Milwaukee Bucks wins pivotal Game 5 of 2021 NBA Finals over Phoenix Suns on Saturday, July 17 and takes commanding 3-2 lead.
Bucks super-star and two time MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo scores team high 32 points along with 9 boards and 6 assists , while Jrue Holiday adds 27 points and 13 assists for Milwaukee.
All star Khris Middleton scores 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Devin Booker scores game high 40 points for Phoenix Suns, while veteran guard Chris Paul scores another double-double in his first ever NBA finals with 21 points and 11 assists.
Deandre Ayton impressive run continues in playoffs, he adds 20 points and 10 boards.
Milwaukee became the first road team to win in the series and with one more victory will complete its second 2-0 comeback in this postseason – along with the fifth in NBA Finals history.
Game 5 winners of a tied series have won the series 21 of 29 times in the NBA Finals.
”We’ve got to win one game to put them back on the plane. That’s it,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. ”And you have to have that determination that you’re willing to do whatever it takes to put them back on the plane.”
”We knew this wasn’t going to be easy. We didn’t expect it to be. It’s hard,” Paul said. ”Coach said it all year long, everything we want is on the other side of hard and it don’t get no harder than this.”
Game 6 of the NBA finals will be played on Tuesday, July 20th at Fiserv Forum. The tip-off will be at 6 PM PT / 9 PM ET and abc will broadcast the game.
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