Milwaukee Bucks win crime against Nets and advance

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the essentials in brief

• Milwaukee is in the Finals of the Eastern Conference.
• The Bucks prevail against the Brooklyn Nets.
• Now the Atlanta Hawks or the Philadelphia 76ers meet.

In the extremely exciting and balanced game, the lead changed several times in the final phase. One second before the end of regular time, it was 109: 109.

Only after extra time could the Bucks for their star Giannis Antetokounmpo prevail in New York 115: 111. So they decided the series in the playoffs of the NBA with 4: 3 for themselves.

The season is over for the heavily occupied Nets around Kevin Durant, James Harden and the recently injured Kyrie Irving.

«He’s still the best player in the world. We knew that we had to beat him as a team, »said opponent Antetokounmpo the US TV broadcaster TNT.

«That was definitely exhausting. That was game seven away. We had to give everything and we knew that we would be tired afterwards. “

The Greek, for his part, had a break of less than three minutes and collected 40 points, 13 rebounds and five assists. In the final of the Eastern Conference, the Bucks now face either the Atlanta Hawks or the Philadelphia 76ers. There is also game seven in this series of the NBA. The game is on Monday night (2 a.m. CEST).