When regular time ended on Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks held the Charlotte Hornets in a quarter-final of the Eastern Conference no. 1 against no. 8 Eastern Season after the season.
For a moment, it seemed the Hornets would not do that, note that. The Bucks defeated the Hornets at the season opener of both teams, but only with a score of 113-112. When the teams met again in November, the Hornets defeated the Bucks 110-107.
The Bucks defeated the Hornets on Friday 108-99 to improve their NBA best record to 35-12 behind Milwaukee all-star attacker Giannis Antetokounmpo's 34 points and 14 rebounds.
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The night of the Hornets in the Fiserv forum started very well. Charlotte kept the Bucks in the first quarter with 33.3 percent out of the field, and while no Hornet at half time in the double-digit area, led the Hornets at the end of the first half 54-52. In the meantime, Antetokounmpo had a play-high of 14 points, but he would probably have had 16, as he had missed a big break-in.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo tries his best Michael Jordan gives the impression of the quick break, but he gets a little too chic and misses the wide slump.
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Unfortunately, four quarters are needed to complete a game for the Hornets, and all-star captain Antetokounmpo was ready to turn the game over completely.
The Hornets jumped 13 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Antetokounmpo began his attack with a theft of the Charlotte Center Willy Hernangomez, which he turned into a dunk.
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Sterling Brown comes up with the loose ball and sends him to Giannis Antetokounmpo, who punishes the rim with a strong one-handed slam.
Then Antetokounmpo helped with a 11-0 run that forced the Hornets to call for a break after 6:49 minutes. After the timeout Antetokounmpo used the center of Charlotte Bismack Biyombo to trigger a spin, and the Bucks never followed.
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then drops a one-handed slam to secure the Bucks a 97-96 lead in the fourth quarter.
When the quarter was over, the Greek freak had outdone Hornets in the fourth quarter.
Antetokounmpo did it in a familiar way as he dominated the Hornets again and again. Antetokounmpo enters the weekend with an average of 17.5 points in the league per game. [2018-19]
Milwaukee will start a five-match tour of Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday. Their next game against the Hornets will be March 9 at the Fiserv Forum.
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