{"id":17553,"date":"2021-07-21T10:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T04:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=128459"},"modified":"2021-07-21T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T04:56:26","slug":"the-milwaukee-bucks-are-the-nba-champions-in-50-years-giannis-with-the-master-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/nba\/the-milwaukee-bucks-are-the-nba-champions-in-50-years-giannis-with-the-master-class\/","title":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks are the NBA champions in 50 years, Giannis with the master class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A classic performance by the Bucks\u2019 two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo to clinch the series as they conquer the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in Game 6 at the NBA Finals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bucks<\/a> are the 2020-21 NBA Champions! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsGame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lMNgoe8tal\">pic.twitter.com\/lMNgoe8tal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1417691495398842368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Milwaukee Bucks, with their exceptional performance with the help of Giannis\u2019 new career-high 50 points exertion, wins their first NBA championship since 1971 when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Oscar Robertson compelled the Baltimore Bullets.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FIRST NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 50 YEARS!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U1nYNYMrbv\">pic.twitter.com\/U1nYNYMrbv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks\/status\/1417702840844308481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Bucks, having their home-court benefit dominated in the first quarter but the Suns, in the second quarter, managed to lead where their NBA all-star Chris Paul fought back. They scored 31 points against the Bucks dominating into halftime but that was not enough in front of Giannis as he arose after halftime to make sure the trophy doesn\u2019t fall over by his 20 points in the third quarter moving forward towards where the teams rolled 77-77 in the fourth. They later outscored the Suns with 28-21 in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo gets awarded with the 2020-21 Bill Russell NBA Finals MVP trophy who scored almost half of his team\u2019s points with 15 rebounds and retained five blocks. He now enlists Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls Hall of Fame player as the only player to win MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Finals MVP and All-Star Game MVP in NBA record.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis in Game 6:<\/p>\n<p>50 points<br \/>14 rebounds<br \/>5 blocks<\/p>\n<p>And 2 pieces of hardware \ud83c\udfc6\ud83c\udfc6 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jezq17kUy6\">pic.twitter.com\/jezq17kUy6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1417699752184012802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The 2020-21 Bill Russell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAFinals?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAFinals<\/a> MVP\u2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bucks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Bucks<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThatsGame?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThatsGame<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/67N2FcGb8p\">pic.twitter.com\/67N2FcGb8p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1417694943850676226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Thousands of fans of the Bucks were huddled outside the Fiserv Forum to rejoice in their team\u2019s huge victory.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks get a lot of appreciation from the Basketball fraternity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Salute & Congrats <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giannis_An34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Giannis_An34<\/a>!! You earned that shit!! \ud83c\udfc6\ud83d\udc8d \ud83d\udc90. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\u270a\ud83c\udffe\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc51<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1417691654723604480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aye! Enjoyed watching greatness out there tonight. GREATNESS! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Giannis_An34?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Giannis_An34<\/a>  congrats bro<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenCurry30\/status\/1417691623052382214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing but respect for the Milwaukee Bucks franchise, the city of Milwaukee  and those loud ass fans. Incredible playoff run fellas!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KDTrey5\/status\/1417693630525935620?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cChallenge complete\u201d tweets NBA quoting late legend Kobe Bryant\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Challenge complete. \ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7mAqnoHnZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/b7mAqnoHnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1417692217846734849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo conquers with his career-high 50 points for the Bucks to win the NBA championship against the Phoenix Suns 105-98 in 50 years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":38297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1008,2009,2235,275,2011,826,2419,2035,1792],"class_list":["post-17553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-chris-paul","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-khris-middleton","tag-michael-jordan","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-nba-championship","tag-nba-finals","tag-phoenix-suns"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17553","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=17553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}