Tatum-Giannis, the last duel. Boston and Milwaukee at the showdown

Match Point, played on his own serve, that is, in front of the fans of the Fiserv Forum, failed, now for the reigning champions comes the away match-7 challenge. Last season Milwaukee, also in the second round, had won in the photo finish, the famous centimeters of Kevin Durant’s shoe that had transformed the triple of success in the two-goal basket of extra time, against the Nets at the Barclays Center, now the Bucks must violate the TD Garden if they want to continue their journey towards the Finals.

Tatum

–

Boston, however, has other plans and with an absolutely spatial Tatum in race-6 is ready for the challenge, convinced that it will finally be able to dispel the taboo in this series of two consecutive victories. “The two most beautiful words in basketball are: game seven – underlines Jaylen Brown – our fans are ready, the public will be very noisy and will give us a hand”. The Celtics feel they have the inertia of a balanced and incredibly intense series in their hands, but making theorems about a Game-7 is always dangerous. At a tactical level, coach Udoka found the best “adjustments” in race-6, making the most of the mismatches and attacking as much as possible a disastrous Allen who showed all his defensive limits by closing Friday’s challenge with a very bad -29 + / -.

Middleton out

–

If during the week a shy optimism seemed to filter from Milwaukee on a possible recovery of Middleton for the eventual game-7, a return that would serve like bread on both sides of the field for coach Budenholzer, on Saturday, however, he reported the Bucks fans to reality. Middleton will not be available and the Milwaukee coaching staff will have to decide whether to insist on Allen or perhaps give Carter a chance. Once again, therefore, Antetokounmpo will have to work overtime in the hope that it will be enough, given the fact that not even a devastating test (44 points and 20 rebounds) like that of race-6 has served to give success to the reigning champions. “A game-7 – says the Greek – is something beautiful for basketball. We have given everything in these six games, we cannot blame ourselves for anything. We have to approach Race 7 in the same way and we hope, perhaps with a bit of luck, to be able to win it “.

The hopes

–

Boston, on the other hand, expects a superstar closing game from an absolutely unstoppable Tatum in race-6. If the Boston star picks up the pace from the perimeter everything becomes difficult for the opposing defenses, the Bucks are no exception. “Losing Race-5 like that was hard to digest – comments the former Duke – we learned our lesson and when we struggled in the fourth quarter on Friday we were able to respond well. We believe in ourselves and we have great confidence in our means “. The word then passes to the parquet for a game-7 to be experienced, the perfect conclusion to a really beautiful series.