Bucks celebrate titles in the in-season tournament-Lillard and Antetocounmpo shine!

The Milwaukee Bucks won the NBA in-season tournament and thus enrolled into the history books! The team around the Giannis Stars Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard triumphed in the final in Las Vegas with 97:81 over the Oklahoma City Thunder. This means that the Bucks are the second team, according to the La Lakers, which can get this prestigious title since the introduction in 2023, such as laola1.at reported.

After a hard -fought first half that the Bucks had won with only one point 51:50 before, they were able to pull away in the third quarter with 13 points and no longer gave the lead. The Thunder, who went into the final with an impressive record of 20: 5 as a leader of the Western Conference, were unable to implement their usual throwing style and met only 33% from the field, while they even turned 15% from the three -point line, which represents a weak performance. Only star player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander achieved over 20 points, but at lean 8 of 24 attempts.

a historical evening for antetocounmpo

Giannis Antetokounmpo crowned his evening with an impressive triple double: 26 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists. His outstanding performance not only secured him the title of the Final MVP, but also made him the backbone of his team on this memorable evening. This comes after a mixed start of the season, in which the Bucks only had to take two defeats in the last 13 games, such as