Bucks Host Suns in Game 3 of Finals, Down 0-2
The Milwaukee Bucks play host to the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Fiserv Forum on Sunday.
The Suns (2-0) have been the best team in these playoffs, entering this matchup with a 14-4 postseason record. They've done that damage against some of the best teams in the league, and they now find themselves just two games away from their very first championship. Players like Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton carry the load for this team, but they're starting to become thin. They lost Dario Saric in Game 1 to a torn ACL, and it looks like Torrey Craig will miss the rest of the series as well. That means the depth of this club will be tested for the final few games of the season, but one has to believe those aforementioned studs will play those minutes and take on as much as they can handle.
The Bucks (0-2) had to battle to get to this point, and they've dug themselves quite the hole in these NBA Finals. It's certainly no fault of Giannis Antetokounmpo, though, who's got 62 points, 29 rebounds, eight assists, three steals, and four blocks in the first two games of this series. It looked like he suffered a serious injury at the end of the Eastern Conference Finals, but those numbers would indicate that he's fully healthy. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday were huge in his absence, but they haven't been the same since Giannis returned for this series. In fact, those two have combined to shoot 28-of-77 from the field in these Finals, struggling mightily with this Phoenix defense. That simply won't get it done from your second and third best players, giving the Bucks an uphill battle in the final few games of this series.
While three teams have come back from 0-2 deficits in these playoffs, the 2-0 team has won 93 percent of the time in NBA history in that circumstance. The Bucks were one of those teams, though, doing that against the Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.
The Suns (2-0) have been the best team in these playoffs, entering this matchup with a 14-4 postseason record. They've done that damage against some of the best teams in the league, and they now find themselves just two games away from their very first championship. Players like Devin Booker, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton carry the load for this team, but they're starting to become thin. They lost Dario Saric in Game 1 to a torn ACL, and it looks like Torrey Craig will miss the rest of the series as well. That means the depth of this club will be tested for the final few games of the season, but one has to believe those aforementioned studs will play those minutes and take on as much as they can handle.
The Bucks (0-2) had to battle to get to this point, and they've dug themselves quite the hole in these NBA Finals. It's certainly no fault of Giannis Antetokounmpo, though, who's got 62 points, 29 rebounds, eight assists, three steals, and four blocks in the first two games of this series. It looked like he suffered a serious injury at the end of the Eastern Conference Finals, but those numbers would indicate that he's fully healthy. Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday were huge in his absence, but they haven't been the same since Giannis returned for this series. In fact, those two have combined to shoot 28-of-77 from the field in these Finals, struggling mightily with this Phoenix defense. That simply won't get it done from your second and third best players, giving the Bucks an uphill battle in the final few games of this series.
While three teams have come back from 0-2 deficits in these playoffs, the 2-0 team has won 93 percent of the time in NBA history in that circumstance. The Bucks were one of those teams, though, doing that against the Brooklyn Nets in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals.