Agree, Ayton still lack of experience on playing against veteran player on defending. Booker has more impact rather than him besides CP3 ofc. I wonder if Giannis can maintain this kind of performance through out game 7 because it's very exhausting to do this continuosly especially hits him on one there games.

Actually I believe they have lost the last 2 games. Lots of talent but maybe not playing with any chemistry.

I don't think that how the USA is playing right now is their full potential. I believe that they are hiding on their sleeves and after all, that is only an exhibition game.
They might get some criticisms but they don't care. What's important is that they will be at their best when the Olympic happened.

On the other hand, this just shows that USA can be beaten. I still remember the time where they are seeing USA as the bets to win championship because they have the best players in the planet but other countries are coping up already and they can match against a powerhouse country in USA. After all, I agree that they are a powerhouse team though .

Fans have big factor in the game they can distract the focus of a player especially if they create more sound and taunting gestures towards the player, thats why we have homecourt advantage and players are happy to play there home because they know they will be hype up by the cheer of their home crowd. Although they are trained to this but still players have emotion so provably they are been destructed at that time and also the bucks are also heating up at that moment.

The Suns' defense has been a failure because they can't handle Giannis, and the only way to stop him is to foul him. If you check stats, you will see that Giannis made a lot of free throws during all games of the final series. Regarding the influence of fans on game results, it worth noting that this is the first final for most players from both teams. Playing in the regular season and playing in the final series are two different things, especially from an emotional point of view.

This is what I'm saying too to my Suns fan boy friend. Deandre Ayton is not doing well on his defense. His foul trouble makes him scared to tighten his defense. He needs to regain again his confidence and the rhythm of his game just like what he did on there previous dominating game. Maybe Monty Williams figured out a way to lockdown him.

He will always be dominant throughout this series. Why? It's very evident, even in game 1 where he was too cautious not to get injured again, he still had a stellar performance. In game 2 he managed to score 40+ points, but his team mates didn't stepped up. And again, 40+ points in game 3.
Obviously nobody could stop Giannis against any other Suns, even Ayton.
But they cannot win with Giannis alone. If his team won't step up they'll most probably lost this series. Game 2 says its all.

Is it just me or is anyone else more excited or more interested in the Olympic basketball games than they are the championships going on right now?  This championship series, while I have been paying attention, is about as boring as I've ever seen.  I feel like the winner should almost have an asterisk.  I think we can probably all agree that if all the players on the Nets were healthy, they would EASILY be in the championship right now.  Not to mention all of the other players who were hurt in the playoffs on other teams.

For me it's okay to have some change. Different faces. It's fun when the game is unpredictable, not that I want to lose all my bets because of the wrong predictions.  It still gives some excitement but it cannot be compared when the game becomes international. There are a lot of good players out there and even the new MVP is an international player from Serbia.

Suns or Bucks winning this series will be a new story just like how Dirk Nowitzki claimed that trophy when everybody didn't even expect it.
It's just not in the blueprint. 

Same here, I expect for the series to be tied with the Bucks win, well, if Giannis will score 35 points or even less, I'm okay with that as long as Holiday and Middleton will step up and both of them will score at least 20 points. But wait, what if Lopez will again score 30 points? that would be nice, right?