I mean not having your All-Star, All-Defense and All-NBA player for the entire series explains a lot...

The guy that shut Tatum down for a living this season, yet when he wasn't out there for that series we watched Tatum go ham.

This post was edited by Sixers on Nov 5 2020 12:57pm

Why are the 76ers excused for Simmons' injury but the Bucks are not with Giannis getting injured?

The 76ers had a horrible away record, no team in the history of the NBA was successful in the post-season with a sub-par away record

Giannis getting injured?

sprained right ankle game 4 - Bucks win in OT after he put up 19/4 in 11 minutes then had to exit the game and miss game 5

rolled his ankle at first in game 2 and then had another problem with his ankle in game 3

He played 35+ minutes in each of the first 3 games, and Milwaukee lost all of them...

-14 in game 1
-7 in game 2
-13 in game 3

Milwaukee quit after that lol

This post was edited by Sixers on Nov 5 2020 01:12pm

Multiple players on the team felt that BLM was more important than basketball, huge conflict of interests and divided locker room plus the B2B MVP going through injury in game 2

Game 2 was decided on a pair of free throws, only the 2nd game in NBA playoff history where the game ended with free throws and 0.0 time

First time in NBA history that the #1 overall seed didn't get a single home court game and in fact had to play a full series away, the Heat were comfortable there as underdogs, no hostile territory, and playing in their home state

The Heat were 15-22 away, it's extremely disingenuous to act like the bubble did not greatly benefit them

This post was edited by Giannis on Nov 5 2020 01:18pm

Just because the bubble was in Orlando means it's a home game for Miami. There are no fans, it's just a neutral court. If the Bucks only hope is home court and the other eastern conference teams getting worse then that's hardly a championship caliber team. Lakers certainly had no problem with a Neutral court.

2019 - Lose 4 straight to Raptors=Smoked
2020 - Lose in 5 to Heat=Smoked

If they just run it back next season they will just get smoked again, maybe the Celtics this time around, you know a team that will probably make a move to improve their roster. Bucks need to make a move,

This post was edited by Trust100Percent on Nov 5 2020 02:28pm

24 years old and 25 years old MVP. The team is built around Giannis and he even had a considerable improvement from 2019 to 2020 except the free throw shooting regression, his 3 was much better.

The Warriors didn’t make major roster changes from the season prior to winning their first title. The Spurs didn’t make major roster changes from the season prior to winning their first title with Duncan. The Heat didn’t make major roster changes after they were embarrassed by the Mavericks. Historically, what you’re saying doesn’t check out.

Those teams all had developing or established HoF players alongside their MVP. Middleton and Lopez do not compare.

Tony Parker is better than Khris Middleton?

What about the 2011 Mavericks?

What about the 2006 Heat?

What about the 2004 Pistons?

Klay Thompson and Khris Middleton had almost identical production if you compare their 2014-15 and 2019-20 seasons respectively

Middleton had 1 less PPG on better FG%, less MPG, better assist:turnover ratio, and better free throw shooting

This post was edited by Giannis on Nov 5 2020 03:28pm