2021 NBA playoffs thread

The Journey of officiating crews tonight

 

Is Chris Paul in this game or is he hanging with Jake?

 

Can you answer this @Jake from State Farm?

 

It’s shit like not calling a foul on Booker there that make people think the NBA is fixed. I don’t subscribe, but, damn, be better.

 

Who greaced Chris Paul's skids there?

 

And Holiday totally carried the ball after Chris Paul broke his hip and lost the handle

 

Officiating is really doing an amazing job down the stretch. Jaysus.

 

How’s your boy doing?

 

Thoughts:
* Refs absolutely sucked. Booker brain farts, takes his sixth foul, and they don't call it. Just brutal. Booker was on tilt after picking up his fifth foul and Monty was right to take him out, because he would have quickly picked up his sixth.
* Chris Paul sucked out loud last night. If he plays like that again the series is over. The Suns are not good enough to win with Booker alone. I wonder how much that hand is bugging him because he wanted nothing to do with the ball at the end of the game when the Suns needed him to take control.
* Bucks have done a nice job of taking away Ayton's offense in the last two games. He's not having an easy time getting catches in the post like he did in the first two games.
* Impressed with Middleton's ability to score with very little space.
* Stating the obvious but the Suns cannot win the series without winning Game 5. I also don't think it's impossible for the Bucks to win a Game 7 in Phoenix. All of the pressure is on Phoenix Saturday.

 

That crew was awful. If that's the best the league has, holy shit...

Booker was losing his mind last night, and to the point that his terrific performance almost wasn't fun to watch. He was nearly begging to get T'd up on several occasions.

Middleton always takes some very tough shots. The biggest difference between good Middleton and bad Middleton is if they go in. Not sure if he can do that two games in a row.

If it makes you feel any better, there's a good chance that Holiday can be just as bad in Game 5 as he was last night.

 

I'm actually not terribly concerned, unless Paul really is hurt. The Suns played pretty shittily last night, outside of Book's scoring bursts, and had a chance to win on the road. The three days rest is awful for the flow of the series but probably for the best for the Suns. They can win with Paul at 60 or 70 percent but not at whatever dogshit percent he was at last night. Just throwing the ball away at times and in the fourth quarter, standing in the corner letting Cam Payne run the offense. The hell was that?

 

This was pretty good
I’d like to know how Giannis’ knee is