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[QUOTE=Im so nba'd out]Now that Jokic is out of the Playoffs.Nothing would please me more than the Bucks getting to the Finals then getting swept 4-0 by GSW
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If the Raptors sweep them 4-0 that would also be amazing, but the Finals sweep would sting so much more :oldlol:[/QUOTE]
Why so much hate for the Bucks? lolol
[QUOTE=E_Stamkos]Not even gunna lie.... Nobody gives a shit[/QUOTE]
Long day at work E?
[QUOTE=Manny98]Not even going to bother watching this series
Craptors are getting swept[/QUOTE]
This is the 3rd straight round you're saying this :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:
Dloading..
siakam is going from embiid to brook lopez in the paint. I expect siakam to have a good series and now fred and lowry can get to the rim without getting their shit pushed in every time. we're gonna get lit up on the perimeter if we load up on giannis and vice versa giannis will go off if we let him play 1on1 every time getting a chance to run at the basket so we need to hit open shots to even hang around. I think we have a good chance in this series if gasol and ibaka can stick some of their open shots.
Raptors had some horrible games against the Bucks in the regular season, so I don't have any confidence of Raptors coming out of this round... but then again.. Raptors destroyed the 76ers in the regular season.. and we needed a miracle shot from Kawhi to beat them in game 7.
I'd be surprised if Raptors make it pass the bucks.
[QUOTE=n00bie]Raptors had some horrible games against the Bucks in the regular season, so I don't have any confidence of Raptors coming out of this round... but then again.. Raptors destroyed the 76ers in the regular season.. and we needed a miracle shot from Kawhi to beat them in game 7.
I'd be surprised if Raptors make it pass the bucks.[/QUOTE]
the celtics getting raped isn't very encouraging either. I think we have a much better squad though. we complain about our shooting sometimes - they were bricking everything. was ugly watching kyrie try to score.
[QUOTE=red1]the celtics getting raped isn't very encouraging either. I think we have a much better squad though. we complain about our shooting sometimes - they were bricking everything. was ugly watching kyrie try to score.[/QUOTE]
I went to one of the games vs. the bucks.. and it was not a fun game to watch. I have a feeling we're going to need to jump on Kawhi's back again. :lol
[QUOTE=n00bie]I went to one of the games vs. the bucks.. and it was not a fun game to watch. I have a feeling we're going to need to jump on Kawhi's back again. :lol[/QUOTE]
whole team hanging off of his braids :oldlol:
Don't be surprised
Kawhi been there
Danny Green been there
Lowry been there
Ibaka been there too
That's all I'm saying.
I’ve prefaced a month ago that the Raptors needed a redemptive playoffs run before we can rebrand them, and they’ve answered all those bells so far; aside from the Game 1-curse recurrence against Orlando, I’ve found nothing scornworthy about their current run, where Kawhi established himself in the BITW discussion and where Nick Nurse reassured fans that the coaching changeover was a step in the right direction.
The Raptors have more to prove to legitimize themselves in the title-contention picture, but they’ve taken care of all their business timelily so far this time around; now, they have a chance to outstep the usual business against the Bucks and provide their opponents their own tallest task yet in the process.
BITW candidates Giannis and Kawhi have golden opportunities to buttress their respective cases here. Kawhi would comfortably outdistance the Green Freak in that race if the playoffs ended today; and while the latter’s inferior production in this realm might be due to nonnecessity more than inability (considering all the blowouts he’s luxuriated in), he still remains to prove he can ratchet up his level of play where needed as his opponent did game-after-game against the 76ers.
My biggest misgiving is once again crunch time, where the Bucks still aren’t too battle-tested—a minor drawback of amassing the largest margin of victory in the regular season and playoffs. On the other hand, the Raptors, who saw their superstar hit the first Game 7 buzzer-beater in league history, just played in one of the most pressure-packed games scriptable, which helped steel them for almost any realistic crunch-time scenario against us.
I’ll also need to see more off-ball movement from The Deer, who’ve had a shockingly stagnant pick-and-roll offense. Our transitional points and catch-and-shoot three-pointers have more than sufficed against the Pistons and Celtics’ anemic offenses, but the margin for error tapers now that we’re facing one of the postseason-best offenses in the Raptors.
The only major mismatch on-paper is our frontcourt, which is overtopped by Toronto’s Three Towers in Siakam, Ibaka, and Gasol; however, the Bucks are more than ready to counterpose it with one of the most prolific transitional offenses in the league, which will force Toronto to either downsize their lineup or run their bigmen into the ground.
Otherwise, don’t even get me started on the even more lopsided backcourt match-ups, where Khris Middleton continues to upvalue his free-agency stock and where Lowry continues to have fans and detractors alike scratching their heads at his maximal contract. It’s also where Malcolm Brogdon—the newest member of the 50/40/90 club—is playably healthy now.
The Raptors are a worthy ECF opponent and certainly have a fighting chance this series; but the Bucks have too much in their wheelhouse with HCA, the better superstar (who [i]will[/i] prove it), and the better coaching staff to allow for more than a run for their money here.
[B]Bottom-line prediction:[/B] Bucks in six.
Avies gone. ISH 2019 :bowdown:
Buttress
Who's ****ing tonight?
Raptors in 6 or 7.
Raptors win tonight :banana:
i'll stay with bucks in 6. Decent chance i'm overreacting to last series but I dont think kawhi is going get enough help(and his meh passing isnt helping either). siakam is crucial but going have a tough time with giannis likely guarding him.