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2021 NBA Finals. Bucks vs. Suns. League Champion: Milwaukee Bucks. Finals MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo (35.2 / 13.2 / 5.0) 2021 Playoff Leaders: PTS: Giannis Antetokounmpo (634) TRB: Giannis Antetokounmpo (269) AST: Jrue Holiday (199) WS: Giannis Antetokounmpo (3.7)
The 2021 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association 's (NBA) 2020–21 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Eastern Conference champion Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Western Conference champion Phoenix Suns, 4–2, winning their first NBA championship in 50 ...
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• Chris Paul scored 21 of his game-high 32 points in the second half as the Suns built a 20-point lead and answered every Bucks run en route to the win. Paul had 11 points (4-for-8 shooting), four assists and two turnovers at the half as the Suns led 57-49. But he absolutely took things over in the third quarter,scoring 16 points (6-for-7 FG, 3-for...
• Of the 80 games played this postseason, Game 1 of The Finals was played at the 10th-fastest pace (101.5 possessions per 48). It was the second-fastest game of the playoffs for the Suns, and the fourth-fastest for the Bucks. In Bryn Forbes’ 12 minutes on the court in Game 1, the pace jumped to 108.33 and the Bucks offensive efficiency climbed to 1...
• In the postseason prior to The Finals, the Bucks averaged 50.9 points in the paint and won the paint battle by a league-high 12.1 points per game. In Game 1, the Suns outscored the Bucks 44-42 in the paint, marking only the third time this postseason that the Bucks lost the paint battle. Ayton led all players with 16 points in the paintin Game 1 ...
• Paul leads the playoffs in percentage of points scored on mid-range shots (34.4%) and led all players in Game 1(25.0%). His 32 points were evenly distributed all over the court: 25.0% in the paint, 25.0% mid-range, 37.5% 3-pointers, 12.5% free throws. • The Bucks scored 45.7% of their points from both 2-point range and 3-point range in Game 1. Mi...
• Ayton scored 24.4% of Phoenix’s points, while using just 15.0% of the Suns possessionswhen he was on the court in Game 1. The only player with a greater disparity between scoring rate and usage rate than Ayton (9.4%) was Lopez (10%). • Paul accounted for 56.3% of Phoenix’s assists and 32.7% of Phoenix’s pointswhile he was on the court in Game 1. ...
• The two stats that stand out most of the four factors in Game 1 are free throw rate(Phoenix’s 0.295 to Milwaukee’s 0.182) and turnover percentage (Phoenix’s 8.8% to Milwaukee’s 13.9%). • The Suns finished the regular season ranked second in free throw percentage (83.4%) and lead all playoff teamsat 87.0%. Since they convert at such a high rate, o...
• Looking at the contested vs. uncontested shot numbers there is good news and bad news for the Bucks. The good news is that they actually shot better on contested shots (48.6%) than uncontested shots (43.1%), so if they can knock down some more open jumpers moving forward that should give their offense a boost. The bad news is that while they atte...
• Crowder and Cameron Johnson reach recorded five deflectionsin Game 1 as the Suns finished with 20 compared to 13 for the Bucks. • Antetokounmpo recorded a game-high four screen assists, which led to nine Bucks points. Crowder and Ayton had three apiece for the Suns, which resulted in a combined 13 points. • While the Bucks won the rebound battle ...
• Holiday held his defensive matchups to eight points on 3-10 (30%) shooting from the field and 2-7 (28.6%) from 3-point range in 14:33 of defensive matchup time. • Booker held his defensive matchups to five points on 2-13 (15.4%) shooting from the field and 1-10 (10%) from 3-point range in 13:29 of defensive matchup time. • Ayton allowed 26 points...
• Exploiting mismatches was key to Paul’s and Phoenix’s success in Game 1. He scored just eight points on six shot attempts in a combined 8:32 of matchup time against either P.J. Tucker or Holiday, which accounted for 62% of his offensive matchup time. But he had 12 points on 5-7 shootingin just 1:43 of matchup time (12.4% of total) against Lopez. ...
Catch up on all the highlights, analysis and postgame sound from Game 2 of the 2021 NBA Finals. GAME 1: SUNS 118, BUCKS 105 Paul leads Suns past Bucks in Finals opener
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