The Milwaukee Bucks (24-31) defeat the Miami Heat (31-27) 128-117
KPJ with 32-7-7
Norman Powell playing some of the most disgusting foul baiting bullshit basketball I’ve ever seen to end this game. Get fucked
Goddamn, that was obnoxious. Got Luka jealous
That last foul where he just sort of ran into Sims who was barely even contesting his shot was ridiculous.
I was laughing my ass off every time the Bucks got a tough bucket and then Powell would go to the line on the other end
what an all star appearance does to a man.
Yeah his whole move is just throwing his body into defenders and hoping for a whistle. It’s tough to watch.
Man was out there acting like he got shot on every drive. It’s tough to watch games end like that.
Once the Heat went away from Norm Powell trying to draw shooting fouls 20’ from the basket it was over. They had nothing else.
Literally
Spo saw the offense stagnate and decides to put Herro back in, only to get 1 touch on a horrible possession lol
Yeah Powell’s foul-hunting was getting tough to watch, they really needed to find some actual offense down the stretch.
Yeah Powell’s foul-hunting was painful to watch, completely killed their offensive flow. Once they stopped forcing it, the game was already out of reach.
This heat roster is genuinely bad. There’s not a lot of potential there either
When will pat riley take accountability and stop treading water. Pick a direction
They basically said they’ll never tank and always play to win games no matter what
Heat Culture
I mean sure, but at least trade players or be willing to move stuff around instead of sitting on guys until their value is basically zero. (Robinson, Herro, Butler, and Terry)
I don’t believe tanking is worth it, but the Heat are just not making the moves necessary. Very Raptors like.
Did they have a stupid pick protection that was keeping them from trading players? I thought I remembered something about that.
It’s actually crazy to me to see heat fans turning on Spo as if he doesn’t have to make something out of nothing to with that roster.
I don’t think fans fully understand coaching or the long term process of it. Even we went for Brad and Mazzulla’s heads at times.
The fact of the matter is fans will look to blame the coach first, because it is easier to replace the coach than to blame their favorite players or get better players.
This heat roster just sucks
Build a Time Machine and drag 2017 to 2019 Spo to this team and we’d be champs lmao.
The fuckery he was pulling off with that team was bafflign.
Okay Pat Riley, let’s get you back home
Anyone that is turning on Spo is an idiot, but we have a lot of them.
I don’t think Heat fans, generally, are really turning on Spo. But it is frustrating how the front office treat him; gets so much out of so little so they just keep asking him to do it again instead of aggressively improving the team.
I sure would love someone like Brad Stevens or even The Town guy right now
Man this felt like Christmas. If you lose to the Giannis-less bucks I never wanna hear your team’s name in the damn trade sweepstakes again.
Heat fans were already stressed about the deadline, and this definitely didn’t help the mood.
Ousmane Dieng bounce back game
KPJ’s easily one of the best contracts in the league and he’s a good defender to boot
he’s a cunt of a person ay
To his credit, he’s been clean the last three years in locker rooms and in his life, as far as I know anyway.
He was a genuine fuckhead, fair chance he still is, but it does seem like there’s a bit of reason to hope that he’s actually grown up a bit and sorted himself out.
Yeah cuz most teams aren’t eager to hand a big contract to a wife beater
Hornets would disagree
I doubt NBA execs give a shit as long as they can hoop. Being a better team = more money.
Getting more and more scared the Bucks are gonna nab the 8th seed.
I think y’all would still beat us in 5, but it would be the kind of series where every game except maybe game 1 or 2 was a nailbiter and you hated the experience.
I want revenge for the Blake Griffin series, but I’m scared it’ll just be a repeat of it. You guys always own us, even once without Giannis this year.
Doc gives you a more than enough chances to beat us in 5. If we had another coach, maybe then you could fear this team in a playoff setting
Bucks would struggle a ton with Detroit’s size and physicality but the shooting variance and the Giannis factor could lead to us stealing a few games, but I would still pick pistons to win
Wasn’t Blake hurt that postseason too?
I wouldn’t expect it to be more than a fun series that the Pistons still win, with a high chance of being a boring sweep. We haven’t beaten a serious team in a very long time, we’re just in an easy part of the schedule.
Bam is 6’9 250 playing like he’s 6’4 and his name is Modrić
Why modric
Just owned the Giannis trade package without Giannis
Bam hasn’t been all star calibre in 2 years
Next year will be the year Herro and Bam figure it out.
Another year waiting for the prophecy to be fulfilled
Herro just needs to be healthy, Bam on the other hand, this is who he is
Pat Riley burner account. Herro is not worth the contract and never will be.
I would hate to see what you think about Bams contract then. I am hoping that Herro will sign a team friendly deal to prove that he can stay healthy for more than 1 season.
See above statement. Both looked better than they truly are because they play within Spo’s system. I don’t understand how you have the best coach in the league and continue to ask him to tread water with 2nd and 3rd options.
We would be better than the play-ins if they (Herro and Bam) were 2nd and 3rd options. 3rd option is the ceiling for either.
That contract is rough. 53 mil/yr for next 3
Kevin Porter Jr and Ryan Rollins have the potential to be one of the best guard duos in the league in the next couple of years.
GG Heat, competitive game throughout
Why aren’t the Heat tanking? They don’t even have a Jimmy to take over a series as an 8 seed
Because they gotta fight you for that spot in 2 months
As is tradition in Canada
Dawg, ya’ll can chase the 10th seed. Hope Giannis gets back. We haven’t won a single game in February. This is a tank job lol
It was written centuries ago, I’m sorry.
Because they think they can catch Philly or Toronto for 6th
Haven’t watched the Heat all that much, but their style of play feels super gimmicky. It feels like against familiar foes, they’d struggle due to the familiarity. Credit to Spo for trying to squeeze out anything he can though and it’s worked well enough.
It has been bad after the first 20 games. We may have the fastest pace and be one of the highest scoring teams in the league but thats smoke and mirrors. The team can run bad teams out of the building and put up 130+ but any semi decent team puts a stop to that. We dont have the offensive threat outside of Herro and Powell to make it sustainable
this small ball, la roche offense shit is so fking stupid and im so fking over it
theres a reason it failed last season and its failing now, fking just be normal and stop playing 3 guards
jesus fking christ
Norm and the three guard line up lol every team he’s on. Is he just god awful at guard play and undersized?
Bucks fans, has Turner been a big disappointment? All that cap space between the dame stretch & the turner trade and it seems like you’d rather have a dawg like sims out there with KPJ & Portis or shooters with Giannis?
He’s a system player. With Giannis he’s the ideal option. Without Giannis he’s been just ok. Rebounding is terrible.
I am convinced he was the reason we thought the 3 guard lineup was going to work. He doesn’t rebound the ball. Doc was playing Sims over him and Sims can barely dribble.
Sort of yes but he fits a very specific player mold that we needed, and it’s difficult to make hard determinations like this when Giannis is out. Giannis needs shooting around him. Giannis and Sims doesn’t work.
A lot of fans will say he has been, I think the bad coaching, awful rotations, and lack of minutes are the biggest things affecting Myles’ time here
I think Myles has been under-utilized on offense and not given an appropriate number of minutes. Him playing so little makes no sense
Turner has played way below his contract. I honestly think the idea that Giannis NEEDS a stretch *5 is overblown, but going without requires some schematic creativity that I’m not sure our coaching staff would deliver.
Sims just played the last 18 minutes straight, without subbing back out for Turner, so that should answer your question.
He did look a lot better when actually playing in games with Giannis, even if still a little underwhelming. He a total non-factor 90% of time in non-Giannis minutes though.
You can’t play two non-shooters together (Giannis and Sims). But with Giannis out, it makes sense to play Sims more. He brings a lot of athleticism (the good kind that leads to rebounds too) that Turner can’t.
Yeah I was praying we got rid of him at the deadline before other teams realise he’s bum. Only thing he does well is shoot 3s.
Heat just choked and got cooked by KPJ
This is a win for the Bulls. The Bucks, Hornets, Grizzlies, and Mavericks all won tonight. The Bulls lost. The tank is looking much better.
This comment just got the Bulls fined $100k. Congratulations.
Worth it for that pick babyyyyy
Can the league just force Jerry to sell the team?
The Simulation in full effect.
Are the Heat the new Bulls?