Conor Allen

50 years removed from their first and only championship, Milwaukee is set to host a Game 6 Tuesday against a Phoenix Suns team that once had their number and a 2-0 series lead. But for the second time in the 2021 playoffs Milwaukee has rallied from a 2-0 deficit and now stands poised to win the chip.  The Bucks 123-119 win on Saturday was punctuated by Jrue Holiday's fourth quarter strip of Devin Booker. Holiday then then fed the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo who thanked him with a thunderous dunk, made all the more impressive because he was being blatantly fouled by Chris Paul in mid-air. This would have been Giannis' best moment in the playoffs had he not already registered that now legendary block of Deandre Ayton in Game 4. Antetekounmpo finished Saturday's game with 32 points, shooting 14 of 23 from the field while grabbing nine rebounds. Booker was even better, scoring 40 points to lead Phoenix's offense, but the late game strip now has the Suns' backs to the ...

The NBA Finals begin tonight not in a bubble, but in the desert. The Bucks travel to Phoenix seeking their first title in 50 years, while the Suns are after their first Chip ever. The Bucks are in the Finals for the first time since 1974 and the Suns are there for the first time since 1993. OK so the last time the Bucks were in the Finals I wasn't alive, and the last time the Suns were in the Finals I was in eighth grade and possibly had a mullet (I definitely had a mullet).  Phoenix got the better of Milwaukee both times they faced off this regular season, 125-124 on 2/10 and 128-127 on 4/19. Yes point spread junkies, those are two one-point victories there. Along with Utah, the Suns are also one of only two teams that didn't lose to the Bucks this season. With a 27-9 home record and a week off since their Western Conference Semifinals win over the Clippers, Phoenix should feel pretty good coming into this game. All this and we haven't even talked about Giannis Antetekounm...