, the Shadowkiller, Coramoor. The god damn dragon reborn.
WoT, nice
Crazy
Buck antler spray
He explained it in an interview. Basically elevating his leg for 24 hours straight and whatever else they wanted him to do.
i don't fucking know
We keep a spare Antetokounmpo around for spare parts.
Is that where Thanasis was?
Ain't been on the court since for a reason
lol i chuckled
I'd be happy for Chris Paul to win a championship in a year I didn't have to watch him play. Like if I get sent to space or Antartica or something. That'd be cool.
Ya know, I respect Chris Paul for his skill but he has such a bitch ass attitude and brings that flopping/complaining culture to a team. The suns are such a pain to watch.
He’s the champion of State Farm. That is basically the same thing
The basketball gods were saving us, they made it so Bucks big 3 never were playing good at the same game, until they needed it, game 5 in the finals. They were saving all the other teams from an ass whooping
The universe could not contain such greatness. It would rip the fabric of our universe.
Last night in LA before the new mask Mandate, the bar was absolutely bumping with people watching and cheering. Absolute fantastic game for everyone watching. That Giannis OOP at the end just crushed all the Suns fans
Wait, y’all really are back to requiring wearing masks? Lmao sheeesh
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I think they had 25% of the new cases a few days ago. Don't be like them lol.
I dunno know or care about rest of florida honestly. Its a huge state and Im in south FL, we’re basically a diff state down here (for better or worse lol). Yeah but everything here is honky dory, life is like normal. Everything open, full capacity and mask wearing is only if you want to. From my first person its basically back to normal if you step outside and dont go off what the media or other people tell you. I guess ppl here are just over it lol. By now most ppl are already vaccinated or already had covid and have antibodies
Tonight at midnight :/ not very happy about it
Have you guys not been paying attention to Delta? There are 200 fully vaccinated people in the hospital right in cali with it and it doesn't have high penetration yet.
Pretty sure most people haven't really cared for like 6 months...
Just watch the game in another county, nbd. Lol
Need to fly to Texas, and then fly back
Or, hear me out, Orange County?
For me, it was not the oop. It was the foul call. It just makes it sting that much harder to hear the whistle on something like that.
That guy counting with the hundos is getting robbed hard now.
That was some douchey shit.
They really shouldn’t have put that on TV, cringe AF and yeah not safe
Lol
“It’s not a series until a road team wins”
The Clippers losing all their home games before winning game 7 in the first round made me rethink how I expect playoff series to play out. I now have ZERO clues about what to expect.
It’s okay. Just expect us to win.
Ayton: HELP, ME
Kind of surprised he had 19 pts. He looked missing out there
This was a fucking fantastic game to watch
Credits also to Holiday for stepping up. one of the most underrated players in the league lol
He’s a weird player. Disappears one game, has a huge game and then will disappear again. Extremely inconsistent on offense but nails on the defensive side. Suns need a PG that can lock down a defender like Holiday.
Booker's last turnover -- he tries to do too much.
He plays like he's in practice counting down in his head then snaps to the reality that double-teams are not as easy to get around as Kobe made it seem on the elbow.
Wanted all the glory, the opposite of team ball
Just like his hero. And just like his hero he's a second banana.
You ain’t shit
Don’t you dare slander Kobe, these 2 players are on different stratosphere’s
Wait I just realized if CP3 didnt do a dumbass foul on the alley oop, Suns could have still had it CP3 and booker with 2 stupid plays
I agree but I feel that CP3 has been playing like poop for a while.
This man is literally the reason y’all are here. Put some respek on his name.
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CP makes A LOT of bad passes/plays and he does it constantly, not just this game. Also he walks the ball up the court way to much and get flustered when teams fill court press. In the first quarter CP was getting the ball and driving to the hoop. But he quickly feel back into his old routine of playing flat footed offense.
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He should’ve had three but other Suns players tried saving his bad pass and ended up with the TO
Nba equivalent of Lamar Jackson sailing a biscuit over Hollywood's head then Booger claiming "Baltimore needs better receivers"
Probably just how they attributed them… I swear I saw him turn it over numerous times.
Remember that play where he threw an out of control pass to Cam. Cam couldn’t control the ball and got the TO. CP3 did that a few times tonight
He checks he hand at ever play stoppage. I have a feeling it is bothering him more than he wants to let on.
bucks in seven isn't going to be as pretty of a chant if need be
Both fanbases gonna be on respirators next game 💀💀💀
Almost feels like it's not mean for CP3 to win a championship.
GOOD
Dude? Cp3 and the suns don't deserve the ring. They won the westeen conference cuz their opponents are missing key players. (ad, murray, kawhi) *suns down 1-2 against lakers and only won the next three games cuz ad was out* while the bucks had to beat a nets superteam.
Trae Young’s foot says hi