I think to be able to get a stop even down with two seconds left means a lot.
After the Nets breezed their way past the Bucks in each of the first two games of this series in Brooklyn, as the series shifted back to Milwaukee, it was clear from the moment the game began the home team was desperate to make sure the tone was different in this one.
“Shoot, man, they did what they were supposed to do: Come out aggressive, backs against the wall, and we had to weather that storm,” said Kyrie Irving, who had 22 points in 45 minutes.
Things weren’t much better for Brooklyn, which fell behind 30-11 after the first quarter, only to storm back into the game with a big second quarter of its own.
The only thing the Bucks were focused on was getting a win, period, after two rough games in Brooklyn — especially the 39-point shellacking Milwaukee absorbed in Game 2.
He also went 4-for-9 from the foul line, and he was called for a 10-second violation for the second time in the playoffs that removed another possible attempt from his ledger.
At the end of the day, my instinct is telling me that’s the right decision to take it, I’ll live with that.
like, everybody, if you wake up in the morning and think you’ve got to drink a cup of coffee, and that’s what you want to do, that’s what your instinct is telling you, that’s what your soul is telling you.
After the Bucks managed to get themselves back into this series with a win, Antetokounmpo was just happy to be able to go home and celebrate a victory that kept Milwaukee’s chances of advancing out of the second round alive.
We knew it was a very, very tough game, and we needed this game as much as possible, and hopefully we get the next one.