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I think I'm fairly confident in the Celtics match up, seems like despite their depth we're a bad match up from them. I think even if Jrue was playing Giannis playing seals this win.
This is hilarious because the Bucks actually have a recent ring, unlike Boston. Y'all are so mad that the Bucks matchup well against the Celtics lmao. Blew them out last game and almost won on the road without their best player tonight. No wonder you're all so bent out of shape 😂
In the column right next to the Bucks blowout win over the Celtics last game. If you guys can barely beat us without Giannis it's a wrap lol. Keep talking like your team has actually won anything recently though.
Won by 3 in the first month of the season, then got blown the fuck out by the Bucks in January. 135-102 lmao you should have piped down. Now you guys can barely beat the Bucks in Boston without Giannis. The cat's out of the bag man, Bucks are a nightmare matchup for the Celtics.
It was the second night of a back to back and the team had to travel from Boston to Milwaukee lmao how many times have the Bucks beat the Celtics in the playoffs? “Nightmare”
Wow they had to travel a whole two and half hours?! What's your excuse for barely beating the Bucks without Giannis? You guys act like the Celtics are the ones who won a recent championship and not the Bucks lmfao
That was way too close for comfort, but we managed to get our composure this time unlike with the Cavs game. Honestly that was probably the best case outcome as we can see more of what we can still work on.
I mean if the game is over, it's over. But I guess if I'm thinking about the last time some team got annoyed by it, it was the winning team that took the shot so you right.
Kinda crazy how the Bucks-Celtics games have went this year.
1st Game - Bucks got blown out in the first half but came storming back in the 2nd half but still end up losing
2nd Game - Bucks blew them out by halftime
3rd Game - Close, but not close. Then close again but the Celtics do their thing and close it out
A blowout obviously feels better but clawing back momentum at the end of this game is, to me, extremely encouraging given some of our 4th quarter history.
even if it was a foul by by Beasley by the strictest definition, why call a foul on such a meaningless contact and essentially end the game at the free throw line instead of letting the players play
Expected performance from Bucks. They played hard the entire game. Cs need to stop with this cruise control shit vs good teams. Cruise control works versus Washington, not so much vs playoff teams like the Bucks and Cavs. Tonight was almost a redux of the Cavs game. Gotta respect the opponent and can’t just mail the effort in during the 4th quarter.
What do you want them to do? Lose on purpose? lol. They are good. Only a handful of teams can ply with them for the most part. They just obliterate the bad/mediocre teams.
Lol that’s such a loser mentally, maybe don’t go down 18 points going into the 3rd. You can’t act like it was some wire to wire nail-biter and a few outlier calls changed the outcome…don’t commit fouls and then cry that they are called.
U guys blew an 18 pt lead and when it got close the refs were the difference in the game, a bailout on tatum and brown. Thats even worse than if this was a nail biter game.
You can’t rely on refs to swallow whistles on 50/50 calls. That’s a foul with all the eyes on you…sure some refs might let that go, but the foul knocked JB off balance and almost led to a steal, it wasn’t incidental tbh
Bucks are not relying on it tho refs allowed a physical game for most of it and they call a sudden soft foul, it wasnt even close to a steal lol. If anything its a ref inconsistency which was a factor aside from Bucks running out of gas at the end
Yeah, the refs were the determining factor…not putting yourselves in an 18 point hole that you had to fight back from. If you played better all game, you could have avoided using refs as an excuse at all…but alas, it’s the favorite pastime of losers, gotta blame someone!
Was still a 2point game tho, no need for that weak ass sarcastic shit you are trying to pull 💀 we dont need that, I just really pointed out that it was a weak inconsistent call at the end
And I’m pointing out it was a foul, don’t foul and then complain they didn’t let you get away with a foul. Blaming refs is the most played out thing ever, just focus on the million things that happened during the game that teams could control.
What some people are complaining is the consistency tho, its fair game to critic it IMO, you cant just say dont foul when the criteria is base on another persons professional judgement
We still get one more game with these cats in a couple weeks... should be good. Also, I expect better finesse with the shit talk and less of a circlejerk... I mean it.
It's the 4th to last game of the season, which means we'd need to be 4 games ahead of third place for it to not matter. Right now we're not even 4 games ahead of fifth place, and the Cavs are just 1 game back.
You said it most likely will be decided by then, when in reality that's extremely unlikely considering how many teams are within a few games of our record.
Correct, there is a good chance it will be. What you are pointing to is that we will lose more than we win to close out the season. I don't see that happening.
No, we don't have to lose more than we win. I think you're just confused about the math. Assuming we'll be 4+ games up on teams we're currently only 1 or 2 games ahead of is improbable. It's by far the greater likelihood that our seed won't be locked in 4 games before the end of the season.
Both bucks games in Boston this season have been tight and the one bucks home game was a blowout. I definitely think the bucks can snag a road game in the playoffs if that matchup happens
You'd think falling short in the Playoffs every year would temper your expectations, but I swear it's made y'all even more arrogant and entitled because you think the C's are owed a championship lol
Yeah dude I am a long suffering Boston sports fan who has yet to witness any winning yet. I guess ill just have to wait and see if our 25 year old superstar can finally get us over the hump some day, then I might finally know what it feels like to see a parade go through Boston
must be the first time in history a team has made it close but still LOST with their best player out.
oh wait i just remembered, teams play without their best player all the time, and you have to deal with the L... sorry mate
bruh you spent 4 hours after the game seething on reddit and getting downvoted, the definition of cope seethe and salt
have a wonderful post loss Thursday
Lol. Your best player opted not to play against the Celtics. He didn’t even make the trip. Sat his bitch ass at home hugging his basketballs. Your reaction to my post says it all. Duck the Celtics like he ducks the nets lmao
This guy having flash backs of grant Williams sending his team home rofl. Hang on to that chip. Will the last of your lifetime. Giannis forcing a trade to LA after the Celtics send his ass to Cancun lmao
29-14 FTs.
Yall took more 3s. Soft whistles. The whole let them play bs far in your favor. We had 2 starters with 4 fouls. Yall didn't pick up a 5th foul internet 4th until 30 seconds left.
We have more free throws because you have multiple trash defenders in your lineup who cant guard.. We have elite defenders across the board who can get stops without fouling.
Nah, cmon now the Bucks got some whistles in their favor down the stretch too. That last foul by Malik was a bit soft, but also just dumb of him to do that in the first place imo.
I’m never doubting Dame even when everyone is shitting on him and calling him washed, but Giannis is the big dog on the Bucks, and defensively they lose very much without him.
Offense was not that big of an issue today, so many lost rebounds, and Giannis averages 11 in a season.
With Giannis, i dare to say Bucks would win this.
The crazy Three point shooting has really changed the game where leads don’t mean anything. Teams are regularly coming back from double digit deficits.
The Bucks can beat this team. I’m not saying they will win the series, but it’s not going to be a complete sweep of the East by Celtics like the media is making it out to be
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Celtics baited me into watching full 4 quarters again
Just a reminder, Scott Foster should be in prison.
It’s insane how he still is employed by the nba
I think I'm fairly confident in the Celtics match up, seems like despite their depth we're a bad match up from them. I think even if Jrue was playing Giannis playing seals this win.
A moral victory eh?
Bucks cant keep going down early if they want to win the series, they cant always play the catch up
just take the L
Bucks only losing by 3 without Giannis is a fat W, which is why you're mad lol
admitting that an L is W for you is not the flex you think LOL
This is hilarious because the Bucks actually have a recent ring, unlike Boston. Y'all are so mad that the Bucks matchup well against the Celtics lmao. Blew them out last game and almost won on the road without their best player tonight. No wonder you're all so bent out of shape 😂
Which column do moral victories go in?
In the column right next to the Bucks blowout win over the Celtics last game. If you guys can barely beat us without Giannis it's a wrap lol. Keep talking like your team has actually won anything recently though.
Celtics already beat the Bucks with Giannis this season
Won by 3 in the first month of the season, then got blown the fuck out by the Bucks in January. 135-102 lmao you should have piped down. Now you guys can barely beat the Bucks in Boston without Giannis. The cat's out of the bag man, Bucks are a nightmare matchup for the Celtics.
It was the second night of a back to back and the team had to travel from Boston to Milwaukee lmao how many times have the Bucks beat the Celtics in the playoffs? “Nightmare”
Wow they had to travel a whole two and half hours?! What's your excuse for barely beating the Bucks without Giannis? You guys act like the Celtics are the ones who won a recent championship and not the Bucks lmfao
How many times has Giannis beat Tatum in the playoffs? It’s a pretty easy question lol
“Moral victories is for minor league coaches”
That was way too close for comfort, but we managed to get our composure this time unlike with the Cavs game. Honestly that was probably the best case outcome as we can see more of what we can still work on.
Doris Burke is insufferable
legitimately can’t stand the sound of her voice
She adds no value. She used to actually be good but now she just says dumb shit in a way that sounds like it’s a groundbreaking take
Is it just me or do the Celtics and Bucks players seem really chummy?
Not going to lie, Celtics are a lot less annoying now grant Williams and smart aren't there
Bucks are a lot less annoying when Giannis isn't on the court and Jrue is wearing the better shade of green
I noticed that too, we need a blood feud
This game ended just like the first matchup did lol
Scriptwriters getting lazy
I was about to say this lol. Celtics winning and borderline dominating, then suddenly “wait, how is this close?”
FR, down to the fake comeback and and the useless 3 at the end lol
The game is 48 minutes long and the Celtics keep playing 44 minutes. Gotta close
Some of you Celtics fans are so insufferable! No need for the dumb comment. Y’all really better win it all this season, no fucking excuses this time
Why're you in your feeling about a harmless comment damn
And the Tatum drives and free throws to close it out
Isn't it considered disrespectful to shoot a shot instead of dribbling it out? Edit: spelling
If he had scored a little quicker, they could’ve played defense on the inbound and maybe Reggie Miller’d it.
Who cares about that soft ass shit 😂
Dame out here just stat padding
Not if you're the team that is down....
I mean if the game is over, it's over. But I guess if I'm thinking about the last time some team got annoyed by it, it was the winning team that took the shot so you right.
Should've just not given them any FTs at the end so they could've sat in their abysmal 4th quarter score
Dame looks miserable, come home
Y'all going to make the playoffs?
Most definitely
Hopefully it warms up in Milwaukee so he can come chill with me and the boys and eat cheese on the beach
That sounds quite lovely actually
I liked this better a few weeks ago when it looked like MKE were completely lost.
I like this better when it looks like they’re not completely lost
Kinda crazy how the Bucks-Celtics games have went this year. 1st Game - Bucks got blown out in the first half but came storming back in the 2nd half but still end up losing 2nd Game - Bucks blew them out by halftime 3rd Game - Close, but not close. Then close again but the Celtics do their thing and close it out
Kill me
A blowout obviously feels better but clawing back momentum at the end of this game is, to me, extremely encouraging given some of our 4th quarter history.
Playing Jeezy in Boston is crazy. They too white for that man. There was zero vibes Goin on smh
You're so uncultured and unaware lmao.
You didn't hear "Put On" at that final timeout? Hate to see it
You said there was no black ppl in Boston. Do research before you talk bro.
That’s chief keef you cracker
even if it was a foul by by Beasley by the strictest definition, why call a foul on such a meaningless contact and essentially end the game at the free throw line instead of letting the players play
They literally called a foul on less contact on the Porto’s and 1
Can’t help but feel like it was a makeup call for that Bobby and 1
Such an L finish for the neutrals
Okay this is embarrassing now. Let the game end I want to cuddle with my wife
awww this is so cute :')
Damn is Mazzulla contesting your cuddle or something?
win’s a win baby
Expected performance from Bucks. They played hard the entire game. Cs need to stop with this cruise control shit vs good teams. Cruise control works versus Washington, not so much vs playoff teams like the Bucks and Cavs. Tonight was almost a redux of the Cavs game. Gotta respect the opponent and can’t just mail the effort in during the 4th quarter.
Tbh they can afford to be in cruise control, they're not losing the 1st seed this year
The one seed hasn't done well in the playoffs for like the last decade so...
What do you want them to do? Lose on purpose? lol. They are good. Only a handful of teams can ply with them for the most part. They just obliterate the bad/mediocre teams.
I'm just saying take it with a grain of salt... the only time I actively root against another team is when they play mine. Enjoy the hoops.
Cs win by 4 and those 4 points came off soft calls at the end of the game.
Intentional fouls? Lol
Tatums drive and the entry pass on brown. Both non calls in any other game
Lol those the only 4 soft points all game? Or do only calls at end of games matter for narratives…the ones earlier don’t count
Those calls matter more in a close game with barely any time left And it clearly made a difference in the outcome of the game. Bucks lost by 1 shot.
Lol that’s such a loser mentally, maybe don’t go down 18 points going into the 3rd. You can’t act like it was some wire to wire nail-biter and a few outlier calls changed the outcome…don’t commit fouls and then cry that they are called.
U guys blew an 18 pt lead and when it got close the refs were the difference in the game, a bailout on tatum and brown. Thats even worse than if this was a nail biter game.
I hope you can recover for how those mean refs wronged you 😂 cry about it some more jfc
knicks fan
The refs were allowing a physical game tho then they call that weak ass foul at the end
You can’t rely on refs to swallow whistles on 50/50 calls. That’s a foul with all the eyes on you…sure some refs might let that go, but the foul knocked JB off balance and almost led to a steal, it wasn’t incidental tbh
Bucks are not relying on it tho refs allowed a physical game for most of it and they call a sudden soft foul, it wasnt even close to a steal lol. If anything its a ref inconsistency which was a factor aside from Bucks running out of gas at the end
Yeah, the refs were the determining factor…not putting yourselves in an 18 point hole that you had to fight back from. If you played better all game, you could have avoided using refs as an excuse at all…but alas, it’s the favorite pastime of losers, gotta blame someone!
Was still a 2point game tho, no need for that weak ass sarcastic shit you are trying to pull 💀 we dont need that, I just really pointed out that it was a weak inconsistent call at the end
And I’m pointing out it was a foul, don’t foul and then complain they didn’t let you get away with a foul. Blaming refs is the most played out thing ever, just focus on the million things that happened during the game that teams could control.
What some people are complaining is the consistency tho, its fair game to critic it IMO, you cant just say dont foul when the criteria is base on another persons professional judgement
Knicks fans think they’re our rivals. Let em have it. They also can’t count
Moral W for the bucks
you show me a good loser and I'll show you a loser .... Red Auerbach
moral victory for some people 🤷🤷
I mean yeah that’s what happens when you’re missing your MVP level player who’s been kinda carrying the entire roster for the whole season lmao
wahhhhhhh
Wahhhhhhhhh
and congrats to the hypothetical win
Thanks, very appreciated
Are you bothered because another fanbase might feel good about their team?
what are you talking about 😭😭😭😭 i am literally stating a fact that this will be a moral victory for some people
We still get one more game with these cats in a couple weeks... should be good. Also, I expect better finesse with the shit talk and less of a circlejerk... I mean it.
Don’t think many will play in that game
I think it’s like the last week of the season. I’d be surprised if anyone played from either team tbh.
If the Bucks are still fighting for the 2nd seed at that point, they're playing everybody.
Long way a way will most likely be decided by then
It's the 4th to last game of the season, which means we'd need to be 4 games ahead of third place for it to not matter. Right now we're not even 4 games ahead of fifth place, and the Cavs are just 1 game back.
Yeah and that's 10 games away lol a lot can happen in that time.
You said it most likely will be decided by then, when in reality that's extremely unlikely considering how many teams are within a few games of our record.
Correct, there is a good chance it will be. What you are pointing to is that we will lose more than we win to close out the season. I don't see that happening.
No, we don't have to lose more than we win. I think you're just confused about the math. Assuming we'll be 4+ games up on teams we're currently only 1 or 2 games ahead of is improbable. It's by far the greater likelihood that our seed won't be locked in 4 games before the end of the season.
I'm not but we shall see... RemindMe! 19 days
Fair. Cs have clinched the 1 seed at this point so they are probably gonna be heavy rest with guys down the stretch.
The Celtics have got to figure out something other than stand around for Tatum as a crunch time offense.
He was attacking a mismatch, but during other times y’all would double and he kicked it to the open man. Their crunch time offense was fine.
Just don't get why they flip a switch from what they were doing all game just to wait around and watch Tatum.
They only did that when Beasley was switched onto Tatum lol, but the 2 minutes before that there had been lots of ball movement.
Just imagine if you gave an experienced head coach like Michael Malone or Spo this roster man
Bailout, weak calls in the bonus?
Oh fucking please. There were weak calls on both ends down the line.
what weak calls.....are you talking about the other 10 moving picks by Lopez and Portis?
Jrue's face at whatever the fuck Bobby was sayin lol
Bucks can 4-2 the Celtics fully healthy I think 🤔
Bucks missing Giannis. Celtics missing 2 players :P
Both bucks games in Boston this season have been tight and the one bucks home game was a blowout. I definitely think the bucks can snag a road game in the playoffs if that matchup happens
I’m out here tryna troll Cs fans tho lmao it’ll be 7 game series imo
Celtics can 4-0 the healthy Bucks. I think
You'd think falling short in the Playoffs every year would temper your expectations, but I swear it's made y'all even more arrogant and entitled because you think the C's are owed a championship lol
Not at all ….I’m more worried about the Heat
Bucks were so weak in the paint without giannis
Tatum isn't winning MVP, Boston crowd. Chant that shit at White or Pritchard
Neither is Giannis
good job he has 2 already then innit
Damn, poor Giannis with his 2 MVPs and FMVP. Whatever will he do?
Not win MVP this year apparently
Who gives af? Giannis has all the trophies that Tatum can only dream of, bud
Giannis has everything he will ever win with that Bucks team already, bud
Could be. A Bucks championship was unfathomable to me growing up. He did that and more. You're awful confident in someone who's won nothing
Yeah dude I am a long suffering Boston sports fan who has yet to witness any winning yet. I guess ill just have to wait and see if our 25 year old superstar can finally get us over the hump some day, then I might finally know what it feels like to see a parade go through Boston
And I'm cool with that
Looks like your mvp is ducking the Celtics. Take the L
This reaction says so much lmao. You're mad the C's could barely handle the Bucks at home without their best player.
must be the first time in history a team has made it close but still LOST with their best player out. oh wait i just remembered, teams play without their best player all the time, and you have to deal with the L... sorry mate
You guys project so hard lol. Bucks fans happy and Celtics fans salty in this thread says it all.
bruh you spent 4 hours after the game seething on reddit and getting downvoted, the definition of cope seethe and salt have a wonderful post loss Thursday
You got on the next day still mad af and projecting harder than ever. Your insecurity is on full display lmao
Lol. Your best player opted not to play against the Celtics. He didn’t even make the trip. Sat his bitch ass at home hugging his basketballs. Your reaction to my post says it all. Duck the Celtics like he ducks the nets lmao
Holy shit you're even more angry than I thought 😂
Quack quack. You should take notes from giannis. You don’t want any part of the Celtics
Lmao you're seriously not coping well man. Bucks winning a ring in '21 broke some of y'all.
This guy having flash backs of grant Williams sending his team home rofl. Hang on to that chip. Will the last of your lifetime. Giannis forcing a trade to LA after the Celtics send his ass to Cancun lmao
This is literally all you have, your fantasies 😂
This guy believes Giannis gonna stay in his shit city until he retires LOL. Delusional
Expected L taken. See you fuckers in the future :)
Joke home whistle for Celtics. Just charming soft calls.
Refs brought you back into this game in the fourth... but you are going to latch onto 1 call to cry about that was a foul..
29-14 FTs. Yall took more 3s. Soft whistles. The whole let them play bs far in your favor. We had 2 starters with 4 fouls. Yall didn't pick up a 5th foul internet 4th until 30 seconds left.
We have more free throws because you have multiple trash defenders in your lineup who cant guard.. We have elite defenders across the board who can get stops without fouling.
Nah, cmon now the Bucks got some whistles in their favor down the stretch too. That last foul by Malik was a bit soft, but also just dumb of him to do that in the first place imo.
Im sorry you feel that way
valiant effort by the Bucks, especially without Giannis
Way too close for a game without Giannis.
wrong flair to be doubting Dame's ability to carry a sus team
I’m never doubting Dame even when everyone is shitting on him and calling him washed, but Giannis is the big dog on the Bucks, and defensively they lose very much without him. Offense was not that big of an issue today, so many lost rebounds, and Giannis averages 11 in a season. With Giannis, i dare to say Bucks would win this.
Honestly expected the game to be as close as it is now from the beginning, was surprised by the 20 point steamroll, this makes way more sense
The crazy Three point shooting has really changed the game where leads don’t mean anything. Teams are regularly coming back from double digit deficits.
The Bucks can beat this team. I’m not saying they will win the series, but it’s not going to be a complete sweep of the East by Celtics like the media is making it out to be
the ESPN Celtics lol
lol no one is saying the Celtics will sweep the East, don’t make strawman arguments. You guys are the 2 seed, I’d hope you could make it a series
Take my upvote. GG, see you in the finals. Could you kindly take care of the Heat for us though?
We want the heat
The classic win that feels like a loss
They getting dick slapped by Jokic though
The Bucks blew the Nuggets out last time the played. They probably match up with them better than anyone in the East.
I was talking about celtics
I don't think anybody thinks they will 4-0 everybody in the east lol.
Doris Burke seems to
I think the Celtics having it easy to the Finals doesn't mean sweep, but I can see the Celtics not having a 7 game series against anyone in the east.
You would be suprised
No one wanted to tell JB about that screen?
Yo for real shitty teammate move
Bucks were 5-0 without Giannis Nice seeing us beating them comfortable without Giannis. Says a lot.
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Tbf this was classic celtics
I respect the fact that you guys won this game, but this is some nonsense right here.
Just allowing himself to sleep better tonight that's all 🤣
I was obviously fishing here. My mistake not putting /s Lmao
Yeah I'm too stupid to pick up on that without the /s apparently.
Nah, people really do say some stupid shit in game threads and are 100% serious. So you never really know
I wouldn’t really call that 4th Q “comfortable” if I were you
That was classic celtics. Used to it.
Comfortable? Lmao
That was comfortable to you?
This is some crazy coping, props to you 🤣
lol Lillard
Ngl I thought they had us. This had all the pieces of a 2023 Celtics collapse, including JB missing clutch FTs late. gg see you in the playoffs.
If we don't get eliminated by some young energetic team like the pacers or the dreaded heat.