Bucks – Bulls 116-100: Giannis Antitokoumbo swept the Bulls 4-1 and started thinking about the Boston Celtics

The power difference between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls was shaped in the first four games of the series, with Game 5 being a further confirmation of that. Giannis Antitokoumbo’s team took a stroll through the Fiserv Forum and clinched victory – qualifying (116-100) in the next round of the NBA Playoffs, in a match that ended before it even started.

Mike Budenholzer’s players hit +29 in the second period, held/managed the powers since then and have not been threatened in the slightest by Billy Donovan’s team, who had two significant absentees (Jacques Lavin, Alex Carousel) among others.

Bottom line, the Deer went through the first round of the East with almost no bloodshed, with Giannis Antetokounbo giving his testimony for the umpteenth time. Greek Freak didn’t need to hit the gas, push or push to fill his 33-point stats (with 11/13 two points, 0/1 three points, 11/14 shots), 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 errors in 30 ’07” participation.

Bobby Portis continued his good performances after having 14 points and 17 rebounds in 31’44” of participation while Pat Conaton proved extremely consistent from the periphery with 6/9 three points. Very quiet last game of the season – for his team – DeMar DeRozan (11 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists), who took no initiative and only seemed to be waiting for the … doom when Nikola Vucevic made another double-double (19 points, 16 rebounds).

What next for the Milwaukee Bucks? The Boston Celtics who wiped out the Brooklyn Nets two days ago. Ime Udoka’s team plays great defence, has good rhythm and momentum, seems able to keep up Giannis Antetokounbo’s company with difficulty. Let’s not forget that the “Celts” will have home rights, ie the series will start from the TD Garden in Boston.

The race

After a bad first five minutes, the Milwaukee Bucks accelerated and showed themselves to be much more active on the floor of the Fiserv Forum. With Giannis Antitokoumbo leading the way, the difference quickly reached +12 (20-8 in 7 minutes), at a time when the Chicago Bulls had managed to make four errors and show some bad attacks. The superiority of the hosts was not limited to a minimum, but kept increasing their lead (40-20 in 15′ and 49-20 in 17′), mainly because none of the opponents could limit the action of Giannis Antetokounbo.

With no effort, the Greek freak managed to score 23 points (with 8/9 shots and 7/9 shots) and rack up 6 rebounds by the break thanks to Mike Budenholzer’s team at +18 (60-42) – among everyone else – found. to 52.2% in shots in a child and +14 rebounds (33 vs. 19). By the way, the conclusion of the first half of the game found that DeMar DeRozan was disappointing (4 points with 2/5 shots) and Nikola Vucevic had no energy (2 points with 1/6 shots).

Except for having opened so much from so early, Milwaukee relaxed along the way. At least for the first half of the third period, a fact that gave Chicago the right to close the gap (66-55 in 27′) and show signs of reaction. Until then, of course, because order was restored very quickly. When Bobby Portis and Pat Conaton got the job done from 7m25, the champions hit the gas (again) and took the difference back to +20 points. The third period ended with Milwaukee at +23 (91-68) and Giannis who had 32 points on 11/14 shots and 10/12 shots.

As you can see, what happened from there was rather procedural as the Chicago Bulls players didn’t have the talent, options and percentages to differentiate the situation. Victory qualification landed at the Milwaukee Bucks, who weren’t struggling much after Game 2 of the series.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 34-18, 60-42, 91-68, 116-100.

MILGUOKI BUKS (Mike Budenholzer): Portis 14 (2/7 three points, 17 rebounds), Giannis Antetokounbo 33 (11/14 two points, 0/1 three points, 11/14 shots, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 errors), Lopez 12 (5 rebounds), Matthews 8 (2), Holiday 10 (1/7 3-pointers, 5 rebounds, 9 assists, 6 errors), Allen 13 (3/6 3-pointers, 5 rebounds), Conaton 20 (6 /9 3 points), Carter 6 (4 assists, 5 steals), Thanasis Antetokunbo (2 rebounds), Ibaka, Vildosa, Nuora, Tucker.

CHICAGO BULLS (Billy Donovan): Green 3 (0/5 3-pointers, 7 steals, 4 errors), Williams 23 (4/7 3-pointers), Vuσεevi 19 19 (3/9 3-pointers, 16 rebounds, 6 assists) , DeRozan 11 (7 assists, 3 steals, 2 errors), Dosunmou 8 (1), White 17 (4/13 three points), Brown J. 10 (2/9 three points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Jones J .9 (1/5 three points), Thompson, Bradley.

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 29/51 two points, 14/36 three points, 16/20 shots, 60 rebounds (44 defense + 16 offense), 23 assists, 10 steals, 16 errors, 2 blocks.

Chicago Bulls team stats: 24/40 two points, 15/52 three points, 7/11 shots, 45 rebounds (31 defense + 14 offense), 24 assists, 12 steals, 16 errors, 3 blocks.

The results of the series

• game 1: Dollar – Bulls 93-86
• game 2: Dollar – Bulls 110-114
• game 3: bulls – dollars 81-111
• game 4: bulls – dollars 95-119
• game 5: dollars – bulls 116-100