Knicks 110-105: Antetokounmpo and Lillard play the first historic match in the championship this season

The historic first game of the season’s championship, the NBA Cup, was entertaining for the Bucks, who struggled but defeated the Knicks 110-105 at Fiserv Forum. Milwaukee needed them in the Finals and almost gouged out their eyes, but Damian Lillard stepped up and sealed the game with six straight points (a hat-trick and a foul).

The Stags (3-1 at home, 0-1 on the road), who also have Miami, Washington and Charlotte in their group, went 3-2 on their way to Las Vegas and their first title of the season. Giannis Antetokounmpo took just 10 shots, was 3/3 on 3-pointers, set up the ball for those around him, and had the best +/- of any Bucks player, while Damian Lillard wasn’t…impressive, but he was posting 30 on idle And they had the cold blood they needed in Milwaukee in the end. Basically, he was just himself.

Khris Middleton broke the 20-minute mark for the first time this year, Brook Lopez blocked 8 (!) shots on a night when Adrienne Griffin left practice to return to bring down the defense, and Jae Crowder made 4/6 three-pointers in his role. The Bucks’ sixth player to fully line up.

The Knicks trailed 2-4 (0-2 at home and 2-2 on the road), and Jalen Brunson was in amazing form, but not Julius Randle, who broke the hoops. The former stopped at 45 points and his 15 pointers were what the Bucks made in total in 48 minutes, and the latter remained with 16 points on 5/20 shooting with Tom Thibodeau having a disappointing three-point percentage (10/39 – 25.6). %) He wonders what would have happened if RJ Barrett had played.

The Bucks’ next opponent is the Nets in Brooklyn, in the early hours of Tuesday (11/7) at 02:30.

Giannis Antetokounmpo account

He entered the game with three impressive baskets, attacking the Knicks defense early and forcing a timeout with three minutes to play. He distributed the ball nicely at the start of the second half, with Beauchamp turning his passes into assists, and by halftime he had 10 points (3/5 2-pointers, 4/6 field goals), 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 turnovers in 17 games. :48.

Midway through the third period, he made a 3-pointer for 68-60, and having no room to rush the Knicks’ racket, he made a second 3-pointer for 88-80 early in the fourth period and as much as everyone expected him to explode, I played with patience. He hit a third three-pointer to make it 91-82, but he scored 0/3 at 99-95 before Lillard helped make it 104-103.

• 22 points
• 3/7 2 points
• 3/3 Three-pointers
• 7/13 shots
• 8 follow-ups
• 6 assists
• 1 block
• 7 errors
• 3 errors
• +13 to +/-
• At 35:47

28-42 points on turnovers, 7-15 points on snaps, 33-21 points off the bench, 4-14 points off fouls, 8-13 points on second chances with the Knicks accounting for 16 offensive rebounds.

Dodecalypta: 21-25, 56-46, 82-76, 110-105

Milwaukee Bucks (Adrian Griffin): Middleton 12 (2/3 three-pointers, 9 rebounds, 4 assists), Antetokounmpo 22 (7/3 2-pointers, 3/3 three-pointers, 7/13 shooting, 8 rebounds, 6 assists). 1 block, 7 turnovers), Lopez 13 (4/10 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 8 blocks), Beasley, Lillard 30 (3/8 2-pointers, 7/4 3-pointers, 12/12 shots, 4 rebounds, 4 assists , 4 turnovers), Portis 4 (2/10 shooting), Connaughton 2, Crowder 14 (4/6 three-pointers, 6 rebounds, 2 assists), Payne, Beauchamp 13 (3).

New York Knicks (Tom Thibodeau): Hart 6 (10 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals), Randle 16 (4/11 2-pointers, 1/9 3-pointers, 5/9 steals, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals). Robinson (15 rebounds), Grimes 17 (5/10 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Brunson 45 (15/22 2-pointers, 2/8 3-pointers, 9/11 shots, 5 rebounds, 4 assists) . ), Quickley 14(1), Hartenstein 4, DiVincenzo 3(1), McBride

Milwaukee Bucks team statistics: 15/43 2-pointers, 20/39 3-pointers, 20/28 steals, 55 rebounds, 24 assists, 6 steals, 10 blocks, 14 turnovers, 16 fouls

New York Knicks team statistics: 28/57 2-pointers, 10/39 3-pointers, 19/25 shots, 64 rebounds, 18 assists, 6 steals, 1 block, 10 turnovers, 22 fouls