Bucks @ Suns Tuesday Finals game thread 7-6-2021 - Game 1

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Our ball movement has been disrupted by their long defenders. Pace for 22 assists is unSunslike in our best games.

 

[Folster]

I thought Giannis looked a little gimpy after that block.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Here’s an important item: Ayton has matched giannis at half. If they cancel out I love our chances.

 

[Chaplin]

Frank wasn’t a complete disaster but he offers nothing on offense. We’ll have to see how Monty uses him.

Thank god Ayton isn’t in foul trouble.

 

[Folster]

Here’s an important item: Ayton has matched giannis at half. If they cancel out I love our chances.

I like the combo of Bridges and Craig on Middleton too. He's not a bully like PG.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Book can’t get silly 3rd foul to start second half.

 

[Chaplin]

And… no Abdel Nader so far. Hmmm…

 

[Mainstreet]

I wonder how badly Dario is hurt? I hope Ayton can stay out of foul trouble.

Two people were helping Saric in the tunnel so not good.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Frank wasn’t a complete disaster but he offers nothing on offense. We’ll have to see how Monty uses him.

Thank god Ayton isn’t in foul trouble.

Just need him to set better screens without fouling (a frank special) and maybe hit a couple 3s.

 

[Hoop Head]

Frank wasn’t a complete disaster but he offers nothing on offense. We’ll have to see how Monty uses him.

Thank god Ayton isn’t in foul trouble.

Yeah, Frank can't score inside like Dario can but I think both can work as high post passers. I think Frank might be a better shooter from out there as well. Still, he's not the rebounder or defensive disruptor Saric is.

Its probably a wash considering how bad Saric has been this postseason to this point.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Two people were helping Saric in the tunnel so not good.

Yeah I was thinking why are they letting him hobble on that? He looks like he doesn’t want to put any weight on it. I was wrong regarding length of Payne’s absence in last round, but I’ll be surprised if we see saric for a few games.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Can we talk about Saric for a minute? Pretty sure he just had a bad injury. Hope for his sake that I'm wrong, but that looked pretty bad. Knee tweaked as soon as he planted without any contact.

 

[Folster]

Frank wasn’t a complete disaster but he offers nothing on offense. We’ll have to see how Monty uses him.

Thank god Ayton isn’t in foul trouble.

I thought Frank was effective against the Lakers. Hopefully he can play sufficient D and nail a couple 3s.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Yeah, Frank can't score inside like Dario can but I think both can work as high post passers. I think Frank might be a better shooter from out there as well. Still, he's not the rebounder or defensive disruptor Saric is.

Its probably a wash considering how bad Saric has been this postseason to this point.

That’s a good description. But frank can score inside if he gets a guard mismatched on him. He can seal effectively. If Teague is in the game he can take advantage of him.

 

[Folster]

Yeah, Frank can't score inside like Dario can but I think both can work as high post passers. I think Frank might be a better shooter from out there as well. Still, he's not the rebounder or defensive disruptor Saric is.

Its probably a wash considering how bad Saric has been this postseason to this point.

Dario is no inside presence on offense.

 

[SirStefan32]

As far as Frank goes, run a play for him and get him an open three. It's a crap shoot, but sometimes he does get hot from behind the line. It's worth a try.

 

[Hoop Head]

Two people were helping Saric in the tunnel so not good.

I wouldn't read much into that. He made it all the way to the back on his own and it seemed to be them urging him to take the help.

 

[Mainstreet]

Can we talk about Saric for a minute? Pretty sure he just had a bad injury. Hope for his sake that I'm wrong, but that looked pretty bad. Knee tweaked as soon as he planted without any contact.

I'm concerned about Saric. It didn't look good at all.

 

[Russ Smith]

Great half from Booker and I thought Paul got it going a bit as the game went on. One comment, I know he's jacked up but Crowder has to be careful he's talking way too much he's going to wind up getting a T if he's not careful. He's doing a nice job on Giannis though.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Not used to a FT disparity in our favor.

 

[Hoop Head]

Dario is no inside presence on offense.

Dario can score inside if he gets the board or has a decent matchup. I wouldn't feed him inside but he's kind of like PJ Tucker inside, he can rebound and get shots up inside. Frank needs to run back on D when shots go up, he doesn't rebound on offense.

 

[thirty-two]

Crowder oooof

 

[Mainstreet]

Chris Paul with 2-pointer to open 2nd half.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Not liking the crowder offense

 

[Hoop Head]

Telling you, shooting over Lopez almost guarantees a bucket