¡Good evening and welcome to Game 5 of the NBA Finals that the Phoenix Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks at the Footprint Center in Phoenix. A clash that seems fundamental to the future of the series after the Wisconsin franchise became strong at home and managed to tie the tie at two after falling in the first two stakes in Arizona.
Last room
Min. 25
Min. 23 (117-120): What a triplazo from Booker to give even more life to the Suns!
Min. 22 (112-117): Foul in favor of the Suns who have lost two golden opportunities to get closer on the scoreboard. Of course, Ayton does not miss from the free kick. There is still life for the Suns.
Min. 19 (105-113): Timeout of the Suns, who drain their last cartridges before flying to Milwaukee with the bullet about to leave the barrel.
Min. 14 (92-104): How hungry is Antetokounmpo! How he has eaten the hoop to make it clear that he is not willing to miss this game!
Min. 13 (90-102): The last partial begins. He does it with the Bucks’ basket who seem closer to victory.
Third quarter
Min. 12 (90-100): Finish the third quarter. A lot has to change the mindset of the Suns if they want to have options in the last quarter.
Min. 8 (81-90): We already have action for the controversy. CP3 hits in the eye of Middleton who falls to the ground when he sees that possession is running out. The Suns are out of the game.
Min. 6 (75-83): Holiday’s recital is being priceless for some Bucks who want to return to Milwaukee with half a ring in their pocket.
Min. 4 (69-74): The Suns are trying on defense to get back into the game. But the Bucks pull ex officio to keep them out of the game.
Min. 2 (63-67). The trend of the second quarter remains the same and the Bucks maintain the rent in the third quarter.
4:24 hours. Of the most curious images of the final. A Suns fan counting 100 bills for every second it takes for free throws.
Second bedroom
Min. 24 (61-64): We go into halftime with the Bucks at the helm of a clash that seemed controlled by the Suns in the first set, but in which Wisconsin have never lost their face.
Min. 23 (59-62): Anteto scores two free throws to increase the advantage of the Bucks, who have found their best player in Jrue Holiday this quarter with 14 of his 15 points scored in this quarter.
Min. 20 (57-55): Cameron Payne scores to put the Suns ahead. A player so unpredictable that he is capable of the best and the worst. This time it was expensive.
Min. 19 (53-52): His Majesty is in the building.
Min. 19 (49-50): Bobby Portis Triiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiple! The Bucks ‘villain’ sets Phoenix on fire with a basket that puts Milwaukee ahead after turning the scoreboard without Giannis on the court with a 25-12 run.
Min. 16. (40-32). The failures from Crowder’s 3-pointer and the precipitation in the Suns attack propitiate a comeback for the Bucks, whose baskets are much celebrated by bettors here in Las Vegas.
Min. 13 (37-23) The second quarter starts with a Bucks basket and poor defense on the next play. Wisconsin’s men are well outgunned at this point in the game, although Holiday doesn’t want this to end early.
First quarter
Min. 12 (37-21) End of the first quarter. The Bucks already have more losses in a quarter than in the entire last game, which explains the advantage of the Suns who have gone out like wolves.
Min. 9 (32-16): Trouble for Milwaukee. Phoenix is defending very well. Especially with Payne overseas now. The Suns are unleashed and this is a good sign for the people of the Valley.
Min. 8 (25-16): Terrible about Booker. Robbery, killing and over the lack of Antetokounmpo. The Suns guard also faces the Greek and celebrates the action to his face.
Min. 5 (14-9). Milwaukee is forced to call a timeout due to the small gale that Jae Crowder has become. How are they going to stop you?
Min. 4 (9-9): The offensive machinery of the Suns begins to work, although Giannis is not about to let them go on the scoreboard so easily.
Min. 2 (2-2): First points for the Suns that come from the free throw. For the moment, Paul is back against a very tight defense, although this time he did find the pivot to block and continue.
Min. 1 (0-2). The crash begins! And he does it with the ball for the Bucks after the initial jump. First basket for Jrue Holiday.
A match marked by the equality seen so far in the Finals begins. A series in which the home court factor is being decisive and it will be necessary to see if this time the Valley also pushes the Suns to stay one step away from the first ring in its history.
By the way, Antetokounmpo will not be in the clash. Although it’s about Thanasis that has entered the NBA’s sanitary protocols in the face of the pandemic.
3:05 hours. Few players as dominant as Giannis Antetokounmpo in finals. At least that’s what the statistics say. The Greek signs more than 30 points per game with more than 60% accuracy, something that has not been seen in the NBA since Shaquille O’Neal.
Initial Quintets
2:48 hours: Monty Williams also does not change the starting five of the Suns and will leave with Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Jae Crowder y DeAndre Ayton to try to assert the home court factor of the Arizona team.
2:40 hours. We already have the quintets with which Mike Budenholzer will try to storm the Phoenix Footprint Center. The Bucks will line up with Jrue Holiday, PJ Tucker, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez.
The Suns need victory to stay out of serious troubleIt is not the same to return to Milwaukee with a margin of error than to do it without a safety net for the sixth game. After showing signs of improvement in the fourth game with a stellar Booker, the complete recovery of Monty Williams’ team goes through a Chris Paul who did not find the best rhythm for his teammates in the two games in Wisconsin and his team paid for it.
Historically, the winner of the fifth match after the draw to two in the eliminatory for the title has taken the ring in the 72% of the time which makes tonight’s match a golden opportunity for both teams to cherish the trophy they so long for. However, the ring still seems far away and to get closer there is only one goal: the next match as Antetokounmpo pointed out in a speech that has become a viral phenomenon in recent hours.
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