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  1. RedDawg#8
    BINGO. Maybe, just maybe, John is actually really good at basketball on his own.
  2. RedDawg#8
    James Harden withdrew from Team USA, and they replaced him with Zach Lavine..... they also added Jerami Grant to the team. Did Trae even get a phone call at least? Lloyd and Pop are going out of their way to avoid adding any Hawks. Too bad that on the court, there are no voters. And they are proving to be too good for anyone to deny.
  3. RedDawg#8
    Jrue and Giannis were getting all they could eat in the pick and roll, especially late. We had no answer for it. Our back line communication was poor all game. Guys were looking at each other like "Where was the rotation?" Nate was on the mic telling them in the huddle to stay home on their man when Giannis has the ball, because he picking us apart when we helped. I did not like that we continuously left a shooter open. Lopez early, Portis in the middle of the game, and Holiday all night long. We need to adopt the mindset that we had against Embiid, that we can't panic double. Dig down on him get back to your man, but you can't get stuck in no man's land. The Bucks are built around teams doubling Giannis. They not only have shooters, they have excellent screen setters and cutters so if you ball watch, you will get picked off or back door'd. We have some homework defensively. PNR coverages and Giannis coverage discipline. Offensively, they are about to press Trae hard to get the ball out of his hands. Jrue flipped a switch towards the end and forced at least 3 turnovers on Trae without the help of a double team. If Middleton wakes up, Jrue can lock in exclusively on defense and make life hard for Trae, we cannot underestimate that matchup. Bogi may never get back to making shots like he was, so we have to shift our offensive focus to guys like Kev and JC. We need them to get buckets to help Trae out. Gallo and Lou are who they are, we know they can hit timely shots, and we hope they have "one of those nights" where they get hot. The mid post offense with JC and then Gallo will have to be factor if Bogi can't produce anymore. Solo was rusty and his chemistry with the team was off, but he really was effective at times all over the court. They need to clean up some communication but he will likely factor in to this series more than any of us would have predicted.
  4. RedDawg#8
    I love how Ja Morant has been cheerleading for Trae during the postseason. It shows how these young guys are rooting for each other. Meanwhile, Luka is quiet as a church mouse. But when he was going off in the playoff bubble, Trae was giving him his props. Luka ain't a real one deep down.
  5. RedDawg#8
    Yo, please watch this. Specifically starting at 5:30 mark. SAS proceeds to go in on the 3 Bucks players who just so happened to all be on Team USA instead of Trae and JC. This is beautiful to watch the basketball world burn lol
  6. RedDawg#8
    Anyone else find it amusing that all of the cutaway packages on TNT feature players that are already gone from the playoffs? Embiid, Tatum, Curry, Luka had one I think. Giannis is the last player standing from their pre-selected menu of featured stars lol Meanwhile, do you think Trae has a featured package? Nope
  7. RedDawg#8
    Team USA who? Hold this L
  8. RedDawg#8
    I know we only won by 3, but that felt like one of the easier wins we have had all postseason. Not that we dominated them or anything, but that they never really tested our mettle like the other teams did. We shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers and blown assignments. That's in house stuff. Clean up the mistakes and we got this.
  9. RedDawg#8
    This is the intensity I thought the Bucks would bring out of halftime. We need to roll our sleeves up and get back to work. Trae needs to get back in the lane. We have bailed them out a lot.
  10. RedDawg#8
    We been leaving him wide open. He giving us the baby Curry treatment tonight. If we just keep a defender on him he won't shoot.
  11. RedDawg#8
    That timeout really helped the Bucks
  12. RedDawg#8
    It really would be nice if we treated Holiday like an offensive threat and not give him whatever shot he wants on offense. He is either wide open from 3 or living in the paint right now.
  13. RedDawg#8
    Trae said, "Team USA, huh? Lemme show you something Holiday"
  14. RedDawg#8
    Oh, we not scared
  15. RedDawg#8
    Trae is nasty
  16. RedDawg#8
    Reggie trolling Giannis right now, said Trae locked him down on that post up !! Lol
  17. RedDawg#8
    Shhhhh don't tell the talking heads. They still think one man can slow Trae down
  18. RedDawg#8
    Don't fall for their first half intensity. They are about to start jacking up shots after halftime led by Giannis in attack mode and the defense on it's heels. We have to set the tone with our physicality. They don't want to bang, we need to hit them in the chest.
  19. RedDawg#8
    Bucks offense simplified: Drive and kick out or drive and dump off. They read the help defender and find the open man. Detailed: Jrue, high ball screen, looking for his shooters or the lane. Middleton, high ball screen, looking to score. Rarely passes out Giannis, high ball screen to dunk or pass. Mid post to get to the rim or dump it off underneath. Everyone else is setting screens or spotting up. They are also really good at finding Giannis after the defense starts rotating
  20. RedDawg#8
    We did last series. This was a bad quarter. Gives us something to focus on after halftime
  21. RedDawg#8
    Stay Home on the shooters please...: that's their entire strategy
  22. RedDawg#8
    Middleton is Tobias Harris with a featured role. Jrue is....smart, alert, crafty. Everybody else is there to shoot and rebound.
  23. RedDawg#8
    Trae = Fearless Leader The team is starting to pick it up and follow his lead.
  24. RedDawg#8
    FYI Portis can shoot. Maybe don't leave him open to double Jrue. Poor communication by the bench on a few of those rotations. They need to stop over helping. Bucks are way less physical than the previous 2 opponents so far. We need to get in to them a little more and make them uncomfortable.
  25. RedDawg#8
    Bogi has no lift. It's really sad. I don't think he will be the same until he can let it heal. He is tough, but severely limited right now.
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