Game 6s are always eventful. The Boston Celtics wanted to shut the Milwaukee Bucks down with a road win. The Bucks didn’t want to go gentle into the good night, and came out with appropriate intensity.
It paid off. Behind a virtuoso showing by Giannis Antetokounmpo and crudely simple but effective defense, Milwaukee slowed the Cs’ offense to a crawl in spite of strong games from Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and guaranteed a deciding final contest in Boston on Saturday with a 97-86 win.
THE GAME FLOW
Attempting to counter Brad Stevens’ shrewd gambit of starting Semi Ojeleye in Game 5, interim Bucks head coach Joe Prunty threw known lil’ buster Thon Maker into the gauntlet as a starter.