AP Report/Marta Lavandier
Giannis Antetokounmpo is now not about to witness forward in opposition to the team that knocked his Milwaukee Bucks out of the playoffs last season.
“We’re going to tackle focused,” he told reporters after Thursday’s 113-84 victory over the Miami Heat. “Our job is no longer done here.”
The job is kind of done, even though, as the Bucks are in full retain watch over with a commanding 3-0 lead by the major three games.
Milwaukee cruised in the major sport in Miami on this sequence even supposing Antetokounmpo scored beautiful 17 components. He additionally added 17 rebounds and five assists while Khris Middleton (22 components, eight assists and five rebounds) and Jrue Vacation (19 components and 12 assists) had been sparkling in enhance.
If the gamers around Giannis play like that, the Bucks become legitimate championship contenders even in an Eastern Convention that factors the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers.
But Antetokounmpo’s comments counsel the team is soundless infected by striking off the team that skittish the end-seeded Bucks in five games in last year’s playoffs internal the Walt Disney World Resort before animated its attention to those ability matchups.
The Heat stacked the lane in last season’s sequence to nick off Antetokounmpo’s driving paths. His teammates had been unable to constantly obtain profit of the following space, and Milwaukee went home.
This year has been a diverse yarn in critical phase attributable to Vacation’s aged presence. His ability to read those openings and either carry out shots for himself or his teammates has allowed the offense to tackle flowing even supposing Antetokounmpo is now not taking up for extended stretches of games.
The Bucks can gain a possibility to total the sweep on the aspect road in Saturday’s Game 4.
