msudaisy26
Footballguy
It wasn't just Embiid though other than Curry and Harris everyone was pretty bad. The Hawks missed at least 6 layups.
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2020-21 NBA *Playoffs* Thread: Bucks are the champs and you can take that to the bank bromigos (12 Viewers)
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need2know
Footballguy
Leeroy Jenkins
Footballguy
I missed the game. How did they blow it? Was Embiid just shooting outside shots all night?!
msudaisy26
Footballguy
Everyone went cold second half. Embiid looked like he was hurting and frustrated. I would say most of his shots in the 2nd half were inside 15 feet.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I think the now 3 game series between the Hawks and Sixers will mostly come down to Embiid's health. He didn't look good in game 4 but dominated the Hawks the first 3 games. They don't have any answer for him but if he's the Embiid of game 4 the Hawks have a chance.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
These playoffs are about as crazy as I can remember - of the 7 teams left I think a very legitimate case can be made for 6 of the 7 to win it all (Hawks are the one who aren't realistic, IMO). I don't know if I can ever recall that being the case in the NBA.
need2know
Footballguy
need2know
Footballguy
So strange. Embiid looked amazing second qtr when he returned from the locker room.
gruecd
Footballguy
gruecd
Footballguy
If the Bucks somehow manage to not win tonight, then:
(a) they don't even deserve to play game 6/7
(b) Bud should be fired
PJ will continue to guard Durant, but they can now send immediate double-teams. And as great as Durant is as a scorer, he's not the type of guy who makes his teammates better. He's not a playmaker like Kyrie and Harden. He'll take 30+ shots and score 30+ points. Just can't let some clown like Jeff Green or Landry Shamet go off for 20.
Insein
Footballguy
Whole team went into this funk. Including Doc. Embiid started struggling in the 3rd and Doc made no adjustments for it. Didn't try to get the 3 pt game going at all. They kept running the offense through Embiid who was slow on passes back when he was double teamed and settled for outside shots instead of working down low.
No one tried to draw fouls either. I think they got the Hawks 5th team foul in the 4th with only 4 minutes left and then I don't remember them getting any FTs that weren't shooting after that.
It wasn't like the Hawks were on fire either. Sixers completely blew this one.
Deranged Hermit
Not cool & Pissed
I'm not a NBA fan at all. I watched the game last night and I was shocked at how cold both team were.
Embed was obviously hurting. He couldn't drive to the basket and, when he tried, it was very off balanced. Dude had no business playing that last quarter.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
5 of the 8 franchises have never won a title, and of the others most recent was 1983. One needs to be over 40 to remember any of them.
modogg
Footballguy
i would say less that they went cold, it was more the whole offense went stangant. no passing, or moving around like the 1st half. Doc called it on his press conf. that everyone was looking to go too much hero ball.
Really think it may have to do with Embiid, and when he left to the lockerroom. team just seemed flat in the 2nd half. hopefully just a bump in the road, i expect them to be better on Wednesday.
Reminds me of their loss in the 1st series. Sixers should have really swept this Atl series already, just never should have had Green guard Trae in 1st game, and the whole team went kind of belly up 2nd half of Game 4.
mr. furley
Footballguy
if you're a playoff team with title aspirations and the words "run the offense through Seth Curry" come out of the coach's mouth you should just crumple up the season and throw it away
mr. furley
Footballguy
because it's how the NBA mysteriously works
"league has to clean up the rough play"... in game 5... of this 2nd round playoff series.... because it's an urgent problem.
i'd even wager Tucker gets his third early in the 2nd and 4th right after half.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
identikit
Footballguy
That does sound ridiculous doesn't it. LOL
I think Sixers would have won if they got him some more looks/shots last night.
He's one of the 'other guys' except that he was stepping up.
mr. furley
Footballguy
lol, yeah. he might have been hot, but as the 4th/5th option he should be getting good looks and knocking them down.
Embiid being on one leg just killed them and no one else could get control of the game. who was attacking the basket? the only player anywhere near the hoop in the 4th was Embiid. everyone else was floating and watching.
4th quarter
Tobias: 0 - 2
Embiid: 0 - 5
Simmons: 0 - 0 (
)Curry: 0 - 1
Korkmaz: 1 - 2
Howard: 1 - 1
Milton: 2 - 4
Hill: 0 - 1
gross
AAABatteries
Footballguy
I don’t know how good a 3 point shooter Milton is but he was WIDE open and I don’t see how you could have blamed him for taking that shot. As a Hawks fan I was much happier seeing a double pump 3 from Curry even though he almost made it.
mr. furley
Footballguy
yeah, total mystery why Embiid on 1 leg is the focal point of the offense when it was clear the pain/injury took his aggression and confidence.identikit said:
i guess hope was he'd get fouled and/or Atlanta would commit resources to stopping him and Embiid would find open shooters?? but it felt a lot like everyone was just standing there watching him when he did have the ball.
caustic
Footballguy
Duncan and Leroux, who are pretty neutral parties, have both commented multiple times on how many fouls PJ Tucker has gotten away with this series (Duncan compared it to NFL offensive linemen who hold on every play). I don’t think it would be a huge conspiracy if he got into early foul trouble at some point during the next few games. 
identikit
Footballguy
Even if he had missed, there might have been enough time for a possible second chance.
mr. furley
Footballguy
conspiracy? no.Duncan and Leroux, who are pretty neutral parties, have both commented multiple times on how many fouls PJ Tucker has gotten away with this series (Duncan compared it to NFL offensive linemen who hold on every play). I don’t think it would be a huge conspiracy if he got into early foul trouble at some point during the next few games.
a change from how the series has been called to this point? yes.
there's no doubt that NBA execs hear the chatter from fans, coaches, players, etc. and discuss with game officials, coaches, players their expectations going forward.
it's certainly not going to be some complex network of mysterious circumstances leading to an unforseen outcome.. more like "hey guys, we've been watching these games and the physicality is getting to be a bit over the top. we're going to be watching it more closely in game 5."
followed by quick whistles to set the tone.
that's the simplest way to accomplish reducing the physicality and if Tucker, who has been targeted as "getting away with too much" happens to get whistled a couple three times early... well... he should expect it because he was warned. and if those fouls happen to be called when he's guarding Durant, well that's just purely coincidental.
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
didnt watch, but i'm sure the Sixers missed the deep offensive focus that Danny Green provides
identikit
Footballguy
wikkidpissah
Footballguy
now, if i can just resist the sterling versatility and Trae-Young-meets-Jose-Jalapeno good looks of Landry Shamet in his expanded role with the Nets, i think i can beat this thing!
identikit
Footballguy
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
modogg
Footballguy
Doc said in his post conference that both Seth and Korkmaz should have got another 10 or 11 shots up. I think it was a lot less on Doc, and more on the Sixers on the court who weren't passing and finding open guys. Not sure what happened, but this game was very similar to that game 4 of the Wizards series.identikit said:
SWC
Bromigo
maybe they dont like seth curry and they were not passing to him to make him feel bad about himself as a form of on court bullying and if so the whole sixers team should be held to account by the league since we live in a time where bullying is not accepted and i will not stand for it take that to the bank bromigos
msudaisy26
Footballguy
WowI don't have a good feeling about this...
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Nets‘ James Harden plans to play tonight in Game 5 vs. Milwaukee barring a setback in pregame warmups, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s been upgraded to questionable.
12:11 PM · Jun 15, 2021
If there's anything fantasy football has taught us, it's that rushing back early from a hamstring injury always works out well . . .I don't have a good feeling about this...
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Nets‘ James Harden plans to play tonight in Game 5 vs. Milwaukee barring a setback in pregame warmups, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s been upgraded to questionable.
12:11 PM · Jun 15, 2021
trader jake
Footballguy
Time for Bud to go Galaxy Brain and put Middleton on Durant and mix in double teams to start the game.mr. furley said:
You joke, but taking him off the court adds one more questionable shooter or a subpar defender to the Sixers lineup...making it easier to double Embiid.
I wonder if Harden's defense will be up to his normal standards?
mr. furley
Footballguy
on today's Lowe Post podcast, Lowe says he wouldn't be surprised to see Tucker get his 3rd foul by the 6 minute mark.gruecd said:
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
Fully expected this the minute that Kyrie went down in game 4.I don't have a good feeling about this...
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Nets‘ James Harden plans to play tonight in Game 5 vs. Milwaukee barring a setback in pregame warmups, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. He’s been upgraded to questionable.
12:11 PM · Jun 15, 2021
msudaisy26
Footballguy
8:30 pm start for an east coast 2nd round game? How weak. Some of us have to sleep.
identikit
Footballguy
Dr. Octopus
Footballguy
They’re eating donuts on the pregame show. Insightful.
identikit
Footballguy
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