Lyou Milwaukee Bucks gave a survival lesson and after being run over by the Hurricane Durant in the fifth match of the second-round tie, they managed to get up to stop the Brooklyn Nets and impose 104-89, forcing the seventh and final game of the series.
Khris Middleton Y Giannis Antetokounmpo This time they found the formula to hurt the Nets’ defense and exercised what is assumed, leadership to take the reins of the team and put the great favorite to the ring on the ropes.
The greek forward sum 30 points (12 of 20 in field goals), 17 rebounds and three assists, while Middleton was the top scorer of the clash with 38 tallies (11 of 16 with five triples), 10 sacks under the hoops, five assists and five steals ball in one of his best performances of the season, just when his team needed him most.
“We do not think that we have any kind of pressure,” said the forward ‘all star’ of the Bucks after signing a unique game in the history of the NBA. “It’s just a basketball game. Simple as that. I know it’s a loser going home, but at the same time it’s just that, basketball.. You have to have fun and those games are fun. “
The Bucks, who were always ahead on the scoreboard, ended up breaking the game with a 14-0 run with eight and a half minutes to go That left the Nets on the mat and unable to get up. The Milwaukee team did not have their best night since the triple (they scored seven of his 33 attempts) but disarmed the New York team with their speed in the counterattacks, scoring 26 points on the run by four of his rival. “They did us a lot of damage like that. In that type of game is where they are really strong. We had problems with the defensive transition,” said Steve Nash, coach of Brooklyn, after the crash.
Kevin Durant he returned to be the best of the New York team when he finished with 32 points after scoring 15 of his 30 field goals. Also captured 11 rebounds and gave three assists and was the architect of a streak of 10 consecutive points midway through the third quarter, which cut the difference in the scoreboard +14 in favor of Wisconsin to leave the score at just five points margin for the Bucks at 72-67 with a minute and a half to go in the third act.
However, Durant’s reaction was unaccompanied by the rest of the Nets players. James Harden, still not physically fit, finished with 16 points (five of nine in field goals), five rebounds and seven assists. While Blake Griffin scored 12 points, being the only Brooklyn players to exceed double digits in scoring. Little arsenal to fight against a few grown Bucks.
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