With authority, Milwaukee regains control of Atlanta! (VF)

Play-offs placed under the sign … injuries of the stars. If it is more striking on the West side, with the Suns who have in turn benefited from the unavailability of Anthony Davis (Lakers), Jamal Murray (Nuggets) and Kawhi Leonard (Clippers), the Eastern conference was not spared, with those of Jaylen Brown (Celtics) or the Nets Kyrie Irving and James Harden. Two last absences that the Bucks took advantage of in the conference semifinals, even though “The Beard” returned before the series ended.

A Middleton found

Sunday night, it is Trae Young, incandescent since the start of the play-offs, who limped low at the end of the Hawks’ second in a row, against whom Milwaukee regained the home field advantage by winning 113-102, in the wake of a Khris Middleton found (38 points, leading scorer in the game, 11 rebounds and 7 assists), who assisted Giannis Antetokounmpo (33 points and 11 rebounds). Young scored 35 points, including 32 in the first three quarters. Because he injured his right ankle at the end of this third act.

Trae Young, an injury that changes everything

An injury caused… by one of the match officials, “Ice Trae” stepping on his foot, turning his ankle backwards. “It hurts a bit, and it’s frustrating. I got treated and will do it again tomorrow morning. And I’m going to have an MRI.”, then confided the one who had rebounded perfectly after registering only 15 points in the second game. This time, he already had 14 at the end of the first quarter, and seemed to be gone for a record night. But his injury prevented him from doing so, even if he returned to the floor in the last quarter. It will have to be restored so that the Hawks, one of the great stories of these play-offs, manage to reverse the trend …

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