Bucks (44-24) at Celtics (54-14) Game #69 3/20/24

[SparzWizard]

The Bucks will be the team to beat in the ECF, so let's not give them any confidence booster losing to these folks.

[jpotter33]

To be fair to Giannis, hamstrings are something you don’t mess around with, especially at this point in the season. We just saw KP miss five games for a hamstring issue that he himself said he felt like he could play through.

I imagine with this development if any of our guys are borderline (like Hauser) that they’ll sit.

But I hope we don’t take this game lightly because of this, which we’ve had a tendency to do in the past. And Milwaukee has actually been playing some good ball without Giannis of late.

[Neurotic Guy]

Giannis is OUT tonight according to Shams

In that case rest some of our guys too

Called that in a different thread.

Lol yeah good call, TP

Yes good call. They say hamstring.  If that’s for real, I don’t blame them for sitting him. 

[Phantom255x]

With Giannis is out I'd just sit Jaylen + Holiday + Hauser all

[keevsnick]

With Giannis is out I'd just sit Jaylen + Holiday + Hauser all

I'm a big "just go by health" guy. Ie if a guy is healthy enough to play, he plays. So if all those guys were going to play, they should play now anyway.

The one exception is B2B, the C's have two more of those and they should do what they did this past weekend and play half the team in each.

But besides B2B's they should play those who are healthy, continue to develop chemistry and rotations, and hopefully end the game by the end of the third so nobody plays more than 30 minutes.

[keevsnick]

To be fair to Giannis, hamstrings are something you don’t mess around with, especially at this point in the season. We just saw KP miss five games for a hamstring issue that he himself said he felt like he could play through.

I imagine with this development if any of our guys are borderline (like Hauser) that they’ll sit.

But I hope we don’t take this game lightly because of this, which we’ve had a tendency to do in the past. And Milwaukee has actually been playing some good ball without Giannis of late.

I don't blame Giannis or the Bucks one bit, if a hamstring on a big is anything less than 100% healthy he should sit. The Bucks are going to be judged just like the C's on playoff outcome, and I don't think they care whether they are the two or three seed. It would be nice to see these two teams completely healthy, but this game doesn't matter long run.

On a side note if the C's win tonight they will be up 11 games on 2nd place in the east with only 13 to play. They could clinch the #1 overall seed as early as this weekend.

[SHAQATTACK]

If bucks aren’t play n their top dogs , show down an’t happening ,  then I’d sit Tatum and Zinger.  No chances this close to playoffs.

[Surferdad]

With Giannis is out I'd just sit Jaylen + Holiday + Hauser all

I'm a big "just go by health" guy. Ie if a guy is healthy enough to play, he plays. So if all those guys were going to play, they should play now anyway.

The one exception is B2B, the C's have two more of those and they should do what they did this past weekend and play half the team in each.

But besides B2B's they should play those who are healthy, continue to develop chemistry and rotations, and hopefully end the game by the end of the third so nobody plays more than 30 minutes.

Agreed, TP. Good to keep a rhythm and continue to develop chemistry.

[celticinorlando]

No Sam
No Jrue

[CelticSooner]

With both KP and Horford available I assume they both sit tomorrow.

[jpotter33]

With both KP and Horford available I assume they both sit tomorrow.

Don't play tomorrow. We have the B2b on Friday and Saturday.

[MattyIce]

With both KP and Horford available I assume they both sit tomorrow.

we don’t play til friday (b2b friday/saturday)

[liam]

GAME TIME!!!!

[CelticSooner]

With both KP and Horford available I assume they both sit tomorrow.

Don't play tomorrow. We have the B2b on Friday and Saturday.

Brain fart

[jpotter33]

Let's go C's! Don't take this game lightly with Giannis out. Come out and set the tone early.