Round 1 Game 1: Pacers at Bucks - 4/21/24 - 6:00 - TNT/BSWI

[sidney lanier]

The Pacers will pick up the pace
And hope that we're too old to chase
As Joe Louis once cried
You can run but can't hide
See it's basketball, not a foot race

Let's show these upstarts what playoff basketball is. 120-104.

[BigO]

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Forget that defeatist attitude. The time to mope and sulk is over. The time for 20/20 hindsight "we should have done this, we should have done that" is over. Down 0-2 to the Nets including a 39(!) point loss in game 2? Bucks win the series. Hawks tie the ECF 2-2 as Giannis gets hurt and is out the rest of the series? Bucks in 6. Bucks down 0-2 to the Suns with a hobbled Giannis? Bucks in 6. Don't write this team off. A loss in game one is not the end of the series but let's win this damn game. Let's win this damn series.

You're right. Now isn't the time to mope. The actual time is 8:30pm tonight.

[Neuromancer56]

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Forget that defeatist attitude. The time to mope and sulk is over. The time for 20/20 hindsight "we should have done this, we should have done that" is over. Down 0-2 to the Nets including a 39(!) point loss in game 2? Bucks win the series. Hawks tie the ECF 2-2 as Giannis gets hurt and is out the rest of the series? Bucks in 6. Bucks down 0-2 to the Suns with a hobbled Giannis? Bucks in 6. Don't write this team off. A loss in game one is not the end of the series but let's win this damn game. Let's win this damn series.

Is this a subtle way of throwing shade at Beas? Do we want him to get 0 minutes? I look at him as this year's Bryn Forbes. Sucks but tries on defense, and when he gets hot he can hit a ton of 3's (hopefully in the first round).

[MickeyDavis]

Tony Brothers is doing the game in OKC so we dodged him. Zach Zarba is the crew chief. Tyler Ford is also on the crew (I don't like him).

What refs exactly does this board like cause it seems like when bucks lose refs are to blame n when bucks win refs were great.Never seen a board more in tune with bad refs before the game is played a already built in excuse if they lose i guess

We consistently don't like Tony Brothers or Tyler Ford because they are terrible/paid. It's been at least a decade of proof.

Yup. Those 2 are bad. It doesn't mean they always call against the Bucks, it means they get calls wrong and love the spotlight. Zach Zarba is pretty good. Ed Malloy, James Williams, Brian Forte are usually good.

36 officials were selected for the playoffs. The most playoff game experience:

Scott Foster (241), Marc Davis (189), Tony Brothers (187), James Capers (178), Zach Zarba (146), Bill Kennedy (139), Ed Malloy (136) and John Goble (125).

[MickeyDavis]

6:10 tip. Ian Eagle/Grant Hill on TNT. Lisa and Marques on Bally's.

[Matches Malone]

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[yb90]

If AJ Green was 100% I would want him to start and have Bev come off the bench. The team needs an energy guy in the second group and Pair Bev with Bobby is great for energy. I would hope with the time off and film breakdown it would be apparent that Green is one of the Bucks best defenders and deserves minutes oflver Beasley and Pat.

[Profound23]

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That should be their sales pitch for season tickets.

[randy84]

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That should be their sales pitch for season tickets.

Apparently, they don't know history or at least didn't watch the end of the movie.

[Matches Malone]

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That should be their sales pitch for season tickets.

Apparently, they don't know history or at least didn't watch the end of the movie.

Or don't take a gif literally

[PG Graveyard]

I know Giannis averaged about 50 points a game vs Indiana this year but I think the Mathurin injury may have a bigger impact.

-Doris Burke probably

[SupremeHustle]

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[SupremeHustle]

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That should be their sales pitch for season tickets.

Ha, beat me to it.

[-Jragon-]

If you check Bev's #s as a starter then you wouldn't want him coming off the bench.. starting lights his fire and he's pushing back a wrist surgery for this

[fansinceforever]

Alright, it's game day. No more negativity. Who the **** are Pacers anyway? Nobody.

[Dick Tate]

Feeling refreshed after a week away from GT/PG threads. Hopefully the players feel the same a week removed from the regular season BS. Now the real season begins.

[GoldenAntlers]

I have unreasonably high expectations and that's okay.

[dbrodz7]

Feeling refreshed after a week away from GT/PG threads. Hopefully the players feel the same a week removed from the regular season BS. Now the real season begins.

If these guys can’t get up for game 1 as home underdogs and an entire week of the media talking sh*t about them I think it’s a really bad sign.

[rilamann]

That Twitter post is hilariously bad.

You're not only spitting in season ticket holder's faces, but you're also basically admitting that the Bucks didn't show up for 6 months of the regular season, but proclaiming that now suddenly for the playoffs it's going to be different.

The premise isn't necessarily wrong, but to anyone who has paid attention to the Bucks for the past 6 months without homer goggles, it's a really bad look.

I think this season was just a jinx, everything the Bucks did over the past 12 months has been a disaster that has blown up in their faces, even the Twitter posts apparently....lol.

And for the record I am not a fan of trying to bring Giannis back in this series, just shut him down. Why put next season in jeopardy by putting Giannis out there in a series that you're not going to win regardless if he plays or not.

[drew881]

The sad thing is we tried to show up for the regular season.