Milwaukee did a number of beautiful high low actions to Lopez for easy buckets, and then they just stopped doing it. Miami has no one who could stop it.

Heaving breathing in the background had me thinking i was crazy, sounds like kyle or ceruti left their mic on lol

Bud 100% gotta be gone after that debacle. The whole team wasn't good enough but the coach hasn't really been good even though they overcame and won the chip a few years ago. Giannis wasn't good enough in this series and especially at the end of the game and he did NOT want that ball. I really like this outcome though cause this Heat vs Knicks series should be insanely fun.

Butlers shot at the end of the 4th was absolutely ludicrous I could not believe he just casually tossed it in

Playoffs are about momentum. Knew it was over when Giannis went down and Jimmy had the 56 point game. Bud made several mistakes in Game 5 no timeout at the end of 4th and OT. Bucks should reach out to Nick Nurse

“We like fake shame more than we do honest pride.” - Got me thinking about that one. I think you are both right on this one. He’s right that falling short of a goal does not make the season, in totality, a failure. Yet, there are many failures to be acknowledged in the process of falling short to be acknowledged.

Everything you stated was 100% spot on! I still miss you and SVP

It is psychological devastating when you feel as a team that the opponent has a player that is showing that he is fearless and unstoppable. Jimmy snatched there souls.

There are a lot of things... After a down year, Bam finally remembered, "Oh, I'm actually the best defender in the league," and showed everyone in the 4th against Giannis. Resting Jimmy on back-to-backs and playing him minimum minutes in 4th quarters during the year has paid off in him being fresh, relatively, of course. Role players played their roles. All last season, they had the best 3pt shooting team and the best bench because of Herro. That came back, finally, and it started to happen in March and when Lowry went to the bench. You play an astronomical amount of clutch games during the season, and you start not fearing the big moments and you can be far more composed in the half-court at the end of games. And this is something that repeated itself from last year, and that is Spo is better than everyone in the East at coaching. I was reminded of Jimmy after a press conference last year during the Philly series when he said "if Doc wants to keep sending one defender at me, I'm going to keep scoring," or something to that effect. That inbounds play to send it to OT was the same thing playing out. He told Spo exactly what Jrue Holiday would do and that it would lead to a good look, and Spo believed him. Why did he know this? Because these coaches are predictable and believe in their own game plans to a detrimental point. Now, I am saying this only as a fan and a student of the game from my effing computer, but if I can remember that press conference from last year, I'd hope Coach Bud would as well.

Very true about the lack of proper Point Guards, same with Boston and their horrific offence down the stretch in close games.

Whats crazy is that the Bucks have always been the team to win these crunch time playoff games. The past two years they've basically either lost by like 12+, or won by like

Dude you nailed it. It’s such a combination of so many factors. As well as the intangible changes that happen that happen to teams in the playoff

Bro might not never check these KZfaq comments but i love how he explains the nba game ! True fan

Spo plays the regular season like it’s preseason. They are always underestimated by the media. That is a winning strategy. Under the radar. The Heat led the league in games missed due to injury. They train for man down, next man up. Finally, they are the best conditioned team. That always shows up in the fourth quarter. Built for the playoffs, just like Jimmy.

I mainly like this podcast for the little song at the end 😂 it’s so cheerful

Jimmy Butler is Micheal Jordan's son the way he plays.

Love that explanation to a casual fan😂

No clue why that "Oh my God" had me dying after the "imagine if they didn't have a championship?" question...but it did 😂🤣

Fascinating. We've never seen what happens when someone gets their "Dirk ring" this early in their career. Next year, the pressure is ON

Reminds of the Nuggets and Sonics in 1994 first round upset!! Motumbo laying on the floor screaming with ball in his hands

To be fair to Budenholzer i heard his brother died in a car accident..this definitely affected him even tho i didn't like his coaching even in 2021 when they won the chip

Russillo is 100% ON THE MONEY here! That first-round exit could me more INSANE than last years Brooklyn sweap..

We have to feel sorry for bucks now bc a reporter asked if this season was a failure😂

That line on loving fake shame more than honest pride should be in the hall of fame of takes

Just something that I noticed as a big time Bucks fan: Multiple times throughout this series the look of the players was just off. I seen 3 separate times Bud talking to each of their big 3 and the players looking like they were straight up not listening or not caring about what he was saying. I think it will come out later that there was some type of animosity or fault in chemistry in the locker room involving the coaching. I've seen these same guys look so composed in clutch time moments and yet they looked completely terrified BEING UP 15 IN THE 4TH QUATER. They have got a lot of soul searching to do because this still doesnt even make sense how they got out coached so badly.

The bucks run to the chip was the shakiest i have ever seen. They all choked in the game and giannis force fed them the title with his 50 piece. People forgot that. So this is who they always been.

Giannis played 2 games in this series and had a triple double and 38/20 with a messed up back...he didn't fail...Bud failed

You should make a segment around the casual NBA fan observation, with Qa and A just like that atleast 3x a NBA season. Just a suggestion😊

these personal stories ryen hints at in his rants are wild lmao

"If Giannis didn't have a title, can you imagine?"

At some point, people gotta accept that the Bucks are just Giannis, a mediocre coach and a bunch of glorified role players. They were lucky to win that championship while everyone else was hurt. Now they are back to being an early exit team. And it doesn't matter what Giannis says, this is a massive failure. Probably the biggest failure since the Heat lost to the Mavs.

As a Suns fan, I can't stop thinking, "Where the hell was this Bucks team two years ago?!" Also, my take on this Heat team that we've all been waiting to put it together ever since their bubble run, but we've all basically given up on at this point. Did they finally figure this out? Am I crazy to think that they might actually make the finals now?

Ryan Russilo is a real one. I look forward to hearing your point of view. It clears my head 🤦‍♂️

I'm embarrassed but mostly disappointed. Indeed ''How the fuck did we win a chip?'' We always played like pussies but it was ok because we had a young core but after losing in the bubble, the following year, we had finally arrived and Jae Crowder who was with the heat in 20 but with the suns in 21, spoke about the noticeable change. Against Boston last year, we still had the championship mentality but were just too old and not talented enough, especially after khris went down. Only thing i can think of is that in 21, we had PJ Tucker who has an alpha personality similar to that of Butler. But we swept the the heat in 21, so really don't fkn know...

Ryan the defense was absolutely awful - like even with Giannis they were not beating that team or stopping them from getting a quality shot EVERY single possession that’s not a recipe for success against a competitive well coached team

it was so crazy. i knew the outcome before I watched the game, amd somehow I still couldnt believe what I saw

When your best player cannot hit free throws, and literally does not want the ball late because of that, then you are in a bad position. Giannis is great when the Bucks are leading, but not so much when they are trailing late, or the other team is fouling to send guys to the line.

One of the great synopses of what has been happening. I hadn’t thought about it, but he’s right. Impossible to explain lol

Jimmy F'n Butler! haha

You don’t need a point guard if you have Bam playing point guard at the FT line

You know it’s bad when russillo doesn’t have a zag.

Bucks 2021 championship was won bc it was the most all stars injured(9) in postseason history. They really just got lucky. KD foot bought Bud 2 more seasons 😁

Ryan "is this really happening" Rusillo.

Makes perfect sense to me. Media was fawning over team instead of watching how the bucks play. Horrible half court offense holiday overrated as defender. Giannis is severely limited in offensive skill. Coach who can’t make in game adjustments.

Did anybody else notice there is some weird background (/other audio) noise on this video like Russillo is still connected to someone via live stream (or something)?

"Uuredee done the good thing." Lol

Some players get excuses by media and fans. Some dont. The world would collapse if that happens with Jokic. Its sad.

Ryan "are we really doing this" Rusillo

Not enough credit has been give to Butler having the greatest 1st round series ever.

It’s at least partly the difference in officiating, IMO. Players who have to make contact in order to play effectively, like Jimmy Butler and Mitchel Robinson, have to play more cautiously or not at all in the regular season, but are permitted to go all out in the playoffs. There’s a lot of defense and rebounding you can’t do in the regular season anymore because the officiating is so in favor of the ball carrier and so soft for everybody else. The more the officiating promotes scoring in the regular season, the more different the playoffs will be where the officials are under more pressure to not make calls on incidental contact. It’s not like the officials didn’t try to punish Miami’s physicality by throwing the game to Milwaukee it’s just Milwaukee couldn’t make the foul shots. And the officials at home at MSG were not going to call stuff in a way that protects Donovan Mitchell’s manufactured “greatness” as yet another volume scorer.

Bam had triple double what do you mean he sucks

I never thought in my wildest dreams that Giannis will lose confidence on the court 😳! Shows that he has some growing up to do. Hopefully he develops a solid mid jumper , reliable hook shots for his size(go to moves he already used before) and an acceptable 75% free-throws percentage

It's 100% on Giannis. Can't miss 13 free throws and have zero mid range game.

yeah man, I've been saying that the regular season has become irrelevant exhibition games and it means nothing, and people keep telling me "but look at the history, a low seed never wins". Well guess what, history is in history and now is now.

As a Bucks fan i really hope the Clippers blow it up and we get Ty Lue (pipe dream, i know). I'd love to see the team actually have a coach.

Trae and Luke goes back and forth every year lol

Giannis being afraid of ft has something of Ben Simmons vibe. The way he threw the ball at the final second jumpball will haunt him if he sees the video

The man missed 3 games no collapse here cut it out

As a coach, you can’t let a man score 98 points in two games when the next leading scorer is averaging like 16. It just can’t happen.

Giannis didn’t play for half the series, that’s it

The bucks reminded me a lot of the dodgers from last year I was 1000 percent sure they were going all the way

It is what it is. A collapsing season with poor preparation and mindset or the overlooking opponent, which would be a big lesson for the Bucks that even though you are the favorite, you need two healthy stars to get you through finals and it could happen when you are unprepared, where is your hunger!! Try again next year.

Ryan "having conversations with himself" Russillo

Miami was worst possible matchup period. They have beat Milwaukee twice in last 3 to 4 years

Bad coaching, lack of athleticism, and age caught up to the Bucks. The Celtics exposed them last season. The big problem though appears to be Giannis actually played scared at the end of game 5. The Freak for the first time in his career seemed afraid to get fouled at the end of a game.

Ad Guarding Jimmy in game 4 after a eruption on game 3. And Giannis not even showing himself in the picture

Crazy that the narrative can change about a whole organization in 1 week.. Giannis had 38/20, Lopez had another big game, Holiday had over 20, Middleton had 33 i think, imo Miami's bench was the difference in this series, of course Jimmy going MJ was huge but low key the bench was huge for Miami all series, and lost Herro and Dipo

What are the available defensive minded but offensively competent replacements for Bud? The pick of coaches with a head coaching track record is rather slim this offseason. You can't really go with someone with no head coaching resume at this point in Giannis' career. Jackson, McMillan, Gentry, Vogel? Mike Brown would have been a good fit in hindsight.

Jason Voorhees on the pod? Cool!

Jimmy destroyed Jrue, the player’s choice for best defensive guard. Jimmy was screaming at him the whole time in this series. 😂

explanation - this NBA Playoffs is more like March Madness

who is breathing at 13:14 ? lol

In regard to whether or not the Bucks season is a failure. I think if the team failed to compete - If they weren't in a position to win games in the series - If they're getting blown out and you can see they just aren't bringing anything - That feels like a failure. But to see players and coaches complete - but then make mistakes, I would hesitate to define that as a failure. I don't think people (players, coaches, teams) are the sum of a preset mathematical equation. And anytime you try to measure or evaluate people with that kind of precision, you're not going to get the results you're looking for. And that feels like a failure in terms of the critic's analysis, not the team's execution. I know the NBA teams and players have to be held to the highest standard, but it's a shame the NBA experience leaves so little room for players to be human. Which is all that happen every year in the playoffs. Some teams can only be "human." The winning teams find a way to be super human. This time, the Bucks were human. Jimmy Butler was super human. I don't think it's much more complicated than that. Respect the Bucks for competing. Worship Jimmy for taking his game to the highest level.

The only thing I can't explain is that last year the Miami Heat that was one shot from the finals again and was the best 3pt shooting team now one year later, same team can't shoot this year. Same personnel all of the sudden they can't hit a damn shot.

It doesn’t feel like a collapse-the team’s best player, it’s leader, Giannis missed multiple games and played against a team with a tremendous player like Jimmy who captures opportunities to come up big in when he needs to.

I haven’t seen a team give a game away like the bucks it reminded me of the 2013 spurs but they did it in BACK TO BACK games is insane. Giannis missed game 2/3 and game 1 but it still doesn’t make sense

Okay so now we get the news about Bud's brother, this explains everything as far as game 5 is concerned.

How you can say we don't know if he was hurt, is beyond me though. 90% of the dude's offensive game relies on going down hill and twisting around defenders to finish and he looked like he just couldnt twist his mid section at all. He got downhill like twice all game. Why do you think he played the entire game with his back to the basket when thats never been a huge part of his game?

Injuries, deep playoff runs, and Jimmy Butler.

spo just out coach bud all series like he always does. Greek only played 2 out the 5 games gave miami hope they could win. Bud dont make adjustments but Greek with a 26 point triple double game 4 and then a 38 and 20 game 5 even tho he was 10/23 from the free throw line he still made 10 that's a lot of makes can't blame him they play bad team defense all series. When they beat MIA 4-0 people don't talk about Greek guarded Butler every game this series and the other they lost he never guarded him Blame Bud

My heat just matchup really well with the bucks the last few years beside the sweep even tho most them games were close. Having drew holiday who is an amazing defender on jimmy was not good cuz of size. And running they offense thru Giannis in the 4th qt was also a mistake, its easy to double him and recover when he attacks from the top of the key. They should run they offense thru holiday or post up brook lopez. Heat buckeld down on defense in the 4th and ot give us our flowers, See u in the ecf vs winner of 76ers/ celtics lol

So who wins it?" "OH, that's clear, Golden State!"

Imo there are many reasons, but the biggest culprit is the Bucks lack of attention to details, from set plays (lack of) to time outs (not calling), and (lack of) adjustments. Yes, most of the time, against most teams...the Bucks talent and depth win most games. That said, Jimmy Butler and Miami's high variance when the tres are going in, the heat is one amazing team! So...in conclusion, yea...it's the biggest upset in history, and it took both Heat being better than amazing, and the Bucks blowing its depth and Giannis being injured and missing like 50+% of his freethrows, and Middleton and Holidays *both being subpar in the series. Lastly, and the Heat still took the last 2 to 3 mins and OT to comeback to win game 4 and 5, right? If you have been watching the Heat games, or that playin against the hawks...they are anemic like 60% of the time, if the tres aren't falling and/or Jimmy wasn't playin' amazing.

two reasons: a) Gianis' injury, and b) Jimmy Butler its not as if the games were not a battle. It was close and that is what it is. This also shows the genius of coach Spo as well as the Heat culture. They have a great team maximizing whatever they have. It would have been different had Gianis been healthy. Shows how much the Bucks relies too much on him.

Honest Pride >>> Fake Shame. I felt that, Giannis was upset about how his season turned out. He clearly wasn't in a good spot mentally but you can tell he accepted the reality of not living up to the season's expectations. You could also feel the fire of a competitor coming out while he was speaking, he'll be back next season even better. Plenty people will disagree and say that the season was a failure because they clearly failed to achieve their aspirations but at the same time he's in the prime of his career so he'll continue to compete like a high level competitor would so he doesn't see it as a failure. Also, the combo guard has definitely killed off the true PGs of the league because the best PGs are often more scoring guards than they are facilitating guards. Steph is a shooter, Luka is scorer, Trae is a scorer/shooter, Garland is a shooter, Fox is a scorer, Brunson is closer to a true PG and you'd probably put Dame and Harden at the top of the list because they have more responsibilities as facilitators than anyone else on the list. But then you have to consider that we're also in the era of Point Centers (Jokic, Sabonis, Sengun) and Point Forwards (Draymond, Luka, Lebron). So the PG position isn't always tasked with facilitating.

As a fan who saw him in Atlanta, Bud just isn't a Playoff Coach. Great developmental coach, but he can't roll with the punches, or create surprises. On top of that, Giannis hasn't had a reliable 2nd star. Jrue and Khris are great players, but not a guaranteed bucket. Been wondering for years what that trade of Khris for Jimmy would have looked like.

the no timeouts called was crazy in ot he had giannis on tthe floor with 4 seconds left call time out dummy lol

I can't with bud as a bucks fan he been here for 6 year and for 3 time he a number 1 seed team and lose in the first round

On his best day their coach is mediocre and Coach EB is one of the Top 3 coaches. In addition, I have always thought that Khris Middleton is not a worthy second option . The Bucks should let him leave ( Dallas is supposed to be interested) and find someone and more dynamic. Both Giannis and the Buck fans deserve better.

Miami coasted through the regular season. They really do not care about it.

I mean, can we put a blame on the person who cant shoot a ft, midrange and 3 to save his life. I thought he was statistically a better midrange shooter than kyrie last season. I mean giannis doesnt look like he has improved his game

He really spoke his truth

TY LUE

It might be as simple as Bud seeing Butler's 56-point masterpiece, reasoning that it was a fluke, and refuse to gameplan around him doing it again. The fact that they NEVER double-teamed him the entire series is a testament to how rigid his approach to each game is.

Love what you said about the pure PG. Dieing breed.

I'd rather have Butler than Giannis on my team without a doubt. Hard to win when your best player can't hit his free throws at an acceptable rate and struggles to make any shot outside the painted area. This isn't early 2000s NBA no more, every player has to be able to shoot the jumper when he is open and Giannis which has great strength and athleticism is limited and teams can scheme against him to minimize his impact

Strongly disagree with Ryen on that last point - I prefer honest pride. Fake shame is pablum, it's pointless, it's in one ear and out the other. Giannis point stands out because it makes you think and you can take a side. I think the regular season can be considered a success and the playoffs a failure, but to call the whole year a failure seems like oversimplification.

Will we ever find out what's outside Ryen's bedroom window? Will he ever hang up that picture? Stay tuned to the Ringer to find out!

I feel he's ignoring the talent gap in coaching, cause I mean that's what really happened there.

Heat versus hawks looks very interesting and I want the Hawks to go through to continue to polish their whole team and plus they have Murray this year which is an extra 25 points score