He returned Damian Lillardculminating the intimate friend of Dani Olmo The miraculous recovery of his blood clot by which he was finally Milwuakee Bucks In this season it will be very long. The corals and cheerful Indian Giannis Antetokounmpoaccompanied by the 28 of Bobby Portis against the few 14 of a Damian Lillard I miss rhythm.
Tyrese Haliburton He signed a double-double of 21 points and 12 assists in response to the survey he published yesterday The Athleticin which the Star of the Pacers is considered the most overrated player in the NBA by the players of the American league. The base, chopped with Lillard, imitated his celebration of Dame time And that also acuña Dani Olmo. Indiana, faithful to his collective spirit, had up to six players in double digits, with Pascal Sakak as scoring leader with 24.
The Cameroonian about to docked Gary Trent Jr, forgetting his friendship with him because both were colleagues in the Toronto Raptors.
The Pacers condemned to 2021 champion to see close the extinction of his veteran project in the same way that they approached the veteran Doc Rivers In addition as a coach. And it is that a third consecutive elimination in the first round could probably mean the blur and new account on the banks of the Michigan Lake with the consequent revolution in the NBA that would mean putting antetokounmpo in the market. Without, of course, be it the fault of the Greek Freak.
-Still young to their 30 yearsAnteto is in full apogee and, as an irrefutable proof of this, his candidacy for another year to MVP than twice won as a finalist of the most precious individual honor with Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
But it happens that the project as Bucks equipment is already expired, and as significant representation of this the decline of Brook Lopez, with 8 points last night. Without saying that the pivot cannot do a good service yet, his 37 years, far from that impregnable defender of the time.
As an outlook, he also has been co -parting as a coach to his 63 yearswithout having stepped on some conference finals since he left the Boston Celtics having had super stars like Paul George and Kawhi Leonard at the Clippers, Joel Embiid and the young Ben Simmons in the Sixers and now antento and Lillard back in the bucks. Everything must be said, their adjustments served Milwaukee to compete better and so that Kyle Kuzma made an appearance with 12 points after ridiculous 0 of Game 1. But, with advantages of 10 points or higher during much of the game, the Pacers never saw their triumph endangered.
With a reputation to waste advantages in the playoffs instead of acting large comebacks, it would be almost anomalous that these Bucks would return the tie despite the fact that this trip now to Milwaukee, with the third game in the early morning from Friday to Saturday. The end of the cycle is divided into the Bucks and the end as coach of the always questioned Doc Rivers.
