Milwaukee Bucks: 3 takeaways from 108-100 Game 1 win over Toronto Raptors
The Milwaukee Bucks tipped off their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Toronto Raptors in fantastic fashion as they came back to take Game 1 Wednesday night.
In a thrilling open to the Eastern Conference Finals, the Milwaukee Bucks put together an incredible second half comeback to down the Toronto Raptors and take Game 1 of their series on their home floor at Fiserv Forum Wednesday night.
The Bucks came out of the gate displaying plenty of jitters and got out to an early lead, which was quickly dashed by a three-point party the Raptors were throwing throughout the first quarter. The result of the Raptors’ hot shooting start gave them a 34-23 lead at the end of one.
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Forced to play catch up, Milwaukee quickly cut into their double digit deficit as the Raptors came back down to earth with their shooting and stout defensive start.
But after knocking on the door multiple times, Toronto maintained their control of the contest going into the halftime break with a 59-51 edge.
The Bucks continued their comeback push into the second half and were searching for that elusive breakthrough. But the Raptors stood resilient, turning away Milwaukee’s advances, and held an 83-76 advantage through three.
Finally, the Bucks broke on through and after misfiring from three all throughout the night, they got critical triples to go down to continue to fend off the Raptors. It turns out the Raptors, namely Kyle Lowry, were more than willing to trade threes with the Bucks, which set up a thrilling final stretch with under three minutes to go.
A dunk and a triple from Splash Mountain himself, Brook Lopez, proved to be the back breaker for the Raptors and Milwaukee added on free throws from both Eric Bledsoe and Khris Middleton to secure their Game 1 victory in the waning moments.
So without further ado, let’s break down what stood out in the Bucks’ Game 1 comeback win over the Toronto Raptors Wednesday night, starting with Brook Lopez’s big moment and bounce back showing.