 What's the word let's talk about it game number four is a wrap and it was finally a close good game in the NBA Finals good thing man tutu series going back to Phoenix whoever wins game number five probably will end up winning this series So it is the most crucial game of the entire thing. Let's talk about it, man Starting off with Devon Booker. What a performance last game He had 10 total points and the first couple minutes in game number four. He had 12 I don't know how many had in the actual first quarter, but he had 12 in the first couple minutes of the first quarter Then the third quarter he completely took over final stat line is this 17 for 28 from the field that's 60% he didn't he had 42 points with zero made threes He hit eight of his nine free throws. He had two assists and eight total fouls eight of them. Thanks. Yep I mean he only got called for I guess five of them But yeah eight of them thanks and let's talk about it because the Officiating is probably gonna be the talk of this entire game because in my mind It was one of the worst officiated games. I've seen in a long time. Now listen If you've been watching these recaps it's very weird that I talk about officiating because I understand Officiating is very very hard. You have to make a split decision on whether or not that contact was deemed a foul You have to make the decision because of that I'm typically pretty lenient and try to side with the referees because I know you're gonna miss calls here and there You're gonna call fouls that weren't necessarily there. It is hard one of my favorite accounts on Twitter is called like I'm scorecards because in baseball you can kind of Determine a good officiated game versus a bad officiated game and that's about this was a ball This was strike and I like to see this up had a 99.5 percent success rate when calling balls of strikes You can't really do that in basketball So I'm typically pretty lenient today was terrible Talk about the Devin Booker on Jew holiday foul There is no world where I see three officials watching this play on the ball and not a single one of them Not a single one of them call that foul He literally cuffed the man why he was in midair and luckily for the Bucks They get out of here with a victory because it would have been terrible for not just the Bucks But for the entire NBA for the product of the NBA if the Suns would have went on the winners game because Devin Booker took over in the Fourth quarter after he should have got a sixth foul He had a game winner or something it would have been terrible for the lead because at the end of the day that miss call Could have been very very crucial to not just this game, but the entire series the NBA has to Fix things and I'm not just talking about missing the call here and there one one of the reasons I really be enjoying the Olympic Exhibition games is because you can see at least a game of one against Nigeria the NBA team or the USA team is really trying to Bait fouls and then the international referees like nope You you're not getting away with with going into your defender to try to draw a foul And I know they set this offseason They're gonna try to put together this plan to try to get rid of those me trying to draw the fan of foul things It needs to happen because I think it was just overall help the product of the NBA and then we get less times when We talk about bad officiated games Because when you have foul baiting You're gonna fall for it and then the replay shows the millions of people at home that it wasn't really a foul And you get rid of all of that then it's better officiated game and a better product Because we don't really like free throws as NBA fans this game We had 29 free throws on the the buck side and then 19 free throws on the Sunsets That's a decent amount of free throws But I didn't feel like it was an overwhelming amount of free throws But you got to get better for game number five because a fan of a miss call like that can legitimately Legitimately change the entire game. So I got the buck stone The box put together a defensive masterpiece again gave him 103 points and almost half of that was Devin Booker For second game in a row. They just they shut out DeAndre Aiden DeAndre Aiden was very very good in those first two games and since then coach but has put together the system to prevent DeAndre Aiden from being a dominant force They even gone small ball and DeAndre Aiden hasn't been able to figure it out just yet I'm DeAndre Aiden three for nine and no free throw attempts and again, that's one of my biggest things about DeAndre Aiden I always say yes off-hands and he doesn't get to the free throw line as much as a guy like him should And especially going against a team that is going small ball a lot of it I would love for see him to get to the free throw line even more second game in a row My boy, Michael Bridges, then come out and it was he wasn't bad tonight by any means But he didn't really have a positive impact on this game And Chris Paul Biggest Chris Paul fan here, but I always keep it real. He choked in this game, you know Chris Paul one of the things we say about Chris Paul is He is maybe the best point guard of all time when it comes to protecting that pill protecting that ball and in the most in the most crucial possession of His NBA career so far He turned it over And not even just that Final stat line looks like this five from 13 from the field Oh for two from from the three not a single free throw attempt ten points seven assists five turnovers Earlier in this this run and one of the reasons why the Suns have been so good throughout this playoffs It's because Chris Paul teams typically don't turn the ball over much and the last couple games in this series Chris Paul has been a He's he's been turning the ball over like crazy. That's not him So I'm giving that to of course the Milwaukee Bucks defense making it so difficult for Chris Paul to do his thing through the first two games we're talking about how They have been able to to really maximize the pick and roll with Chris Paul and Devon Booker and a lot of that is gone to To the wayside when it comes to the Chris Paul now again never gonna have 42 of them So I'm not saying his his office production stepped up in this game But Chris Paul in this one where where Devon Booker in the Phoenix Suns needed a secondary star Chris Paul wasn't there for the squad and you know what through the first three games He had been the finals MVP. I mean, of course if the Suns were to win obviously He had been the finals MVP for the Suns if they went on to win and after performance like this He's gonna have to really if they're gonna win this series to him to win finals of MVP he really has to pick it up in those next two wins That's if they that's if they win this series this if they win this series Obviously they shorten their rotation heavily because last game um with no Dario Sorry says we saw like 13 or so minutes of Frank Minsky and that was dreadful So Monty Williams made it a point to not play Frank Minsky and that was a good decision But ultimately it wasn't enough because on the other side of the Milwaukee Bucks cash money Chris was there a 40 piece a Quick 40 piece and in that fourth quarter The cash money Greek freak Combination was ridiculous. You know, it was a very very good call It don't really have the same ring to it as blocked by James But the block by Yannis blocked by onto the combo on Deandre Aiden if they win this series That is the play of the entire thing One minute left trying to get rid of that momentum a easy law play that is drawing up for Deandre Aiden is stuffed because of Yannis's ability to just Recognize defenses or recognize offense on the defensive side of the ball and Blocks it and they go on to score a basket That is the biggest play of the final so far Yannis didn't have the 40 points like he had the last two games But we still had a ridiculously dominant performance on both sides of the ball If you get to add in their top three players to have a good game It's hard to stop the Milwaukee Bucks Drew Holliday had a lot of moments and it's me and the guys it's two four six seven It's it was eight of us watch. I think we all just won a good series and this was this was the best game so far Drew Holliday had that play with an offensive rebound, but instead of coming down with the rebound He tried just immediately throw it right back up Just just blew all of our minds is just like I think drew needs to take a step back and just slow down a little bit Luckily, he didn't hurt the team today. If anything his defense was really good His defense was better than some of the other games in the series I can't really say really good. His defense was better than some of the other games in this series and Listen, they did it PJ Tucker attempt in one shot had five fouls, but his impact definitely was there on the defensive side of the ball It just was is just was I man We're putting together a classic series and I hope that the next couple games are similar to this and not the first three In the sense that we have a close game because through the first three games in this series brother I had been starting to record these recaps before the game was even over That's how much of a blowout it was and this one came down to the last couple possessors, which is amazing now They say the series doesn't start They say the series doesn't start into a home team loses so technically nothing has happened again I know I said it last time, but it's still true, but game number five is the real deal Game number five is the real deal and the Milwaukee Bucks have a ton of momentum through the last two games being able to To shut down the Andre Aiden to cause Chris Paul to turn the ball over and for Chris Middleton to wake up is Amazing is an amazing amount of of Whatever you want to call it to go into a game momentum to go into game number five now I would love to take a look at Chris Middleton's home versus away stats in the playoffs Home versus away stats. Let's see if I could get it on the fly without going too deep It's gonna be stat news that music. I love this account So so far in the playoffs at home Chris Middleton Averages have his 25 points per game on 47% shooting and then 38% from three All start very very great numbers at home But on the road he averages 22 points per game, which is still good His efficiency goes down though to 40% from the field and 31% from three So obviously he's a better home player than the way player They need a great away game from Chris Middleton also on the road. It says his plus minus is minus 24 I know plus minus is not the greatest statistic to prove anything But when you compare it to his plus 128 at home, it may tell a little bit of story of how Difficult or different Chris Middleton is on the road I wonder about you holiday because at the end of the day we can expect the dominant performance from Yannis Is what he's been doing this entire playoffs run this entire playoffs or this higher finals He's been doing that you need at least one of the others to step up and well This is even worse for you how they on the road Drew how they're shooting 36% from the field or 37% from the field on 15 points not acceptable for our for drew holiday Honestly, so you need one of those guys to step up if Milwaukee wants to take a number five I do believe that momentum in the crowd is a real thing And I know the Phoenix fans are gonna pack out the house Phoenix Suns fans should not feel like the series is over just because they're they don't have the momentum And they lost two in a row because I'm telling home court advantage is a real deal You know, maybe last year wasn't because there wasn't fans But what we've seen through this series at least the home team has always won So it has to have something to do with the crowd. Let me know what you think about this game man Game number four definitely was a classic block by onto the combo We're gonna hear that over and over if they win this finals man. Appreciate y'all