An NBA season is made up of matches, guys who watch them and talk about them, but also guys who watch them and rate them. Probable revenge after a youth spent collecting zeros, and a perfect opportunity in any case to let go of the punchline by the kilo. Once again this season, Team Notes will delight you with its unfailing imagination, while still trying to talk a little bit about basketball. Chick?
If a basketball game lasted 47 minutes, 59 seconds and nine tenths of a second, Al Horford would have had his statue in front of the TD Garden, and unfortunately a basketball game lasts 48 minutes. The tap of the Dominican pivot therefore arrived a hair from Evan Fournier too late. The Celtics came close to pulling off the perfect heist after being in trouble, but the Bucks recovered well. However, this game started with a bad joke like “The Bucks keep going around in circles, so the Bucks say ‘stop that right now or I’ll nail your other foot.’ or something like that. 103 to 101 for the Bucks, all night long, midnight demons. They lead you to insomnia, the notes of this night.
Milwaukee Bucks
Brook Lopez (5,5) : again, he’s very valuable to the Bucks, especially on defense, because on offense it looks like his teammates have to drink a spoonful of cod liver oil if they pass him. On the other hand, we are still waiting for him to go to the rebound for the last action.
Giannis Antetokounmpo (9.5): 6×7 = 42 points, obviously Giannis must be a fan of Christian Karembeu to have wanted to score so many points tonight. Once again stratospheric, he carried all of Wisconsin on his shoulders. The length of Dhalsim, the power of Honda, the swag of Sagat and the charisma of Ryu. Giannis is actually a Street Fighter character.
Dance ?! ????pic.twitter.com/IRlgdrgemO
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) May 7, 2022
Wesley Matthews (6) : the cow eats grass, the lion eats meat, the otter eats fish. Wesley Matthews, meanwhile, feeds exclusively on Jayson Tatum. He literally turned off the father of Kevin Durant Deuce.
Grayson Allen (3,5) : what is green and waiting to score its first points in this Game 3? Grayson Allen.
Jrue Holiday (7) : he put a lot of it off, but he put the floater that gave the Bucks the last mattress lead. Jrue Holiday struggled at the start of the match but ended up becoming the perfect complement to Giannis. In terms of “holiday” location, we went from Guingamp to the Bahamas in a few minutes.
Pat Connaughton (6) : normal shots have become too easy for him, so now he decides to swing the ball as soon as he receives it, without even letting it come down. The worst part is that it works.
Bobby Portis (5,5) : his glasses must be causing distortion in his sight, because every time he’s on the floor. Bobby Portis confuses the rectangular basketball court with an MMA octagon.
George Hill (5) : for this match, George Hill paid homage to his first name and decided to play like a 76-year-old retiree, resident in an EHPAD, who finds that “it was better before” and who, at our age, was having fun with an orange.
So George Hill is still alive, that’s the news from the first quarter.
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) May 7, 2022
Jevon Carter (4,5) : We understand better why Jevon Carter fled the floor during this match. After all, C-Note was a fugitive too.
Boston Celtics
Robert Williams III (5,5) : one less ear and one less family jewel for Robert Williams, when we’re only at Game 3. At this rate, it’s going to end up in a kit like a table from IKEA.
Al Horford (7) : the Dominican pivot took out his DeLorean to transport us to 2012 and bring out a very complete and clean match. 22 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists. By the way, have you seen? Gangnam Style has had a billion views on YouTube.
Jayson Tatum (3) : a big counter-attack dunk on Giannis (and again, the latter was behind him), then… not much in the end. This Jayson Tatum game was the perfect personification of Mario Hezonja’s career.
TATUM’S TOMAR ON GIANNIS!! pic.twitter.com/j8n4An3Iuy
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) May 7, 2022
Jaylen Brown (6) : the only one of the “Jay Brothers” to have responded to this match. While his sidekick transformed into Trae Young, he ran into the wall as fast as a GMK car, took on his responsibilities in attack and served Starter Main Dessert. On the other hand, each time he defended against Giannis, the Greek licked his chops.
Marcus Smart (4) : a cruel match for him, in the last minute he tried everything to get his Celtics out of the trap and make the perfect heist. But Marcus Smart, despite his 3-point shot (fault on the shot or not? You be the judge) and his tap on his own free throw, nothing helped. Looks like you running to catch your bus.
Grant Williams (5) : despite his unscrewing on shots, he still has as much impact off the bench, and is still in the running for the trophy of the most underrated player in the Playoffs. Grant Rougador.
Derrick White (5,5) : seeing that he was coming out of a pure game off the bench, Wesley Matthews tried to tackle Derrick White, without success. However, it is still a tackle more than Sergio Ramos with PSG.
A tackle you’re afraid pic.twitter.com/YupwmmcnKx
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) May 7, 2022
Payton Pritchard (3) : what is green and waiting to score its first points in this Game 3? Payton Pritchard. What do you mean “you’ve already done this valve”?.
Bonus
The referees (Stéphanie Frappart): they very clearly played a role in this match, as in the famous Coupe de France final between Nantes and Nice. Everyone will have their own opinion on this collision between Wes Matthews and Derrick White, on this judo catch with Grant Williams or on this final fault where they considered that Marcus Smart was not shooting. We imagine that in front of his TV, Kyrie Irving still mimed crying.
The Bucks regain the lead in this series despite the scare caused by the Celtics. We did not go far from the choke in Milwaukee, and no doubt that Mike Budenholzer will have to work on the rebound to prevent his guys from getting caught 8542 rebounds in a row on the truffle during a decisive action.
