By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
After losing badly in Game 1, the Bucks wanted to react and did exactly that. Giannis once more was the leader of Milwaukee with 28 points, 20 rebounds, and five assists as they beat Orlando 111-96 and tied the Eastern Conference first-round series at 1-1.
Four more players scored in double digits for the Bucks with Robin Lopez scoring 17 points and after a stellar first quarter in which they built a 25-13 lead, they never looked back.
Montenegrin big man Nikola Vucevic with 32 points and ten rebounds did his best, French guard Evan Fournier added 12 but Orlando in total was locked by Milwaukee’s defense.
On the contrary, James Harden had 21 points and nine assists and the Houston Rockets made 19 of an NBA-record 56 3-point attempts to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-98 for a 2-0 lead in the first-round Western Conference series.
Still, the defense was also the key with OKC scoring just 39 points in the second half. Italian forward Danilo Gallinari scored 17 points and German guard Dennis Schroder had 13 points and five assists for the losing side.