Bucks pipiliting maitulak ang Game 7

TORONTO -- Hindi pa tapos ang laban para kay star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Tiniyak ng star forward na babangon ang Milwaukee Bucks mula sa tatlong sunod na kamalasan para maitabla sa 3-3 ang kanilang Eastern Conference championship series nila ng Raptors.

“We’re not gonna fold,” pahayag ni Anteto­kounmpo. “We’re the best team in the league. We’re gonna go in, give it everything we got. We can’t fold. We’re gonna come back to Milwaukee being pissed.”

Matapos ilista ang 2-0 abante ay nahulog sa tatlong dikit na kabiguan ang Milwaukee para sa kanilang 2-3 Toronto.

Tinalo ng Raptors ang Bucks sa Game Five, 105-99, para kunin ang 3-2 bentahe at lumapit sa kauna-unahan nilang NBA Finals.

Lalabanan ng two-time defending champions Golden State Warriors sa championship series ang magwawagi sa serye ng Toronto at Milwaukee.

“I just want to win,” sabi ni Antetokounmpo. “I think we had a chance to win it, but we didn’t. Obviously, I’m pissed. I am not gonna lie to you. We got two more games to go.”

Dahil sa kanyang ankle injury ay iniupo ni Bucks coach Mike Bu­denholzer si Anteto­kounm­po sa huling 1:12 minuto ng fourth quarter sa Game Five.

Pinilit agawan ni Antetokounmpo ang bola kay Kawhi Leonard na nagresulta sa injury.

“I think we talk about the character of the group and the toughness and competitiveness of the group,” ani Budenhol­zer sa kanyang koponan. “It’s first of four. We’ve got to go to To­ronto, get a game, and I think the group will be ready.”