Bucks (2-2) at Celtics (2-2) Round 2 Game #5 5/11/22

[jambr380]

Hey! The Celtics are leading at the end of the half.  I'll take it.  Go Cs!

I’m with you. Most of JT’s threes were open, and some with the clock running down. Some were bad looks for sure (like the one over Portis) but that’s part of the game I guess. Looking forward to a great third quarter.

It’s not just him, Brown took a few quick pull up 3’s from about 3. Feet behind the line. How do they not see that moving the ball works?

Yep, Brown's 3s came about 4 seconds into the shot clock, too. Both guys are very confident in their skills and assume the next one will go, but the team looked so good when they were moving the ball.

[hpantazo]

I get the sense from watching both sides that the players and coaches overall are please with the officiating so far. Refs letting them play and calling it even. Hope they keep that up.

[Billz401]

On the plus side, we're in good shape with fouls with only Al and Brown at 2, and Theis gave us some good minutes that half

Yep. Good game by the refs by letting both teams play consistently. Just for the love of God stay consistent in the second half, too.

Agree. The most evenly reffed game so far. Keep it the same in the 2nd half please

[jambr380]

Giannis doesn't seem tired.  Looks like he's rested more in the first half than usual.  They're conserving his energy for the 4th quarter because he's been gassed in the 4th quarter all series.  They gotta make them work on D if they can't get out and run.

Yeah, looked like a concerted effort at the beginning of the game to let the other guys shoot and let Giannis ease into the game. And, unfortunately it totally worked with a 4-8 3pt shooting effort in the 1st. I'm glad we made our mega-run in the 2nd, but we need to do it all over again and then really step on their throats. The Bucks aren't going to go away easily.

[#1P4P]

JT played 23 minutes in the first half and it’s wearing on him. He’s front rimming all these threes, great when they go in, terrible when they don’t.

The Bucks were already gassed and ready to crumble and those one dribble pick and pull-ups let them off the hook and allowed them to recover.

The bench played a great half and we’re the difference. Hopefully the starters come out swinging to distance themselves from these guys, they’re ready to go, but they’re going to go down swinging.

[gouki88]

Giannis doesn't seem tired.  Looks like he's rested more in the first half than usual.  They're conserving his energy for the 4th quarter because he's been gassed in the 4th quarter all series.  They gotta make them work on D if they can't get out and run.

Yeah, looked like a concerted effort at the beginning of the game to let the other guys shoot and let Giannis ease into the game. And, unfortunately it totally worked with a 4-8 3pt shooting effort in the 1st. I'm glad we made our mega-run in the 2nd, but we need to do it all over again and then really step on their throats. The Bucks aren't going to go away easily.

I think Giannis with 4 turnovers and two three point attempts would indicate he's a bit tired.

That is compared to his best player in the world standard though

[SparzWizard]

JB!

[letsgoblue86]

Giannis shoots the mid range better than tatum

[BudweiserCeltic]

Why Williams keeps hesitating on those open 3s...

[gouki88]

Grant has the worst handle I've ever seen

[jpotter33]

Whose ball-handling is worse - GWill or Brown?

[angryguy77]

Here comes the refs

[Dchuck]

Where's the ball movement??

We gonna go back to 1 on 1?

[Phantom255x]

Sloppy...

[slamtheking]

Tatum should have gotten an and-1 on that