In the NBA playoffs, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Brooklyn Nets 115-111 in overtime to win the series 4-3 and advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
The NBA play-offs continued with a single game. The Nets hosted the Bucks at Barclays Center in Game 7 of the conference semifinals series.
During the match, which was the scene of a head-to-head fight, the score changed hands 20 times, and equality was achieved 10 times.
Nets star Kevin Durant took the game into overtime with a hard position with one second left. At the end of the overtime period, where no points could be produced for approximately 3.5 minutes, the Bucks gained the upper hand over their opponents and made their mark in the conference finals.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks in the victory with 40 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists. Antetokounmpo became the 5th player to score at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in the 7th game of the NBA play-offs, after Elgin Baylor, Jerry West, Charles Barkley and Tim Duncan. Khris Middleton scored 23 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, and Brook Lopez scored 19 points and 8 rebounds in the visiting team.
Durant, who played for the entire match in the host team, struggled with 48 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Durant managed to become the player with the most points in the 7th game in the history of the NBA play-offs. James Harden had 22 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists, and Blake Griffin had 17 points and 11 rebounds.
The Milwaukee Bucks will face the winner of the Philadelphia 76ers vs Atlanta Hawks (3-3) in the Eastern Conference finals.
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