Bucks @ Suns Thursday Finals game thread 7-8-2021 - Game 2

[Finito]

Ayton 5 points 4 rebounds
Booker 10 points on 4/12!!
Paul 8 points 2 assist

Only 2 free throws the entire half

And the Bucks are down 11 how the hell is that even possible not only that you blew a 9 point lead. How Sway!! How! If your a Bucks fan you look at that and say we must be winning by 20

your getting nothing from your big 3 at all. I don’t get it I just don’t get it

 

[Proximo]

Lots of starters playing REALLY big minutes first half.

they should. There is two days off till the next game and these are the damn finals.

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

Took a while to adjust to the Bucks, and Holiday in particular, playing far more aggressive than in Game 1. Even if they don’t sink as many threes going forward, it looks like they’ve figured out how to pick the lock.

 

[Covert Rain]

Monty is getting bailed out a bit by the hot shooting. For the most part Paul and Ayton in check.

 

[Chaplin]

Monty is getting bailed out a bit by the hot shooting. For the most part Paul and Ayton in check.

What do you mean Monty is getting bailed out?

 

[AZ Native]

they should. There is two days off till the next game and these are the damn finals.

And we earned many days off before this.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

they are not playing like crap. The bucks are playing much more effective defense.

Book has missed quite a few open shots. Ayton has played small. And we’ve given up double digits offensive rebounds. It’s been offset by our wings’ shooting and defense. Maybe not c rap, but certainly not good. We are just a better team than these bucks.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Predicting we see DominAyton in the second half!

I’ll be surprised. He looks sluggish, doesn’t have much lift, and has bad hands tonight. Sometimes these Ayton games occur. Haven’t seen many in playoffs, but I think it more likely we see more of the same. Hope I’m wrong.

 

[Chaplin]

I’ll be surprised. He looks sluggish, doesn’t have much lift, and has bad hands tonight. Sometimes these Ayton games occur. Haven’t seen many in playoffs, but I think it more likely we see more of the same. Hope I’m wrong.

Only one I remember is Game 5 vs the Clippers.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ayton 5 points 4 rebounds
Booker 10 points on 4/12!!
Paul 8 points 2 assist

Only 2 free throws the entire half

And the Bucks are down 11 how the hell is that even possible not only that you blew a 9 point lead. How Sway!! How! If your a Bucks fan you look at that and say we must be winning by 20

your getting nothing from your big 3 at all. I don’t get it I just don’t get it

We play good defense, but their big three, particularly Middleton and holiday, can pull disappearing acts.

 

[82CardsGrad]

I’ll be surprised. He looks sluggish, doesn’t have much lift, and has bad hands tonight. Sometimes these Ayton games occur. Haven’t seen many in playoffs, but I think it more likely we see more of the same. Hope I’m wrong.

Has there been even one of these in the entire post season? I honestly can’t recall a game where he played this soft and ineffective.

 

[Covert Rain]

What do you mean Monty is getting bailed out?

Monty hasn’t figured out how to beat trapping the guard and effectively shut down easy buckets by Ayton. Our hot shooting has neutralized that but it is working against Paul and Payne.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Only one I remember is Game 5 vs the Clippers.

I think he had a lackluster game against lakers too but everyone else played really well.

 

[Chaplin]

Monty hasn’t figured out how to beat trapping the guard and effectively shut down easy buckets by Ayton. Our hot shooting has neutralized that but it is working against Paul and Payne.

I don’t think in this particular case you can place it at Monty’s feet. But that’s just my opinion.

 

[82CardsGrad]

Only one I remember is Game 5 vs the Clippers.

He did have a double-double but in that game…

 

[Chaplin]

He did have a double-double but in that game…

Which is still a real possibility in this game but it still wouldn’t be a great game for him.

 

[Luciano]

ESPN cutoff their own analyst mid sentence to run ads, how ****** can this production be.

 

[Vacard]

Monty is getting bailed out a bit by the hot shooting. For the most part Paul and Ayton in check.

Lol he’ll go down as the best coach on not only in Suns history but in the history of the Valley if he secures this championship

 

[Mainstreet]

Ayton is not used to the paint being packed on him and the physically. The Suns need to find him going to the basket. Although the Bucks are packing the paint the Suns are making them pay with ball movement and outside shooting.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Monty hasn’t figured out how to beat trapping the guard and effectively shut down easy buckets by Ayton. Our hot shooting has neutralized that but it is working against Paul and Payne.

If shooting keeps up they won’t have a choice but to stay home at the arc and that opens the midrange and Ayton again.

 

[GatorAZ]

Jrue is amazing on D but he looks like Tony Allen on offense.

 

[Chaplin]

The Bucks aren’t defending the three. We are up 11 because of it. So what do they do? This is Bud adjusting before the game but not during it.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Ayton is not used to the paint being packed on him and the physically. The Suns need to find him going to the basket. Although the Bucks are packing the paint the Suns are making them pay with ball movement and outside shooting.

They have, but he’s gone up soft each time.

 

[Mainstreet]

Mikal with the mid-range jumper.

 

[Hoop Head]

Like to see Bookers shot falling out of the half, good sign.