As the Boston Celtics garnered most of their first-round advertising campaign with an emphatic scan of the Brooklyn Nets, the Milwaukee Bucks quietly sent the Chicago Bulls to five games. Well, the Bucks made a lot of noise on Sunday. Milwaukee entered Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals as an underdog. That situation is certain to change after an emphatic 101-89 home win over Boston with injured All-Star Khris Middleton watching from the sidelines.
Giannis delivers a message with highlight dunk
Boston kept things early, as Milwaukee opened the lead with 27-24 in the first ten minutes. But the Bucks knocked down the Celtics in the second half and opened things up after half time in a game that was not as close as the final margin of 12 points. As the Bucks played the game, Giannis Antitokoumbo received a resounding exclamation. With about 6:30 left, the two-time MVP of the league and the dominant MVP of the NBA Finals played with Grand Williams in the high post, threw the ball off the board and then went up to the basket to catch the ricochet and hit it at home for himself. alley-up. Jason Tatum, who is praised for Kevin Durant in the 1st Round, watched desperately as his attempt to frustrate Antetokunbo under the basket proved to be unhelpful. “I always try to be aggressive,” Antetokunbo told ESPN’s Jorge Sedano after the match. … “My teammates want me to be aggressive. I try to get to the color and play games for my teammates and myself. And I was lucky enough to play that game.” As in the rest of the game, the Celtics had no answer in the dunk for Antetokunbo, who averaged 24 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists. And now it is the Celtics who are trying to find answers after finding them all against the Nets. Giannis Antetokounbo seems to be doing another emphatic dunk here against the Celtics. (AP Photo / Steven Senne)
