El ala-pvot griego Giannis Antetokounmpo contributed this Tuesday, at the beginning of the edition NBA 75, a double-double (32 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists) decisive for the champions Milwaukee Bucks, who rammed for 127-104 the Brooklyn Nets, who didn’t have point guard Kyrie Irving.
At the start of the 2021-2022 season, the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the last final anot hoy 12 of 25 field goals, including a triple in four attempts.
The Bucks, who won the title from the Phoenix Suns, today received the champions rings from Commissioner Adam Silver.
Then the six-man Bucks, who had two-digit numbers, dominated from start to finish a Nets, who not only they missed Irving’s absencebut also teamwork that they were never able to present consistently.
In his first game since scoring 50 points in a Game 6 NBA Finals victory, Antetokounmpo also had the help of forward Khris Middleton and reserve guard Pat Connaughton -6th player-, who added 20 points each to help the Bucks resist the loss of the starting point guard Jrue Holiday who suffered a bruise on his right heel after scoring 12 points in the first half.
The star forward Kevin Durant led the Nets with a double-double of 32 points and 11 rebounds. The veteran point guard, the Australian Patty Mills, which debut with the Nets as a reserve, scored 21 points being perfect 7 of 7 in the shots from outside the perimeter.
Mills made a brilliant Brooklyn debut after spending the last 10 seasons in San Antonio, but the Nets didn’t get much more from their bench. Brooklyn’s other reserves combined by just four points.
While the escort James Harden arrived at 20 points points, but scored 6 of 16 shots field, in addition to capturing eight rebounds and another eight assists they didn’t prevent the Nets’ first loss of the new season.
Instead of using Irving in away games, he is not vaccinated and cannot play in New York, the Nets decided he wouldn’t play or practice with them until I could be a full participant.
After receiving his rings and raising a banner to celebrate his first NBA championship since 1971, the Bucks defeated the team that nearly eliminated them in the second round of the playoffs.
The Bucks had a 21-4 streak in the first quarter to extend a 10-8 lead to 31-12. They regained the lead back to 19 in the second quarter and led 66-59 at the break.
Then the lead never fell below seven the rest of the way.
Milwaukee got 15 points from forward Jordan NworaA 2020 second-round pick that wasn’t on the Bucks’ rotation as a rookie, but could be poised for a bigger role this year.
Listen to him Grayson Allen added 10 points in his Bucks debut after playing last season with the Memphis Grizzlies.