Against last year’s finalist Miami Heat, the Milwaukee Bucks also won game four with 120: 103 and thus made the “Sweep“Perfect. For Miami it was the first straight defeat in a play-off series since 2007. In the round of the last eight, the Bucks face the Brooklyn Nets or the Boston Celtics on Sunday after an extensive break (May 30, 2021) face each other in game four.
Triple-Double by Antetokounmpo
When the Bucks won in Miami, top star Giannis Antetokounmpo, still reigning MVP, scored his first triple-double in a play-off game with 20 points, 15 assists and twelve rebounds.
Antetokounmpo is only the third player in the Bucks after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1970) and Paul Pressey (1986), who managed to do this in the knockout round. The top scorer of the Bucks on Saturday was center Brook Lopez with 25 points.
Bonga and Washington on the verge of collapse
Isaac Bonga, on the other hand, faces the playoffs with the Washington Wizards. The club from the US capital also lost the third first-round duel with the favored Philadelphia 76ers and is 3-0 down by 103-132. With another defeat in the best-of-seven series, the end of the season is sealed for the Wizards.
Bonga was used for almost four minutes in the guests’ highest final round success since 2001, but remained without points. In the 76ers, where all five professionals in the starting lineup scored double-digit points, Joel Embiid towered with 36 points.
Close duel between Denver and Portland
It’s much tighter between the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers. After Denver last shot the series, Portland equalized with a 115:95 home win. The favorite Utah Jazz took the Memphis Grizzlies with a 2-1 lead thanks to the 121: 111 success.
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Stand: 30.05.2021, 08:22
