NBA Playoffs | Bucks make Eastern conference finals
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 points and 13 rebounds as Milwaukee Bucks defeated Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in a thrilling game-seven overtime on Saturday to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
Khris Middleton tallied 23 points for the Bucks, who became the first road team to win a game in the series. Antetokounmpo hit the game-tying basket and Khris Middleton delivered the game-winner in overtime.
The best-of-seven series has featured almost everything, including epic scoring performances, aggressive fouls, rim-rattling dunks, series-ending injuries and of course Saturday’s winner-take-all game seven which turned into a see-saw affair with dozens of lead changes throughout.
The only thing missing was an overtime which Kevin Durant set the stage for in game seven when he drained a turnaround jump shot at the buzzer in regulation to level the score at 109 all in front of a crowd of 16,200 at Barclays Center arena.
Two-time league MVP Antetokounmpo shot 15-of-24 and had five assists in 50 minutes of playing time in the head-to-head match-up with Durant.
“I want to be great,” Antetokounmpo said. “We had to give everything. We know we were going to be tired at the end of the game.”
