Game 1 of the ECF. Raps @ Bucks. Wednesday May 15th 8:30pm on Sportsnet and TNT

[The Great One]

As I said before, if Kawhi leaves, then they have to move Siakam. SELL HIGH. Siakam is not that dude.

[sanyo]

Starters playing 40 min and Giannis played 37. Holy fuck nothing from our bench. They are all exhausted by 4th.

yep and why we lost... bucks were more rested, our guys were riding

I mentioned this several times on the board.. GOTTA REST YOUR STARTERS MORE

Bring in Powell, take out whomever... take out Powell and bring FVV and take out another starter.

We cant ride the bench together so we gotta do it this way

[Zak24gege]

That was our game to win and guess what happens? Nurse starts 4Q with bench and we lose 7 point lead. Kyle brings the team back to 2 point lead. Then Gasol misses, Green turnover, another Gasol miss. Kawhi turnover, Green brick, Kyle miss, Gasol miss. Terrible 4Q from everyone but Kyle.

[sanyo]

He is a natural 3. Could give Kawhi a few more minutes off. Danny and Norm can't play at the 3 for too long.

I would experiment with Siakam at 3 a little more so Kawhi can rest...

[sanyo]

As I said before, if Kawhi leaves, then they have to move Siakam. SELL HIGH. Siakam is not that dude.

he needs to add size.. he's too damn skinny.. if he adds size he could push around some guys... but he's so fucking tiny he has to do his spin moves or else he cant get inside...

[A.I]

I would experiment with Siakam at 3 a little more so Kawhi can rest...

Problem is if Siakam is at the 3, Ibaka is at the 4 and Gasol at the 5, that means Siakam and Gasol have to play extra minutes.

[Raptor Jesus]

Not caught up, just had to say; we need to forget this one. 7 game series. Kloe is ready, Kawhi will be better, and maybe FVV gets lost in the Wisconsin wilderness. Lets get game 2

[The Claw Reborn]

Someone should plaster the stats of his three guard line up on his forehead and let him swallow all of the zeros of his midget Van Vleet

[A.I]

If (hopefully) Kyle can keep his shooting up this series, I like our chances to win every game.

[Rudy Bargnani]

Milwaukee was 11 for 44 from 3. That will likely improve

[sanyo]

Problem is if Siakam is at the 3, Ibaka is at the 4 and Gasol at the 5, that means Siakam and Gasol have to play extra minutes.

Even if its 3-4 mins its fine... Ibaka only played 17 mins... when Lopez comes off, thats when you take out Gasol. Lopez played 34 mins, Gasol 39... so Ibaka can pick up mins there...

[The Great One]

yep and why we lost... bucks were more rested, our guys were riding

I mentioned this several times on the board.. GOTTA REST YOUR STARTERS MORE

Bring in Powell, take out whomever... take out Powell and bring FVV and take out another starter.

We cant ride the bench together so we gotta do it this way

Agreed, but those 2 need to make shots. FVV missed a bunch of open looks, and Powell missed a crucial layup early in the 4th.

I don't trust either guys.

[The Great One]

Also, Kawhi shouldn't be playing the entire 1st and 3rd quarter. It's not a fucking elimination game. Dude ran out of gas in the 4th.

[planetmars]

Fun game even though we lost.. You can see Kawhi being dog tired out there.. wasn't really fighting to get the ball.. careless turnovers. Despite scoring 31 points he looked off. Siakam shot too many times. He needs to practice that corner 3 again.. way too many misses.

Kyle was awesome. Sucked we lost a KLOE game. For those that are saying it won't return.. I don't think that's true. Lowry was in a zone and I think that can continue. He's good as an underdog. And we're down 0-1 as well now.

Green was a +5 which is weird.. but he and Gasol lost us this game. Or were responsible for the loss in the 4th anyway. Green's mistakes were obvious. The turnover by Middleton. The foul on Bledsoe with no time left on the clock. The miss 3. The errant rebound. Just not polished at all.

Gasol couldn't defend Lopez which was weird.. I think Lopez just got hot early and it got his juices flowing. This has to be a one off for him. Great game for him, but I really don't think its sustainable. Remember DJ Augustin went off in game 1 against the Magic and was basically useless the rest of that series. We just need to adjust. But Marc needs to shoot with more confidence. Missed that easy mid range bunny from Lowry that could have kept us in the game. I like that he took some 3's though. Just needs to get confident.

Should have won.. up 11 after 1, 8 after 2, 7 after 3... Some adjustments are needed. Maybe too much Fred. Not enough rest for Kawhi in the 3rd. The first game in a series is tough since you have to figure each team out and what they'll do. I don't think we'll see FVV/Lowry again.. or at least not have as long a rope.

Norm missing that dunk/layup was such a momentum killer too. Fuck Norm!

I'm optimistic.. would have been cool to win this one now and get that out of the way but I'm still seeing Raps in 6 or 7.. more confident now than I was before the game started.

Now the Bucks were on a long rest and maybe we should have gotten this one now. But we did a lot of things right and for Bud its harder to adjust when you win than if you lose.. and so I don't see Bud doing anything different for game 2.. yet I see some changes for Nurse and the Raps.

[MixxAOR]

Masai needs to know to not give Pascal that max contract. That would cripple Raps. He's great in regular season but he's not max contract guy