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NBA -- Bucks take Game 4 behind Antetokounmpo's late tip-in

By Taha Qureshi
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 23 Apr 2018



INDIANA​. ​Giannis Antetokounmpo has many big games under his belt. But his late game heroics Sunday afternoon at the BMO Harris Bradley Center is probably the biggest of them all so far.

Antetokounmpo, known as The Greak Freak for his length and other wordly athleticism, tipped in a Malcolm Brogdon miss with 5.1 seconds to go in the fourth quarter to lift the Milwaukee Bucks past the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference quarterfinals.​

The Milwaukee Bucks won Game 4 yesterday courtesy of Giannis Antetokounmpo's game-winning tip-in in the final 5.1 seconds of regulation.

Anteokounmpo ​finished with 27 pointsm seven rebounds and five assists. Khris Middleton had 23 points on an efficient 8-of-14 shooting from the field while Jabari Parker played 25 minutes off the bench and produced 16 minutes. Brogdon had 10 and Eric Bledsoe tallied nine markers with five dimes.

​Milwaukee made 38 of 73 field goals and 10 of 23 ​triples/

​Jaylen Brown ​sizzled with 35 points for the Celtics, who trailed 51-35 at the half and 45-65 with 7:37 left to play in the third quarter. Jason Tatum had 21 while Al Horford accounted for 13 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Morris added 10 points while Terry Rozier had 10 and eight assists. ​

Game 5 is Thursday night (Friday AM in the Philippines) at the TD Garden in Boston.

Photo: The Greek Freak shines again. Giannis Antetokounmp logged 27 points, including a game-winner with 5.1 seconds to go as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors, 104-102 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The series is now tied at 2-2.


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