{"id":568861,"date":"2021-06-20T12:21:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568861"},"modified":"2021-06-20T12:21:50","modified_gmt":"2021-06-20T16:21:50","slug":"milwaukee-outlasts-kevin-durant-and-the-brooklyn-nets-in-epic-game-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milwaukee-outlasts-kevin-durant-and-the-brooklyn-nets-in-epic-game-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Outlasts Kevin Durant And The Brooklyn Nets In Epic Game Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilwaukee-outlasts-kevin-durant-and-the-brooklyn-nets-in-epic-game-seven%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1324466539.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>There were deep breaths, hands on knees, and dead legs on Saturday night, but there\u2019s no rest for the weary in a game seven.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After 53 minutes of basketball, neither the Brooklyn Nets nor the Milwaukee Bucks had anything left to give. But game 7\u2019s are a battle of wills. And on Saturday night at Barclays Center, the Milwaukee Bucks will won out.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kevin Durant\u2019s final attempt to once again bail his Nets teammates out caught nothing but air, and exhaustion set in. You could sense the relief on both sides, giving every last drop they had in the overtime thriller.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 40 points and 13 rebounds in 50 minutes of action, as Milwaukee outlasted the Nets in overtime 115-111. Durant was amazing again, pouring in 48 points \u2014 and playing every minute \u2014 but James Harden\u2019s hamstring injury hampered him all night long as the two-time NBA Finals champion simply couldn\u2019t do it all on his own.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Antetokounmpo was tired from the tip, with Bucks coach Mike <\/span><span>Budenholzer forced to call a timeout in the second quarter to get him off the floor as he labored to get up the court.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s so much responsibility he takes on every night,\u201d Budenholzer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2021\/06\/19\/bucks-outlast-nets-game-seven-overtime-thriller-reach-east-finals\/7759428002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThe defense, what he\u2019s having to do, guard all kinds of different guys, be in different coverages. Offensively, the ball\u2019s in his hands a ton, whether it\u2019s coming in transition almost like a point guard, playing out of the post, he just does so much and to be able to do it for 50 minutes, just super impressed. He\u2019s very special.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was an evening of proving the doubters wrong for <\/span><span>Antetokounmpo. Mocked by the crowd all night for his poor free throw shooting during the series, Giannis silenced the Brooklyn faithful, hitting eight of his 14 free throws. It was Antetokounmpo\u2019s first game seven win in two tries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI almost got a little emotional out there,\u201d Antetokounmpo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2021\/06\/19\/bucks-outlast-nets-game-seven-overtime-thriller-reach-east-finals\/7759428002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cbecause the team really, really tried their best. We kept our composure. We were down 2-0 (in the series). A lot of people didn\u2019t believe that we could win back home. We protect homecourt with our unbelievable fans. Just to come to New York where we were 0-5 in our last five games. Everybody\u2019s anxious, everybody\u2019s nervous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be able to execute, to believe in one another, to trust one another, it was big time. Really happy for this team. I\u2019m really happy for what we got done. But the job is not.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Durant sent the game to overtime in classic KD fashion, knocking down a turnaround 23-footer to tie the game 109-109.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If not for his giant big toe, we\u2019d be talking about another Bucks playoff exit instead of their second Eastern Conference Finals trip in three years. Durant\u2019s game-tying shot almost sent the Bucks home, but his foot was on the line, forcing another five minutes of action to determine the series winner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI thought it was a tres but my big a** foot stepped on the line. \u2026 I saw how close I was to ending their season,\u201d Durant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenGolliver\/status\/1406460218779881473\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> after the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Bucks PJ Tucker \u2014 guarding KD all series \u2014 could only laugh in amazement after Durant sent the game to overtime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThat was um\u2026honestly I just wanted to make sure he didn\u2019t shoot a three,\u201d Tucker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/bucks\/2021\/06\/19\/milwaukee-bucks-vs-brooklyn-nets-barclays-center-game-score-updates\/7749240002\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cThen when I cut him off, I thought he would (go) like one-foot, step-back and when he spinned that through me off. That shot was incredible. I don\u2019t think people really appreciated the level of difficulty of that shot. Like, I\u2019ve never\u2026 it was incredible. I laughed. I actually just laughed after he made it because it was incredible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was all on Durant\u2019s shoulders as Kyrie Irving missed the final three games of the series with a sprained ankle, and Harden was a shell of himself with a grade two hamstring injury. Durant was lights out all series, scoring 49 points in 48 minutes in game five but he simply ran out of gas in game seven. He missed every shot he took in overtime \u2014 0-6 from the field.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Milwaukee has fallen flat on their face in the playoffs the past several seasons, blowing a 2-0 lead to the Toronto Raptors in 2019, and allowing the Miami Heat to thoroughly demolish them in the Orlando bubble. The blame \u2014 whether fair or not \u2014 fell firmly on the wide shoulders of their two-time MVP in Giannis Antetokounmpo. But unlike in games past, Antetokounmpo and the Bucks didn\u2019t wilt under the pressure, finding a way to weather the onslaught from Durant and holding the Nets scoreless for the final 4:38 of overtime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe really wanted this as a team,\u201d Antetokounmpo said. \u201cThere were a lot of ups and downs within the series, there were a lot of ups and downs in this game.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe could have finished the game before overtime, and wasn\u2019t able to, but we kept our composure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Antetokounmpo\u2019s supporting cast struggled all game \u2014 Kris Middleton and Jrue Holiday shot a combined 14-49 from the field \u2014 but hit big shots in the fourth quarter and overtime including Middleton\u2019s go-ahead jumper with 40.7 left in overtime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Milwaukee will be closely watching game seven between the Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks on Sunday, as they\u2019ll play the winner in game one of the Eastern Conference Finals on Monday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe job is not done,\u201d Antetokounmpo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/31671626\/milwaukee-bucks-survive-instant-classic-make-eastern-conference-finals\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. \u201cSo that\u2019s the message here, that\u2019s the message in the locker room. We\u2019ve got to keep keeping our heads within the game. Can\u2019t get too high, can\u2019t get too low.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe didn\u2019t win the championship. But this is a great step for our organization.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <\/i><i>sports@dailywire.com<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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