I hate when people bring up Giannis' rebounding. He's 6ft 11! I would hope he would get a lot rebounds if our players are bricking like hell.
These Bucks are really freaking good. I think they would've beaten even last year's Rockets. Just too much length to bother Harden and the rest of the team. Lopez is a horrible matchup for Capela.
Yeah, i think Chris is clearly on the downward spiral at this point, which is understandable considering his age and injuries...he's still vital for us and he had some great games this season, but overall he's just not looking as good/consistent as last season when he was always healty outside of that January/February period. The problem is we have no guarantee he's going to be at his best again, it's possible this is the Chris Paul we're going to see most of times going forward, that's why we still need to add another star.
It bothers me that while we shoot more 3s than anyone, the Bucks figured out the beauty of having their center stay at the 3pt line all day and shoot open threes before we did. Meanwhile we're stuck with Capela with zero shooting range.
Yes there where a few. 1 never took house out the game when he was on fire. 2. Played a legit 7ftr when CC needed to rest more. 3 gave Clark more minutes. I would've even settled for Nene for a stretch. PJ tucker as much as I like his game he CAN'T be the 5
nah, last year’s Rockets were better defensively and on the glass, and CP3 was much better last year’s Rockets didn’t need Harden to drop 50 and 60 points in order to win like this year’s squad often does
Harden and Giannis both had average games it came down to the supporting casts. Outside of Clint our supporting cast was badly outplayed. Paul had his moments early was wasn’t great. Gordon was atrocious. Some of his turnovers were junior high stuff. Tucker was a bricklayer tonight . In the end Bledsoe , cunnington, Middleton and Sterling badly out played our supporting cast. They play defense as well as any team I have seen probaly the KG’s Celtics.They pack the paint with two athletic behemoths who cover both ends of the basket for the drives from all angles and dare you to beat them from the three.. sadly outside of House no one could hit on a regular basis.
Capela….36 8-11fg, 0-0, 1-1FT, 2 9 11 rebounds, 2, 1, 2 blocks, 1 2 -15 17pts Giannis...33 7-15fg, 0-2, 5-7FT, 2 12 14rebounds, 4, 1, 1 blocks, 5 3 +7 19pts If Giannis is a MVP candidate, well so should Capela be considered for MVP….their stats are similar.
That's what I mean. Giannis has had a good season, but he can be very thankful he has the team and coach he has. Also, he can also be thankful his team has had no injuries to key players for the most part. On another night we would have won this game. Stupid turnovers leading to at least 8 easy points in the first half..... and bad shooting in the 2nd half.
This lineup isn't working.... people can say what they will, but I believe in... Capela Faried Tucker Harden Paul Nene House Green Gordon Rivers Paul mainly handles the ball, our bigs energy make up for a little lack in size so more better rebounding and blocks/collapsing, Tucker is at a better position for him, and the bench is potent. **shrug**
Are they "real" good or "fake" good? Remember how great we looked in game 1, 2017 semifinals vs Spurs: we won 126-99!! Then we lost the series! So tonight we are not as bad as we looked and they are not as good as they looked I liked Capelas posterization of GiAnus I liked CP3's 3 point ankle breaker over DJ Wilson I liked House and Clark's shooting I liked no injuries incurred tonight That's all the positivity I got !
He can when hes hitting threes, which is the point. Clark yea probably, House cooled off even when he got time bro, nothing was saving that. Nene is too old now. So yea not much adjustments for this game.
Bud was the defensive coach under pop so you better believe he knows what he is doing.Giannis has probaly the deepest team in the league to operate with.
ESPN Radio said Giannis should 100% be MVP winner... They are laughing at Harden's ads in Milwaukee, and Tucker’s shirt... Sign..
Harden tried to play the right way tonight like they wanted. Steve Smith even mentioned Harden playing the right way. Alas....
Look at the differences for the 3pt%. They shot 41.2% and we shot 30.8%. If we shoot as well as them, or even if they shoot as badly as us, that's the difference. As I said, on another night, without those stupid first half turnovers, and with us shooting a little better..... we would have won comfortably tonight.
