Can the Milwaukee Bucks OVERCOME 0-2 deficit? | Is the Bucks playoff run already over?
Can the Milwaukee Bucks turn their playoff series around against the Indiana Pacers? Down 0-2, the Bucks face a critical Game 3, and the pressure is mounting. With star players like Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard in the spotlight, the team must strategize effectively to overcome their early setbacks.
Explore the potential lineup changes and defensive strategies that could redefine the Bucks’ approach. Hosts Justin Garcia and Camille Davis dissect the team’s performance, highlighting the need for adjustments from key players like Brook Lopez and Bobby Portis. They also discuss Doc Rivers’ unwavering confidence and the psychological impact of playing at home.
Will the Bucks’ role players rise to the occasion? Can they protect their home court and shift the momentum? Tune in for an in-depth analysis and discover what it will take for the Bucks to bounce back in this high-stakes series.
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I feel like I'm truly going insane. We have a MOUNTAIN of evidence that this starting lineup (the Brook, TP and Kuz combo specifically) will dig the Bucks into a massive deficit in the first half—even the first four minutes!–every single time…and Doc Rivers and the 25 assistant coaches on this team say "yeah let's try it again anyway." It's so mindnumbingly infuriating and illogical that it almost feels like he's trying to get fired. for what??? to "stay loyal" to TP, Kuz and Brook? Letting your season end due to either stubbornness or stupidity (pick one) is astonishing. I can't believe this is the way they're gonna go out.
It is over because of doc.
They all said the pacers play fast but this man doc always want to play the pacers game. This shit is so over
They all said the pacers play fast but this man doc always want to play the pacers game. This shit is so over
I just don't get it man. Every casual fan, analyst, broadcaster is SCREAMING to change the starting lineup, and somehow the person with the power to do it just refuses to listen. If Giannis and Dame gave it their best shot and it didn't work, I could ultimately live with that. But not even giving ourselves a chance because the head coach is too incompetent to make the world's most obvious lineup change is unacceptable. I can't live with that at all.
Why do we always gotta be down by 15-20 before doc realize he needs to make changes
Spoilt Bobby legendary game. The pacers play attached defense we play open defense this shit is so retarded. This ain’t the suns, we losing this series. Doc ain’t gonna change shit
Hahaha. I told my brothers the Bucks would be lucky to win one game. The Bucks are cursed ever since trading Jrue.
These fuckers don’t give us space when defending but we give them so much space to do what they want on offense and get lost with the open man. Doc is trash
I recall as the season started. Maybe I'm wrong. We were told we had great defensive mind coaching. This defense, well, it sure ?In the hell, don't look like it i think we can win the next two and go back to indianapolis tied at 2# , but i'm not counting on it we'll find out friday when we see the starting five and the rotations if you don't play defense, you're gonna get swept go buck's
You do not need 3 shooters around Giannis and dame you need defenders speed and athleticism start Giannis dame Bobby kuzma green. Like I keep saying if brook and prince plays more than 5 minutes against this team well will not win a game there both to slow and no athleticism. Period trent jr porter jr. sims Rollins off the bench
when you fall down 2 /0 in the playoffs it falls on the coaching staff, now the fans are going to find out if the hall of fame coach still have it…i just hope he proves every body wrong.
Should have not trade away Holiday and Middleton. Holiday is a great defender. Getting rid of the coach that brought you a championship is crazy.
We got these Fools right where want them!
For bucks to win this series, KPJ >J one of them has to be great, like. 20+points game, Let’s see game 3 how the lineup will change, my bet is Giannis, Dame, KPJ, TP and Bobby
Why do the Bucks seem to shun midrange shots?
KPJ. DAME. Giannis.❤
As a Pacers fan who has thought Doc Rivers was a poor coach going back to his first season in Philly, even I am shocked by how bad his rotation decisions have been. Taurean Prince is not a starter in a Playoffs series but Doc views him that way.
Y’all really need to give the Pacers some credit. They’re 42-17 over their last 55 games counting the playoffs. They’re a level above the Bucks this year.
My level of confidence is about 5%.
Doc is a complete moron. The adjustments that were made, I liked (kuzma with the ball some, kuzma driving, lowered mins of Prince and brook) but I want to see AJ green AND Ryan Rollins get play time.
I need to see giannis Bobby GTJ and ajg all getting 25+ mins together on the floor. I never wanna see Prince on the floor at the same time as haliburton.
Doc is just dumb. He had a chance to do something here and squandered it away.
Meanwhile, dame…… I'm ready to move on and accept it didn't pan out.
Dame jacked up so many shots just to brick everything & had those been passes to giannis or actual spot up shooters, we would've won.
You can start with Porter as the point guard and Dame as the shooting guard.and Trend lopez Giannis
Guys have to take pride in defending. But, also they look unprepared, confused and defensively challenged. The offense was there, but they couldn't get enough stops. Credit to the Pacers for hitting crazy shots too.
I turned the game on right before halftime and it seemed like everyone was looking out of breath and tired the whole time. Moving slow and stuff. I was confused on tf was going on. They just looked out of it.
Only 40 in a quarter.
Why didn't he make those changes in the beginning of the second half smh
Brook is so match up dependent.
Dame, green, kuz, Bp, Ga should start
Wrong lineup . Wrong couch ./sorry coach …..
Same starting lineup will go 0-4.
I think I have PTSD ! I’m starting to have nightmares about the Indiana Pacers smh
Jackson would have slowed Haliburton down, but Rivers did to him what he did to Beasely. Hes the one player that could avoid the Lopez switch offs. It's a rarity Prince or Green take more than 3 shots a game, supposedly he got benched for poor offense, these two are no upgrade. Now the Bucks are stuck with a cocky Haliburton. Kuzma seems like an extreme slow starter, needs to goto bench till he wakes up. Pacers making every clutch shot and Bucks can't get a lead.
As a Pacers fan I expect a spanking Friday.
Brook & kuzma need to come off bench.
Sims & trent jr need to start. Brook is to slow ok pick & roll defense
In NBA playoff history, teams trailing 0-2 in a series have won the series approximately 7.4% of the time. This is based on 34 teams out of 459 series successfully coming back from an 0-2 deficit through the 2024 postseason.
Justin is such a biased hater of KPJ it’s disgusting. Porter Jr was big on coming back game 1 and game 2 in the second half was key when your starters kept you behind.
You are getting nothing from most of your role players and you want to harp on using Ryan Rollins? GTFOH
A.J Green has to be more aggressive and pull up. Force them to defend differently.