The Greek power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo contributed 25 points, nine rebounds and six assists that left him at the forefront of the balanced attack of the Milwaukee Bucks, who beat the Atlanta Hawks 125-91 in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. The Bucks’ triumph allowed them to put the tie (1-1) in the series They play the best of seven and the third game will be played in Atlanta, on Sunday.
Along with Antetokounmpo, three other starters broke the 20-point barrier and as a team they had a 52% (50-96) accuracy in shooting from the field, compared to 41% (34-82) of the Hawks who also lost the duel under the hoops by capturing just 34 rebounds to Milwaukee’s 47, he lost 15 balls and 19 to Atlanta.
The Bucks’ dominance was complete in all facets of the game with point guard Jrue Holiday reaching 22 points and handing out seven assists. While Cuban-American center Brook López scored 16 points and forward Khris Middleton had another 15 with eight assists and seven rebounds.
Trae Young converted 15 points but was erratic.
For the Hawks, only point guard Trae Young and power forward John Collins were able to overcome the 10-point barrier among the five starters. But Young’s 15 points, who missed 10 of 16 shots from the field, including seven of eight 3-point attempts, could never be a winning factor as it happened in the first match, where he was the hero and architect of the victory by 116-113. While Collins scored another 11 points and captured eight rebounds, without being able to have a presence in the inside game as he did in the first game.
The faces say it all…
This Saturday, fourth final game in the West between Clippers and Suns
Los Angeles Clippers will host the Phoenix Suns this Saturday from 10:00 p.m. in the fourth game of the series for the best of seven games, for the final of the Western Conference NBA you are losing by 2 to 1.
The match will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and the fifth game will be played at the Phoenix Arena next Monday also from 22.
The Suns won the first two home games 120-114 and 104-103 with an agonizing double from DeAndre Ayton nine tenths from the end. The Clippers beat home 106-92 in Game 3, and are confident they can do the same as against the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz in the previous series when they trailed 2-3 and 0-2, respectively.