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NBA: 10 figures to know before the final between Milwaukee and Phoenix

2021-07-07T09:59:55.128Z


DECRYPTION - Find out 10 numbers to know before the NBA Finals start tonight in Phoenix. 0 - No player involved in these Finals has won the title. 1 - The Bucks won a title in 1971. The only one in their history. Phoenix dreams of lifting his first Larry O'Brien trophy. Read also: NBA: Phoenix-Milwaukee, an unprecedented and unexpected final 2 - Suns winger Jae Crawder appears in the final for the second year in a row. In fact, he is the only player, among the two teams, who has al


0

- No player involved in these Finals has won the title.

1

- The Bucks won a title in 1971. The only one in their history.

Phoenix dreams of lifting his first Larry O'Brien trophy.

Read also: NBA: Phoenix-Milwaukee, an unprecedented and unexpected final

2

- Suns winger Jae Crawder appears in the final for the second year in a row.

In fact, he is the only player, among the two teams, who has already battled at this stage of the competition!

Last year, he played in Miami, beaten 4-2 by the Los Angeles Lakers.

3

- If they cross paths for the first time at this point in the season, the two franchises will play their third final, after 1971 and 1974 for Milwaukee and 1976 and 1993, for Phoenix.

3

- Three US players must go to the Olympics (July 23-August 8): Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee) and Devin Booker (Phoenix).

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- There are seven non-American players in both teams, including Frenchman Axel Toupane with the Bucks.

There are also Giannis and his brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Greece) and Mamadi Diakite (Guinea) in Milwaukee.

On the Phoenix side, we find Deandre Ayton (Bahamas), Abdel Nader (Egypt) and Dario Saric (Croatia).

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- Phoenix is ​​the first team to reach the NBA Finals directly after a 10-year hole without entering the play-offs.

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- It took Chris Paul 16 seasons to reach the final.

Read also: NBA: Chris Paul, a final to change the course of history

41

- "CP3" caught fire in the sixth and last game of the Western finals, on the Clippers' floor (130-103 victory): 41 points, including 31 after the break.

All without losing a single ball.

At least 40 points and no loss of balls, it is a performance that only three players had achieved since the losses of ball were officially recorded, in 1977-78: Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Hakeem Olajuwon.

They all won the title by being elected MVP of the Finals in stride.

55

- Created in 1968, the two clubs joined the NBA 55 years ago.

Source: lefigaro

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