MILWAUKEE — Anyone who heard the bloodcurdling screams from Giannis Antetokounmpo as he crumbled to the floor not too long ago in Atlanta would have a hard time negotiating the childlike and energetic wails from his toddler son in the postgame of the NBA Finals.
He looked like a broken man that day, and his Milwaukee Bucks, a broken team. So while it’s fashionable to call the Bucks a team that can’t handle adversity and will crumble at first sight, the evidence is actually trending toward this bunch being a resilient one.
Rejuvenated by round-the-clock care, and energized by a desperate crowd that hasn’t seen a game this important in more than 50 years, Antetokounmpo fed off that and turned in another historic performance, this one in a Finals win, a 120-100 beatdown over the Phoenix Suns in Game 3.