Halfway: Bucks top Raptors 125-103 for 2-0 East finals lead.
Relive the instant reaction to Toronto's historic win.The Raptors got timely contributions from a number of players, with For more on another wild game between the Raptors and Bucks, here are some takeaways...After hitting a career-best seven 3-pointers in Game 5, VanVleet gave the Raptors a huge boost off the bench in the first half of Game 6 with nine points on 3-for-4 shooting from the perimeter.Everyone else on the Raptors combined to shoot 3-for-9 from the 3-point line through two quarters of play.Each of VanVleet's 3s were timely, too.
The Raptors are the 21st team in NBA history to win a best-of-seven series after trailing 2-0 and the first team to do so since… He's now scored at least 10 points in three straight games.The Raptors were starting to lose control of the game in the third quarter, but Kawhi Leonard got them back on track.With the Raptors trailing 72-58 with 3:46 to play, Leonard scored or assisted on 12 of Toronto's 13 points to close the quarter, the only point he wasn't involved in being a free throw from Norman Powell. In the second half, however, the Bucks couldn't buy a shot from deep. Stephen A.: Warriors can't beat Bucks without DurantBudenholzer: Everyone was feeding off of Giannis tonightGiannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 17 rebounds, Ersan Ilyasova came off the bench to add 17 points and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed on the way to beating the Toronto Raptors 125-103 on Friday night and taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern...Raptors coach Nick Nurse isn't worried if opponents are overlooking his team as a title contender, saying "we know we're tough to beat," while adding that he thinks the team can still play better after Saturday's 107-92 win over the Lakers.The restart games have already changed the play-in and playoff odds in each conference.With a 126-103 win over the Pelicans on Saturday, LA Clippers coach Doc Rivers passed Red Auerbach for 11th on the all-time wins list with his 939th career victory.Stephen A.: Warriors can't beat Bucks without DurantBudenholzer: Everyone was feeding off of Giannis tonightGiannis Antetokounmpo blocks Marc Gasol 's 5-foot dunkDanny Green makes 24-foot three point jumper (Pascal Siakam assists)Marc Gasol makes 17-foot jumper (Kyle Lowry assists)Serge Ibaka makes 14-foot two point shot (Fred VanVleet assists)Norman Powell makes 28-foot three point jumper (Pascal Siakam assists)Serge Ibaka makes 14-foot jumper (Fred VanVleet assists)Kawhi Leonard makes 27-foot three pointer (Serge Ibaka assists)Kawhi Leonard misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shotDanny Green makes 23-foot three point jumper (Marc Gasol assists)Kyle Lowry makes 26-foot three point jumper (Serge Ibaka assists)Kawhi Leonard makes 17-foot driving floating jump shot (Kyle Lowry assists)Serge Ibaka makes driving layup (Norman Powell assists)Fred VanVleet makes 24-foot three pointer (Serge Ibaka assists)Norman Powell makes 31-foot three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo blocks Fred VanVleet 's 4-foot driving layupNorman Powell makes 1-foot driving dunk (Kyle Lowry assists)Kyle Lowry makes 26-foot three pointer (Norman Powell assists)Kyle Lowry misses 29-foot three point pullup jump shotJodie Meeks makes 18-foot pullup jump shot (Eric Moreland assists)Chris Boucher makes 27-foot three point jumper (Jeremy Lin assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo makes dunk (Eric Bledsoe assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shotNikola Mirotic makes 28-foot three point jumper (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)Nikola Mirotic makes 13-foot driving floating jump shot (Khris Middleton assists)Khris Middleton makes 27-foot three point shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shotErsan Ilyasova makes 28-foot three point jumper (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)Malcolm Brogdon makes 16-foot driving floating jump shotKhris Middleton makes 23-foot jumper (Malcolm Brogdon assists)Malcolm Brogdon makes 29-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)Malcolm Brogdon makes 26-foot three point jumper (George Hill assists)George Hill makes two point shot (Pat Connaughton assists)Nikola Mirotic makes driving floating jump shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists)Fred VanVleet blocks George Hill 's 4-foot driving layupErsan Ilyasova makes 8-foot two point shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists)Ersan Ilyasova makes 3-foot layup (Eric Bledsoe assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo misses 20-foot pullup jump shotMalcolm Brogdon makes 27-foot three point shot (Eric Bledsoe assists)Ersan Ilyasova makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eric Bledsoe assists)Nikola Mirotic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Brook Lopez assists)Danny Green blocks Khris Middleton 's 26-foot three point jumperGiannis Antetokounmpo misses 19-foot pullup jump shotEric Bledsoe makes two point shot (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo makes dunk (Eric Bledsoe assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo misses 26-foot three point jumperKhris Middleton makes 24-foot three point jumper (Giannis Antetokounmpo assists)Ersan Ilyasova makes 2-foot layup (Brook Lopez assists)Kawhi Leonard blocks Malcolm Brogdon's driving layupGeorge Hill makes two point shot (Malcolm Brogdon assists)Fred VanVleet blocks Giannis Antetokounmpo 's 3-foot layupGiannis Antetokounmpo makes 2-foot dunk (Eric Bledsoe assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo makes 26-foot three pointer (George Hill assists)Giannis Antetokounmpo makes dunk (Eric Bledsoe assists)George Hill makes 28-foot three point jumper (Ersan Ilyasova assists)Sterling Brown makes 23-foot three point jumper (Pat Connaughton assists)
Leonard dished out two assists and scored eight points, doing so on 2-for-4 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 from the free throw line.Leonard also came up with a big offensive rebound off of one of his own missed free throws that led to two more.Equally as important? Everyone else on the Bucks went 0-for-9.The Raptors, meanwhile, made them when it mattered the most, going 4-for-8 from distance in the fourth.3-point shooting was a huge source of offence for the Bucks all season long.
A big reason why the Bucks were able to build a lead in the first half was because of their 3-point shooting. The Bucks were still up 2-1 and had homecourt advantage.
