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NBA Finals: Statement home win as Giannis, Bucks dominate in Game 3

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Jeff Reynolds, Field Level Media/Reuters

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/sports/07/12/nba-game-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Antetokounmpo scored 41 points with 13 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks claimed Game 3 of the NBA Finals in dominant fashion with a 120-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns. Jeff Hanisch, USA Today Sports/Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>MILWAUKEE—Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points with 13 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks claimed Game 3 of the NBA Finals in dominant fashion with a 120-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.Coming home also appeared to bring Antetokounmpo sidekick Khris Middleton and point guard Jrue Holiday new life. Middleton had 15 first-half points and Holiday connected for four 3-pointers in an explosive third quarter as the Bucks pushed their 15-point halftime lead to 22.Holiday had 21 points and Middleton added 18.Game 4 is on Thursday (Manila time) in Milwaukee. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/16/21/jokic-giannis-curry-luka-and-kawhi-named-first-team-all-nba">Jokic, Giannis, Curry, Luka and Kawhi named first-team All-NBA</a></li></ul>Phoenix fell behind in the second quarter and never recovered with top scorer Devin Booker unable to find his stroke in a 3-of-14 shooting night that shifts the momentum of the best-of-seven series.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/07/21/nba-bucks-giannis-antetokounmpo-feared-he-could-be-out-a-year">NBA: Bucks&#x27; Giannis Antetokounmpo feared he could be &#x27;out a year&#x27;</a></li></ul>Milwaukee ate in the paint, shredding the Suns&#x27; small-ball lineup as DeAndre Ayton sat idle due to foul trouble. The Bucks, who had 54 points in the paint in Game 2, matched that number in Game 3.Threes started to fall for the Suns in the third after Phoenix missed 12 of 14 treys in the first half, but Booker never found a rhythm.The Suns scored 118 points in each of the first two games to build a 2-0 series lead but shot 29 percent from deep in Game 3 thanks largely to Jae Crowder&#x27;s 6-of-7 night.Cam Johnson came off the bench to help keep Phoenix in the game in the third before Antetokounmpo completed a three-point play and found Pat Connaughton for a 3 to end the third. Johnson&#x27;s emphatic, and-one poster dunk over P.J. Tucker had cut the lead to 10, and his reverse layup on the next possession made it an eight-point game just four minutes earlier. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/11/21/2021nbafinals-bucks-suns-preview">Bucks keeping it light while Suns hungry in NBA Finals</a></li></ul>Booker did not play in the fourth quarter. Paul left the game for good with the Suns down 23 with 5:02 left in the game. He had a team-high 19 points and nine assists, scooting past Scottie Pippen on the all-time playoffs assist list.The Bucks led 60-45 at halftime on the legs of a 21-7 run closing out the second quarter, largely with Ayton on the bench. He went back to the pine with 10:24 left in the third after his fourth foul.Ayton started the game on fire with 16 points in the first 14 minutes but finished with 18.He had 42 points and 12 rebounds in a Game 2 loss. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/09/21/2021-nba-finals-game2">NBA Finals: Suns protect home court for 2-0 lead, halfway through title</a></li></ul>Booker missed nine of his 11 shot attempts in the first half with the Bucks keeping bodies nearby.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/01/21/nba-no-structural-damage-to-antetokounmpos-knee-says-report">NBA: No structural damage to Antetokounmpo’s knee, says report</a></li></ul>

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points with 13 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks claimed Game 3 of the NBA Finals in dominant fashion with a 120-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 41 points with 13 rebounds and the Milwaukee Bucks claimed Game 3 of the NBA Finals in dominant fashion with a 120-100 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night.

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NBA Finals: Statement home win as Giannis, Bucks dominate in Game 3

Jeff Reynolds,

Field Level Media/Reuters

Published Jul 12, 2021 10:40 AM PHT

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Updated Jul 12, 2021 01:00 PM PHT

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