Khris Middleton Leads Bucks Past Hawks In Game 3, 113-102

A pretty good game until Trae Young tweaked his ankle late in the third period by stepping on an official’s foot.

From that point forward not a very good game as Atlanta became unhinged offensively and couldn’t score the basketball with enough consistency to hang with a very solid Milwaukee team.

The Bucks are just a better team. For this Atlanta team to win games in this series they have to play well for forty-eight minutes. They can’t lapse and play substandard basketball.

Give Khris Middleton credit for playing clutch in the fourth period scoring 20 points and on the night almost notching a triple double with 38 points.

I would say if Khris Middleton scores 25 points or more in a game against these Hawks the Bucks are winning the game with a comfort margin for error.

Game 4 in Atlanta on Tuesday. If Giannis can mitigate his free throw issues the Bucks could win a ring. I’m not sure how that will work against Phoenix though in that the Suns have multiple players who they can rotate to defend Giannis.

Milwaukee vs. Phoenix should be our NBA Finals.

Two interesting teams with two cities hungering for an NBA championship.

I don’t think Phoenix has ever won the championship although former OU coach John MacCloud led the Suns to a six game Finals matchup with the Boston Celtics.

I’m old enough to remember the Kareem team in Milwaukee with coach Larry Costello which won the NBA championship in the early seventies with Bobby Dandridge, John McGlocklin, and Oscar in decline.

These should be our two teams unless injuries become an issue for either the Suns or Bucks.

More rain coming to Deer Creek in a few hours.

Time to start thinking about the Stanley Cup Finals pitting Tampa vs. Montreal on Monday night.

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