{"id":17546,"date":"2021-07-09T12:41:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=122787"},"modified":"2021-07-09T12:41:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T07:11:41","slug":"nba-finals-the-phoenix-suns-takes-a-two-game-series-lead-over-the-milwaukee-bucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/nba\/nba-finals-the-phoenix-suns-takes-a-two-game-series-lead-over-the-milwaukee-bucks\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Finals: The Phoenix Suns takes a two-game series lead over the Milwaukee Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns grabbed a 2-0 essential series lead in the NBA Finals with a 118-108 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday at their home court Phoenix Suns Arena.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suns take Game 2! <\/p>\n<p>More to do, more to come. See you in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n<p>\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0a\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc03 \ud835\udc08\ud835\udc0d. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RallyTheValley?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RallyTheValley<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TNmjr2I7Zz\">pic.twitter.com\/TNmjr2I7Zz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suns\/status\/1413341317833183232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Devin Booker, who performed with a team-high 31 points on 12-of-25 shooting from the field was the key player in Game 2 for his side. He gave five rebounds and provided six assists while Mikal Bridges had 27 points and Chris Paul expanded for the Suns with 23.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul and Devin Booker (113 combined points this series so far) have surpassed Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson's record for most points by a starting backcourt through 2 games of an NBA Finals over the last 50 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Curry and Thompson had 106 combined in 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HNQwnWBvHf\">pic.twitter.com\/HNQwnWBvHf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA History (@NBAHistory) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAHistory\/status\/1413367357070848000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe pass up good shots to get great shots,\u201d said Chris Paul to YouTube TV on the Suns\u2019 incredible ball movement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was probably the biggest play of the game,\u201d Paul added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\"We pass up good shots to get great shots.\"<\/p>\n<p>Chris Paul on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Suns<\/a> incredible ball movement late in the 2Q, leading to a Deandre Ayton And-1.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAFinals<\/a> presented by YouTube TV <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Y66GNkozv\">pic.twitter.com\/4Y66GNkozv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1413365586810261513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile on the other side, despite Giannis Antetokounmpo, who contributed to making 42 points with 12 rebounds which weren\u2019t enough in front of strengthened 54 points by Booker alone with 31, the Milwaukee Bucks got dominated by the Suns behind a playoff franchise-record 20 3-pointers where all their starters finished in double figures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE Game 2 for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giannis_An34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Giannis_An34<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAPlayoffs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAPlayoffs<\/a> career-high 42 PTS<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f 12 REB, 3 BLK<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f 20 PTS in 3Q (most in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAFinals<\/a> quarter since MJ in 1993)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsGame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsGame<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Game 3: Sunday, 8 PM ET, ABC <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nd3GQcVs1F\">pic.twitter.com\/Nd3GQcVs1F<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1413357024348360704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Antetokounmpo the two-time MVP, going on the bench, the Suns had a huge advantage over the Bucks with five straight and snatched forward the lead. Khris Middleton could only score 11 points for the Bucks.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns ended 20-for-40 from three-point range in the game and the Bucks went 9-for-31.\u00a0<span style=\"text-transform: initial\">The Phoenix Suns are now two wins away from their NBA title which will be their first in Franchise history. Game 3 is set for July 12, Monday at 5:30 am at their home court in Milwaukee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns grabbed a 2-0 essential series lead in the NBA Finals with a 118-108 victory over the Milwaukee\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":38290,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1781,1008,1795,1729,2009,2235,2011,826,2035,1792],"class_list":["post-17546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-basketball","tag-chris-paul","tag-deandre-ayton","tag-devin-booker","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-khris-middleton","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-nba-finals","tag-phoenix-suns"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}