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MILWAUKEE BUCKS GAME NOTES – NBA FINALS, GAME 6 2021 Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee Bucks (3-2) vs. Phoenix Suns (2-3) Playoff Schedule & Results Tuesday, July 120 – 8 p.m. CT – Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, Wis. Date Opp. Result TV/Record TV: ABC – RADIO: BMO Bucks Radio Network/ESPN Radio Eastern Conference First Round Playoff Game #23 – Home Playoff Game #11 May 22 vs. MIA W, 109-107 (OT) 1-0 May 24 vs. MIA W, 132-98 2-0 May 27 at MIA W, 113-84 3-0 MILWAUKEE BUCKS PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS (2020-21 Playoff Stats) May 29 at MIA W, 120-103 4-0 Eastern Conference Semifinals F – P.J. Tucker 6-5 245 Texas/USA 10th season June 5 at BKN L, 107-115 0-1 June 7 at BKN L, 86-125 0-2 17 G GS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3FG% FT% June 10 vs. BKN W, 86-83 1-2 22 18 4.5 4.8 1.1 29.3 .392 .328 .750 June 13 vs. BKN W, 107-96 2-2 June 15 at BKN L, 108-114 2-3 F – Giannis Antetokounmpo 6-11 250 Filathlitikos/Greece 8th season June 17 vs. BKN W, 104-89 3-3 G GS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3FG% FT% June 19 at BKN W, 115-111 (OT) 4-3 34 Eastern Conference Finals 20 20 29.2 12.8 5.3 37.9 .565 .179 .556 June 23 vs. ATL L, 113-116 0-1 June 25 vs. ATL W, 125-91 1-1 C – Brook Lopez 7-0 282 Stanford/USA 13th season June 27 at ATL W, 113-102 2-1 G GS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3FG% FT% June 29 at ATL L, 110-88 2-2 11 July 1 vs. ATL W, 123-112 3-2 22 22 13.1 5.8 0.3 29.1 .551 .333 .860 July 3 at ATL W, 118-107 4-2 NBA Finals F – Khris Middleton 6-7 217 Texas A&M/USA 9th season July 6 at PHX L, 105-118 0-1 G GS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3FG% FT% July 8 at PHX L, 108-118 0-2 22 July 11 vs. PHX W, 120-100 1-2 22 22 23.9 7.7 5.1 40.1 .437 .345 .882 July 14 vs. PHX W, 109-103 2-2 July 17 at PHX W, 123-119 3-2 G – Jrue Holiday 6-3 229 UCLA/USA 12th season July 20 vs. PHX 8 p.m. CT ABC/ESPNR G GS PPG RPG APG MPG FG% 3FG% FT% July 22* at PHX 8 p.m. CT ABC/ESPNR 21 * If necessary 22 22 17.6 5.6 8.5 39.3 .416 .304 .704 Head Coach: Mike Budenholzer – 3rd playoffs with MIL (30-17); 7th playoffs overall (47-39) INJURY REPORT: https://official.nba.com/nba-injury-report-2020-21-season/ PLAYER INJURY/DESIGNATION STATUS Thanasis Antetokounmpo Health and safety protocols OUT Donte DiVincenzo Left ankle surgery OUT PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAHN-iss ah-dedo-KOON-bo) Donte DiVincenzo (DEE-vin-chen-zo) Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Thon-asis ah-dedo-KOON-bo) Jrue Holiday (Drew) Pat Connaughton (CONN-uh-ton) Jordan Nwora (WORE-uh) Mamadi Diakite (MAH-muh-dee dee-uh-KEY-tay) Axel Toupane (tu-pon) RECENT TRANSACTIONS DATE TRANSACTION May 13 Signed guard Elijah Bryant May 12 Requested waivers on forward Rodions Kurucs April 21 Signed forward Justin Jackson to a Two-Way contract April 21 Signed Two-Way forward Mamadi Diakite to a multi-year standard NBA contract BUCK SHOTS • The Milwaukee Bucks are one win away from clinching the second NBA title in franchise history after defeating the Phoenix Suns 123-119 in Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead in the NBA Finals. The Bucks trailed by 16 points after the first quarter of Game 5, making Saturday’s win the second- largest first quarter deficit overcome by a team in NBA Finals history. • The Bucks enter Game 6 with a 9-1 record at home this postseason and a 15-3 mark all-time in two postseasons at Fiserv Forum. This includes two wins in Games 3 and 4 against the Suns last week. • Giannis Antetokounmpo posted another 30-point performance in Game 5 as he put up 32 points with nine rebounds, six assists and zero turnovers. According to ESPN Stats & Info, this was just the fifth time a player has had 30+ points, 5+ rebounds and 5+ assists with no turnovers in an NBA Finals game since 1978 (when turnovers were first tracked). • In the Finals, Antetokounmpo is now averaging 32.2 points, 13.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game while shooting 61.2% from the field. • After scoring a playoff-career-high 40 points in Game 4, Khris Middleton followed that up by scoring 29 points with seven rebounds and five assists in Saturday’s win in Game 5. Over the last three games (all wins) Middleton is averaging 29.0 points and shooting 47.1% from the field. • Jrue Holiday dished out 13 assists in Game 5 – tied for the second-most he’s had in a game this postseason – and scored 27 points for his third game of the 2021 playoffs with 25+ points and 10+ assists. Prior to this postseason, no Buck had ever tallied multiple games with 25+ points and 10+ assists in a single postseason, and now Holiday has done it three times. • Pat Connaughton has now made multiple threes in a career-high (reg. season or playoffs) six consecutive games after going 4-for-6 from three and scoring 14 points in Game 5. In the Finals, Connaughton is averaging 11.0 points per game while shooting 52.6% from the field and 50.0% from three. He’s also made 15 threes this series, which is tied with Middleton for the most among players from both teams. MILWAUKEE BUCKS GAME NOTES – NBA FINALS, GAME 6 MILWAUKEE BUCKS LAST THREE GAME RECAPS Bucks at Suns – NBA Finals, Game 5 – Saturday, July 17 – Footprint Center W, 123-119 – The Bucks took a 3-2 series lead in the NBA Finals with a 123-119 win over the Suns in Game 5 on Saturday at Footprint Center. It was a comeback win for Milwaukee, which trailed by 16, 37-21, after the first quarter of play. But a massive second quarter thrusted the Bucks back in front as they scored 43 points and held the Suns to just 24 points to take a three-point lead at halftime. The second quarter started with the Bucks going on a 21-5 run that tied the game, before they eventually took a 64-61 lead at halftime. In the third quarter, Milwaukee pushed its lead to double digits, leading by as many as 13 in the period before taking a 10-point, 100-90, lead into the fourth quarter. With just 3:25 to play in the game, the Bucks held a 10-point advantage, but the Suns were able to come back and trailed by just one with 56 seconds left. After a Bucks miss, the Suns had a chance to take the lead in the final 30 seconds, but a Jrue Holiday steal led to a fastbreak that ended with a Giannis Antetokounmpo alley-oop that put the Bucks up 122-119 with 13.5 seconds remaining. One final rebound by the Bucks and a Khris Middleton free throw sealed the win for Milwaukee and put it one game up in the series. Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 32 points while Middleton added 29 points and Holiday scored 27 points with 13 assists. Devin Booker led the Suns with 40 points. Game Leaders Bucks Suns Points 32 – Giannis Antetokounmpo 40 – Devin Booker Rebounds 09 – Giannis Antetokounmpo 10 – Deandre Ayton Assists 13 – Jrue Holiday 11 – Chris Paul PTS FG-A FG% 3FG-A 3FG% FT-A FT% OR-DR-REB AST ST BS TOV Bucks 123 50-87 .575 14-28 .500 9-17 .529 11-26-37 26 7 1 12 Suns 119 48-87 .552 13-19 .684 10-11 .909 8-27-35 23 9 5 9 Bucks vs. Suns – NBA Finals, Game 4 – Wednesday, July 14 – Fiserv Forum W, 109-103 – A 40-point performance from Khris Middleton helped the Bucks tie the NBA Finals at 2-2 as Milwaukee defeated Phoenix in Game 4 on Wednesday at Fiserv Forum, 109-103. Game 4 was relatively close throughout as neither team held more than a nine-point advantage the whole game. After a back-and-forth first half, the game was tied at 52 heading into halftime. In the third quarter, the Suns led for the majority of the period before taking an 82-76 lead heading into the fourth quarter. Phoenix started the final quarter of play with a three to extend its lead to nine, but Milwaukee began to comeback, eventually taking a two-point lead after a Pat Connaughton three with 3:08 to play. After the Suns took the lead back, this time leading 99-97 with 2:30 remaining, Middleton took over, scoring the next 10 points of the game for the Bucks. Meanwhile, a Giannis Antetokounmpo block of Deandre Ayton with the Bucks up two helped push the Bucks to a win. Overall, Milwaukee ended the game on a 12-4 run after the Suns led 99-97 with 2:30 left, sparked by Middleton’s play and Antetokounmpo’s block.