NBA Play-offs: Danilo Gallinari’s dream is already gone
Indiana and New York will compete in the second round of the playoffs
Gallinari’s dream of trying to win the NBA ring è dissolved. Milwaukee, down 2-3 in the series with Indiana, è fell in Game 6 (120-98 the score in favor of the Pacers) and, as a result, said goodbye to the post season. A very hard blow for the Bucks and the Rooster, perhaps at'last chance to try to win the NBA title.
Without Antetokounmpo for the entire series, the Bucks got Lillard back, if only at halftime. After missing Game 4 and Game 5, the former Portland man wanted to be there: "I don't think I would have spent the summer quiet if I had left the team alone. I wanted to at least try. It's definitely tough because we know we're better as a team when there's him (Antetokounmpo, ed.) on the court", Lillard's own words reported by ESPN.
The difference was made by the Pacers’ bench, which scored as many as 50 points, compared to only 10 for the Bucks’ bench. Excellent Siakam finishing with 19 points and seven rebounds on the bench. Gallinari ends the season with only four minutes on the court and one point.
New York also hit the jackpot, which, ahead 3-2 in the series with Philadelphia, closed the file in Game 6, routing the 76ers’ court (118-115). Once again, the Knicks thank the usual Brunson: 41 points and 12 assists. On the other side, a 39-point, 13-rebound Embiid was not enough. Indiana and New York will find themselves facing each other in the second round of the post season.
