Bucks party in Las Vegas: Antetokounmpo is unstoppable for one evening and the Thunder can’t find a way to stop him. Doc Rivers gets his first revenge
I Milwaukee Bucks they won the second edition of the NBA Cupthe event conceived by the commissioner Adam Silver to try to make the first part of the regular season a little more attractive, with a cascade of money galore for those who would take it home. In the final they beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 97-81literally disappeared in the second half in which they couldn’t even find a three-pointer, stopping at 5 made before the long interval.
Giannis MVP with 23 points
Milwaukee he knew how to exploit the difficulties of young people Thunderwho also showed up at the appointment of T-Mobile Arena with the underdogs unable to show consistency during a final played point to point until midway through the third quarter, when the Bucks they took command of operations and never looked back.
Antetokounmpo he closed out his night by hitting a fabulous triple double from triple double from 26 points with 19 rebounds and 10 assistscon Damian Lillard perfect Robin from Batman Giannis thanks to 23 points scored, to which are added 13 each Brook Lopez e Gary Trent Jr . A characterful response from the Bucks, with Doc Rivers what a difficult start to the season seems to have found the key to changing the course of events.
Delude Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Bitter evening for OKC: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander he is the one who struggles the most, because i 21 points scored on 8 of 24 shooting they do not offer the desired guarantees. Jalen Williams he does just barely better with 18 points but the least worse for the Thunder is Isaiah Hartenstein (16 points and 12 rebounds). The Bucks succeed in the roll of honor to the Lakers, who won in the last edition.
