MILWAUKEE – As remarkable as Giannis Antetokounmpo has been in delivering MVP-caliber performances during these NBA Finals while playing with an injured knee, there have been games in which he was good but not great.
Antetokounmpo being good hadn’t been good enough for a Milwaukee Bucks win, though – until Game 4.
And while the two-time league MVP will likely need to be great again, his teammates must prove they can deliver on the road the way they have at home. The Bucks and the Phoenix Suns are tied 2-2 as the series returns to Arizona for Game 5 at 9 p.m. Eastern on Saturday.
The Bucks will try to maintain what they found Wednesday night in Milwaukee, where they rallied from a nine-point deficit in the fourth quarter of their 109-103 victory to draw even in the best-of-seven set.
“Going down the stretch, we kept believing in ourselves,” Antetokounmpo said after Game 4. “We kept executing, setting screens. We kept running, we kept rebounding the ball, we kept blocking shots. We wanted this bad, and the team showed it tonight. But we’ve got to keep getting better.”