[Post Game Thread] The Milwaukee Bucks (1-0) defeat the Philadelphia 76ers, 118-117.
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I'm just some random casual but linking to an external box score sucks
can we vote not to allow that shit, because it is shit
u/Turbo2x you won the karma war, can you update that at least afterwards... ?
Karma aint gonna farm themselves here
Knicks sub has a box score.
Don't understand why the MAIN nba sub doesn't.
$eem$ like people getting PAID to post espn or nba box scores.
Its horrible.
Does anyone know how to untrade a player?
Nah man, if you love him, you need to let him go.
Dame on the blazers was a caged beast, shackled to a dysfunctional organization that hasn't had a true owner for what, 5 years now?
Dame put in the time here. Now's when he gets his ring.
I agree with all this. That doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.
Haven’t had more fun watching him play in a while.
Excited to see what the Blazers can put together over the next 2-3 years, but so happy to watch a guy I’ve ceaselessly rooted for actually be surrounded by a team that will reward his performance.
Ctrl+Z
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no takesies backsies
But…what if we don’t want to
it's the lemon law. we have a few games where we can cancel the trade
Methinks Dame Time is CST now
The Midwest needs a win this time of year.
Dame will keep us warm inside
CDT
Dame is really on the Bucks
Giannis finally got his shooter
on the last Dame 3, you see Giannis start to skip a bit once he sees the ball swish.
Happy Greek noises
The amount of times Giannis trusted a guy to make a clutch 3 and they just brick when being wide open, while Dame can make it regardless of any situation is ecstasy
Lol I chuckled when I saw that. Got that swag in him when the ball swished through.
There are shooters Giannis can get, and then there are SHOOTER
Underselling Dame a bit there
Maxey 31/8 is all that matters.
Team just needs to lock in after the trade is done, until joel gets injured in the first round were good
If Embiid gets injured don't worry, BBall Paul gonna carry you to the 2nd round to get his contract guaranteed.
Very hot take, bucks fan here but I fear him more than Embid. He’s always giving it his all and continually improves
The whole game I was tracking Maxey.
He was lighting us up.
Maxey is the type of guy who killed us the past couple of years, even with Jrue. Thats why Im not as concerned about the potential "drop off" defensively. If were going to get into three point contests every night anyway, Id rather go in with Dame than Jrue and just try to outscore them
Well ya cause Embiid is being defended by good defenders like Brook and giannis while Maxey can just blow by dame at will
Maybe its because I don't follow the 76ers, but Maxey always seems electric and torches us. Idk why he isn't talked about more often (maybe he is idk).
Cannot lie, I do like Maxey. Looks like he always leaves everything on the court from what I’ve seen. Prefer him a hell of a lot more to Embiid, ngl. Hope he does well
That Lillard guy is good. I wish he was on my team
I reckon if the your team had Dame they would build around him properly and build a dynasty
Nah, we'd surround him with mediocre players like Meyers Leonard so that Dame can learn to hard carry the team
Little did you know that you were, in fact, the Rock Lee leg weights that Dame needed to wear for his whole career up to this point to be prepared to harness his inner gates and wreak havoc upon the league with a real ninja tea- I mean, basketball team.
Uhh... does that make Jokic insane Gara who goes berserk and shatter's Lee/Dame's leg?
The biggest shame in recent NBA is no Sixers/bucks playoff matchups. They always play intense close games
Losing by 1 to Dame and Giannis without Harden is way better than I expected but damn that was a fucking mess.
Officiating was truly nasty regardless of who you think it benefited. Embiid alternating between masterclass and disasterclass every 5 minutes.
At least Kelly Oubre Jr is a stud
Edit: also, we cannot forget that Embiid starts every October with a couple weeks of terrorism ball. Every single year. Don’t fall for it again
You are at stage 1 of the Kelly oubre rollercoaster…..
kelly oubre is swaggyP 2.0
This will surely age well 😂
We can change himTM
Yeah he went 9/11. How often is he going to do that?
never again.
He did it about ten times a year for us. He is a good player who a good coaching staff can get value out of. The only team he was truly abysmal for was the warriors.
It’s the Oubre cycle. One of these games then he chucks the next 5-10 games and is generally terrible.
This is straight up delusional. Shooting 9/11 (82%) for 27 points 10 times per year is something an elite player does, and it might be a feat that I wouldn’t be surprised if he never achieved (well, until tonight). Oubre had 2 30+ and 22 20+ points last season. His best shooting night amongst those was 11/17 FG and 5/5 FT for 28 points.
In 12 out of those 24 games he shot below 50% and he shot over 60% only twice (65% is season high among 20+ points games).
His highest TS over a season is 56%. His TS last year was similar to TS on Warriors (53%). He usually hovers around 54/55%, which at the beginning of his career was around league average but now is few percentages below. He is not an elite role player.
You think he was abysmal only for Warriors because that’s where the expectations were highest, so people noticed how bad he is. Other teams were terrible teams and he wasn’t a bright spot either, but no one cared about those Phoenix/Washington teams and especially Hornets teams.
This type of performance from Kelly has a 3 game cooldown. They just don't know smh.
“Oubre, wide open in the corner…and he stepped out of bounds.”
And now they're saying he was meant to be on the bench the whole time
Yeah. He had two braindead plays in the 4th, the illegal screen and fouling Dame on the 3.
And he’s replacing Georges Niang or Jalen McDaniels.
Illegal screen was a flop to be fair
I was so shocked to see him playing so well. 76ers fans are in for a surprise.
This is just the first phase of the Kelly Oubre cycle. Big Tsunami Papi game that gets your hopes up, then like 5 games of the lowest IQ basketball you’ve ever seen.
Nah don't worry, I commented in the game thread after he drained a moronic deep three that he's going to be the fucking worst when he misses those. Nick Nurse pls slap some sense into him
Yeah, this was just a messy, ugly game all the way around. The fouls and reffing are the one most people are going to harp on, but even taking them out of the equation, it looked like the first game of the season. Bad turnovers, miscommunications on both teams, etc.
Not too worrisome either way. The regular season's a marathon, not a sprint, after all, and both teams are more than good enough to where these early games really don't especially matter much outside of just getting in the groove again.
GG
gg go next
Fuck boston
I think they said during the broadcast that he had one point in 18 minutes towards the end of the game so this is definitely an understatement
Tbf he had sat for half that
That two possession sequence where Embiid ends up playing volleyball and giving up a Crowder 3 - just arg. Frustrating decision making.
anyone who thought the sixers would suck are morons
Sixers during the Simmons sitout were 51-31 tied with Bucks and Celtics and now we have a coach
That was my biggest takeway from the 6ers honestly. Nurse is a great coach.
We didn't expect you to suck we just want you to lose. It's more entertaining drama wise.
im referring more to sixers fans tbh. a lotta doom
Yeah we know fuck r/NBA
the sub was and is so miserable lmao
Didn’t think you guys would suck but people have been insufferable about how the bucks would just steamrolll the league and beat everyone by 40 lol
really appreciate y’all pumping the brakes on the “let’s give the bucks the championship now and save ourselves the trouble” express that I’ve been dying to get off for a month now lol
It’s pretty impressive for you guys to only lose by 1 (and I think y’all were robbed honestly) at an away game without harden. Makes the Bucks look a bit more mortal.
Man y'all shot so well. Oubre 27 points on over 80% shooting is nutty. 4 players over 20 points. Just all around great team play. I'm kinda surprised Bucks pulled this out. I felt like everyone not named Dame was having an off night.
Watching several games the last few days, there are a decent number of new and inexperienced refs.
Something tells me we're going to have some bad calls throughout the season.
He's streaky. He has great games than really really bad games. It sucks that the 76ers wasted one of his great games
Ask Warriors or Wizards fans, Kelly Oubre is the true basketball terrorist
Dame had as many free throws as Embiid and Giannis combined.
Big movement in the free throw market in this young season.
The balance of power in the free throw wars has shifted toward the Bucks in this particular match-up.
Disgusting game from the refs. I feel for y’all
Thoughts on this game from an excited but slightly apprehensive Bucks fan:
Dame is fucking amazing. Seriously, a complete legend, one of the best and most clutch offensive players of all time. I knew this already, of course, but it just hits differently seeing him do it for your team. especially when your team’s biggest weakness is FT shooting and be goes 17/17 in a one point win. Absolutely NO way we win this game with last year’s roster
defense was fairly solid, they made a fuck ton of 3s but a lot of them were very deep and some of them were contested, I don’t expect a team to make those shots from deep at such a high clip on the regular
Giannis was so bad.. so fucking bad. It’s very clear that it’s not Dame that needs to develop chemistry so much as it’s Giannis who needs to understand how to effectively function as the second option on offense and not bring the ball up the court every possession. His defense was solid tho
thought we made some solid adjustments on defense and some good subs at pivotal moments, but I am starting to think think our previous 4th quarter stagnant offense is not necessarily a Bud problem as much as it is a Giannis-initiating-the-offense problem. That fits half of the 4th quarter looked eerily familiar until Giannis got subbed out for a bit. He really needs to figure out how to function off ball better
Nick Nurse is a hell of a good coach and you can see how he coached the 76ers to outplaying their potential here, especially on the defensive end and against Giannis. There will be many nights against lesser teams, lesser defenses, and lesser coaches that Gianni’s will absolutely go off
Giannis is rusty and needs to get back into the flow of things, he will absolutely do better
Middleton barely played but looked very good while out there. Whole team will level up when he’s at full speed
Brook was great
Beasley and Beauchamo looked spry defensively
Fuck Kelly Oubre that is all
It's insane that the Sixers were able to keep it close and that Giannis travel ended up being a gamechanging call lol.
So the non Giannis travel called turning to a Dame 3 was kinda a big one
Yeah that was incredibly questionable, they said it was ok because he lost it lol
Still a walk lmao, ridiculous
One of the most preposterous things I’ve ever heard lol
The ball just slipped out 🤪
Same vibes as "hot stove contact"
Giannis had 9 lives to foul out the fucking game.
That game was stupid lol. Ref ball.
Yeah not being able to foul out when he continues playing the same way that got him to 5 fouls is kind of a superpower he has.
The Giannis special
Nah it clearly “slipped” out of his hands. Totally legit and normal call!
Natural slipping motion
https://i.imgur.com/5Hkwf3j.jpg
I think players should start lobbying the official scorer after they miss FGAs - “bruh that wasn’t a missed shot it just slipped out in the direction of the basket!”
"ok, soooo turnover then" "hold on, on second thought, maybe lets just leave it"
Marginally slipped..bucks ball
Can't feel bad at this loss, if literally the most obvious call of the game gets made, we win
Adam Silver called game
Or if embiid throws up one fewer brick
Eh, not gonna go down that rabbit hole because Giannis also put up a ton of bad shots, neither really played like an MVP this game (Dame did tho). But the missed call was objectively obvious and changed the game regardless of Giannis or Embiid making one or two better decisions.
Embiid also ALWAYS starts off slow, I kinda expected this. He will average 35 in december and january again i'm sure though.
The NBA account tweeted the entire play as if it was a highlight and not the most obvious travel call of all time. How refs can have zero repercussions, especially with gambling legalized, is beyond me. They control the entire game.
Also the non-charge call on the coach’s challenge to save Giannis from his 5th foul, giving the Bucks 2pts. Overall very fun, enjoyable game, though. Love what I saw from this new Bucks super team and our guys
I thought the offensive foul on Oubre was pretty awful too.
Arguably worst call of the night. You literally saw in the replay the Asian ref on that side five feet away shaking his head like nah that’s a dive and then the same fucking ref who had done it all game came from the other side of the court to make the whistle. Like he literally could not have seen the play.
Bro the NBA is so attached to its revenue model of not beating the nfl in ratings but dominating in storylines and social media. I don’t trust it anymore.
I feel like it is early in the season so people aren’t talking about it. But Sixers got straight up robbed bro.
Minutes 7-3 left (awfully strategic) there were like four really impactful and terrible calls.
Shout out to SVG for calling that out. So many national tv announcers are afraid to speak up.
So was the "marginal" contact on Embiid's arms as he was shooting
NBA really really wanted to have a headline tomorrow about Dame's epic debut. They didn't even try to hide it this game lol
I mean the bucks defend the last play different if it's a 1 point game.
Obviously it was a bad call but it's impossible to know how the game plays out either way if the call was called correctly
Marginal
Marginal ball slipping
Who needs Harden we got Kelly “Stupid Sexy Shootin” Oubre😎
Refs have too much control over the game
Basketballs biggest flaw is how vague the criteria for a foul is
"Marginal contact" and "ball slipped out of the hands" are some terrible refball calls. If there was a consistent standard on how these replays/challenges and calls were made, fine, go wild essentially retconning the game but that was a bit much.
Really hope this doesnt set a precedent for the season.
While this is very true, sometimes you have to fight through the bad calls.
There was a long stretch in the fourth where Embiid played like absolute dogshit, and you just aren’t going to win games against elite teams when your best player is making bad play after bad play.
Kudos to the Sixers for actually hanging in there till the end.
This game was a quintessential example of the philosophy of "The *insert sports league name here* isn't rigged, but they do a REALLY bad job of showing that they aren't."
Hmmm but the NBA was rigged though. Donaghy is all we can prove.
Don’t know if today was just incompetence.
Today felt pretty incompetent, there’d be no calls for 5 minutes and then a call every possession on both ends of the court for 1. Rinse and repeat. It felt like they knew they weren’t calling stuff so they just started calling something every play, then felt like they were calling too much and over corrected back to nothing.
I prefer not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble.
If I speak what’s on my mind I’ll be suspended 5 months
I have nussing to say.
Game just slipped through Philly’s hands.
Marginally
Considering I thought they would be blown out I am happy with this outcome.
Making a Celtics fan feel bad for Sixers and Embiid...the refs were basketball terrorists near the end of the 4th.
It was messy but I was having a LOT of fun watching the game until about 3m left. Then I started feeling a lot of familiar feelings.
Horrible ass game but I'll take it
Atrocious job by the referees in the 4th quarter. Got me cheering for Philadelphia for the first time in my life
64 free throws this game, refball is ridiculous
Sixers got completely hosed by the refs down the stretch.
Incredibly inconsistent calls between the no-call challenge overturn on the Giannis charge on Tucker, the missed Giannis airball travel, Harris foul on Giannis' drive, followed by overturning the Lopez foul on Embiid's drive, the Crowder flop on Oubre, and then the phantom 3 point foul on Oubre, and then calling a bailout foul on Dame to end it.
Absolutely crazy the Sixers lost by just 1 after that abysmal sequence of refereeing. Bucks did not deserve this win.
I mean it's true but realistically we could've won it by just playing a bit cleaner and there were some questionable calls against y'all. This game doesn't really mean much because Giannis and embiid were both kind of dog I'm sure once they are both playing better y'all will be winning by double digits 😭
The crowder flop I want to say was egregious cos I seen less be called flops in other games . But Jesus you listed it what awful reffing . League wanted a big dame win I guess.
There were a bunch of wrong calls on Dame as well which were 4 point plays
What a big marginal win for the bucks, gg
Dame and my boys in zebra coming in clutch to eke out the win
Packers fans stopped paying nfl refs and started investing in the nba
Packers in a rebuild, gotta put the money where it matters most!
Refs went crazy tn !!
unreal start for the season for them, gonna be on some all timer shit if they keep up the pace!
Giannis dribbled the ball up with 26 seconds left, Bucks up by 2. Why not foul Giannis and send him to the line? Man was 3/9 from the line. I'd take 2 Giannis free throws with more time on the clock over Dame having the ball.
I was wondering the same thing watching the game.
Refs really took over this game
Good lord those refs were dogshit
Beyond missed calls, they made the game so painful to watch.
The last 6 minutes felt like 30.
Yeah that obvious no call on the Giannis travel that resulted in a Dame 3 kinda cost you the game
Yeah unfortunately these blind idiots are gonna get playoff assignments
Of course they are. They did exactly what the League wanted them to do
Giannis grabbed his own airball and passed it to dame for a 3
Philly challenges a Giannis- PJ foul, no call Giannis scores 2
Milwaukee challenges a Embiid-Brook call, no call Milwaukee gets ball
What the fuck?
First one was bad.
2nd was a clear no call.
3rd should have been a foul on Lopez, but if they are going to no call that it has to be a jump ball imo. Players weren't going to go for the ball after whistle hard.
Bucks fan, agreed.
Obvious travel. It slipped? What is that explanation? When two players immediately motion travel uh, it’s a travel.
I actually respect the overturn and making it just two points. It was clearly a no call. Is this a new thing where they can call charge/block…nothing? I think that’s a step in the right direction!
Probably a no call on the Brook foul but it was close. Definitely a little lame they just gave the Bucks the ball but the whistle is so fast and went right to Bobby maybe it was right? In the NFL they do a clear recovery if a fumble is blown dead.
I’d have to see the play again but I never liked if a foul got overturned and a player loses the ball it’s a jump ball. Embiid did seem to lose right to Bobby (I think it was him).
This is why you get Dame.
I'm not going to lie, I've been kind of annoyed at the national media narrative around the Dame trade.
Pre-trade:
"It's Dame he's one of the best offensive closers ever, everybody should be moving heaven and earth to get this guy"
Post-trade:
"Meh are we really sure this is an upgrade from Jrue?"
Like I get all of the nuanced takes about the Bucks losing some defensive identify, and having trouble stopping people on the perimeter, but this is why you get Dame. He can be the best guy on the floor in a game that contains Kelly Oubre.
refs wouldn’t make it out of Philly tonight
well we ain’t ass at least. maxey def looks like he’s about to take the leap.
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Dame got the exact whistle that he got with the Blazers and people are actually surprised? He gets quite the friendly whistle.
This is a big part of their identity, they have two guys that can combine to average 20 free throws. The added extra 8~10 free throws a game with Dame is a formidable problem for the opposing teams.
I’m just excited for the reasons why it’s an exciting brand of basketball because the Bucks do it.
Because they're the good guy Bucks
If this was Phoenix, we'd be rioting in the streets
Very interested if we hear about the bucks playing “unwatchable” basketball or committing “basketball terrorism”
It's exciting because our jerseys look cool.
:)
Its 1 game. But Giannis whistle has been consistent his whole career and I disagree with it. Just like people disagree with embiids whistle i guess.
Guess refs gonna have to equal it out now. Fuck I hope Wemby becomes a superstar quick so he can get a few calls as well
Yea you can’t be mad at Gianni’s whistle and think Embiid whistle is fine
Dame has always been top 5 in freethrows
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It does make it hard to care when every other game feels like the refs decide the winner.
I was already suspicious when the refs made some sus calls for us vs the knicks but yeah this isn’t even a conspiracy anymore
Typical Giannis playing too fast bad game
64 free throws between the two teams.
17 by Lillard alone.
Refball is alive and well.
Refs already in peak playoff form
That overturned call seemed sus. They usually don’t overturn for marginal contact so that was nice and inconsistent of the refs to do that.
Also I like SVG. Much better than his brother whining.
Dame was cool, Ieague fucked lol
Agree with everything here besides SVG. Can’t stand him, and he repeats the same shit every game
GG Bucks, really fun first game. Some bad reffing, but if we hit our FT's it wouldn't be an issue. Loved what I saw defensively from Embiid, Giannis couldn't do anything to him 1 on 1. Maxey is a future All-Star. Can't wait to see what this season brings.
Life means nothing without you, Dame
A game featuring the Bucks and Sixers is dominated by discussions about the refs? The NBA season is truly back.
Think the sixers played pretty well all things considered, looking forward to a season with zero expectations
You mean to tell me we don’t have to watch clunky Giannis isos for crunch time offense moving forward…🥹
Obviously Dame was incredible playing to a contender. Happy for the dude to left a cheap ass organization and demanding greener pasture.
I was cheering for the sixers for the first time in my life because i know how the sixers fans felt in those last 2 minutes being screwed by the ref
Good game ruined by a stretch of extremely questionable and one sided officiating. The NBA is back!
I've lost all respect sorry this is absolutely rigged for money... Or ratings in not sure which. I won't be silent . Just saw it live sry
Legendary tweet.
Sixers just lost a 1pt game when in the last 3 minutes alone
Bucks get a 3 off what should have been a travel
Sixers get an offensive foul on crowder flopping
Sixers get a shooting foul taken away for "marginal contact"
Giannis is saved from his 5th foul and still gets the pts on what should have been a charge
Dame gets the final fts on the same contact ad embiids "marginal contact"
The league was never letting "freak time" lose their home opener
The last foul for Embiid was a foul though. He literally jumps into Dames path. Agree for the rest tho. The refs let so many calls go the bucks way.
Yeah last call I really just think Nurse was hoping for some marginal contact magic lmao
The Miami Heat are the real MVP's for being stingy enough to allow us to get Dame. Thank you so much. Absolute stud
Refs rigged this game worse than video poker
I love my Sixers but Lillard has always been my favorite player. It was so fun watching him thrive in a new system.
Nothing changed for Lillard. He still has to carry the team on his back in clutch. This ended up being a nutty 4th quarter, quite a nice game.
Freak time in Cream City 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Giannis blows a layup and gets bailed out is insane to me
Dame with the classic F you 3
That was some rough coaching by Nurse at the end. The terrible challenge to lose the last timeout on an obvious foul, insisting on Oubre guarding Dame the whole 4th when you have a very good defender in Melton etc. Just some weird choices
That exact amount of, if not more, contact was called "marginal" and overturned on two previous challenges. Normally it'd be dumb, but epic refball made it a reasonable shot in the dark
I thought the change to a no-call was the right move. I can't stand how Giannis plays when he charges into everyone, but that time he was going to the side and barely even brushed Tucker. That's not a charge, that's just a guy falling down when he felt someone touch him.
The fix was in for sure
That game was a good reminder that DraftKings and FanDuel are sponsors of the NBA lol