Bucks @ Suns Saturday Finals game thread 7-17-2021 Game - Game 5

[GatorAZ]

they are if Paul plays like garbage like he has been.

The last 2.5 games they’ve had the better backcourt

 

[82CardsGrad]

We are so undermanned… Bucks are SO much bigger, stronger and more physical than the Suns.
AND, the Bucks are loaded with seasoned vets…whereas we are so damn young and inexperienced.
That combination alone are probably the biggest contributors to our struggles.

 

[Hoop Head]

Monty isn't leaving their shooters open for 3's in the corner on every possession.

I get that he didn't call a TO when people wanted but the team was folding. This is on the team and their awful defense. Monty isn't playing D for them.

 

[Timm Rosenbach]

The better coached team, for sure.

They are extremely well-coached.

 

[Cheesebeef]

No they aren’t. We are beating ourselves and it all starts with Monty.

Right now, remains to be seen who’s better. We are playing just atrocious D.

 

[95pro]

All Monty

coming in second is cp3

 

[GoldGloveschmidt]

Just utterly unbelievable we build a huge lead in the 1st quarter and Monty watches Torrey Craig jack up 3's and nobody focuses on defense. It's also on CP3 to control the offense when Book is out and he completely choked. If we don't come back to win this game, we deserve to lose the series and CP3 can go down as an all time choke artist

 

[Mainstreet]

The shooting of Portis (9) and Connaughton (9) off the bench really hurts.

 

[MaoTosiFanClub]

Why do you sit your star for 8 minutes while your lead vanishes.

4th graders were wondering how long he was going to let that run go without doing something. Embarrassing

 

[MrYeahBut]

I'm not a rocket scientist but I think I might run a play to get Cam Johnson the ball

 

[Lorenzo]

It was

Where’s van gundy’s “big men don’t get the benefit of the doubt.” Giannis definitely fouled him.

 

[Chaplin]

Monty isn't leaving their shooters open for 3's in the corner on every possession.

I get that he didn't call a TO when people wanted but the team was folding. This is on the team and their awful defense. Monty isn't playing D for them.

Isn’t that the fault of the defensive gameplan?

 

[82CardsGrad]

Why do you sit your star for 8 minutes while your lead vanishes.

Book played 18 mins…

 

[Vacard]

Monty is being outcoached bad…they picked up on the switch early on and capitalized. This isn’t looking good, but what the hell I know I’m just a “bandwaggor” gtfoh

 

[82CardsGrad]

Monty isn't leaving their shooters open for 3's in the corner on every possession.

I get that he didn't call a TO when people wanted but the team was folding. This is on the team and their awful defense. Monty isn't playing D for them.

This 100%!

 

[Chaplin]

Book played 18 mins…

6 minutes is still a really long time for him to sit.

 

[Dback Jon]

Why do you sit your star for 8 minutes while your lead vanishes.

Sat him too long 4th quarter in game 4 as well

 

[Raindog]

I'm seeing a lot of "oh well, close to a championship is good enough" from Monty and some of the rest of the team after Game 2. No killer instinct. You can't win it all with that approach.

 

[Hoop Head]

Isn’t that the fault of the defensive gameplan?

I'm blaming the personnel who quit playing D in the 2nd quarter.

 

[FB94]

Really disappointed in Ayton and Bridges. If you can’t score make up for it other ways, and it’s not happening.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Monty isn't leaving their shooters open for 3's in the corner on every possession.

I get that he didn't call a TO when people wanted but the team was folding. This is on the team and their awful defense. Monty isn't playing D for them.

Actually leaving the corner three is part of monty’s game plan by necessity - those defenders are needed to build the wall and team rebound. Weakside corner threes shouldn’t be SO open though.

 

[Chaplin]

I'm blaming the personnel who quit playing D in the 2nd quarter.

But it’s on Monty to put players in that won’t quit on D. He didn’t do that.

 

[1Sun]

You could see this coming when the Suns got complacent and sloppy at the end of the first quarter.

That being said, Paul is clearly playing with one arm. Despite Paul's best efforts, the Suns are a better team with Paul on the bench right now...

EXCEPT that instead of playing within the flow of the offense, Booker is forcing it again.

Bridges being out almost the entire second quarter made no sense, given the defense he played in the first.

Ayton has been downright lazy. No other way to describe it.

Crowder was incredible to start the game, then fell in love with the three point shot and forgot the rest of the game.

Cam Johnson has been invisible, while Cam Payne has been outright bad.

Worst quarter of the season. Looked like the whole team, Monty included, quit, other than Paul, who is playing with one arm.

 

[FB94]

I just don’t see the fire and want too from some of these guys. I don’t know if they just hit a wall or have self doubt. Maybe the Clip series took its toll

 

[Praxis]

The season comes down to this half. Leave it all on the court.