After trailing for the majority of the game, the Milwaukee Bucks storm their way back in the fourth quarter to protect home court advantage in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
After the wire-to-wire blowout that was Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals, Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals felt eerily familiar early on. With the Toronto Raptors jumping out to a 26-13 lead, things looked bleak for the 1-seeded Milwaukee Bucks.
For the majority of the game, the Raptors were by far the more disciplined team defensively and were red-hot from downtown — a combination for success in the modern NBA.
Too bad someone forgot to tell them basketball is a 48-minute game.
Toronto received a 30-point performance from the overly criticized Kyle Lowry on 10-of-15 shooting from the field and a blistering 7-of-9 shooting from downtown, but the rest of the team failed to match the floor general’s output, as everyone else converted on just 37.0 percent of their shots. Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, but did so on just 10-of-26 shooting from the field and failed to be much of a factor down the stretch of the game.
Led by a career performance from center Brook Lopez ( 29 points and 11 rebounds) and the eerily consistent Giannis Antetokounmpo (24 points, 14 rebounds and six assists), the Milwaukee Bucks defend home-court and go into Game 2 with all the momentum. Here are three takeaways from their Game 1 comeback.