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4 Teams combine to shoot just 2-10 in the first few minutes. Is it nerves, adrenaline, pressure?
Bucks take a timeout with 6:51 left in the quarter to regroup. At this point, the Bucks are shooting 2-7 with Middleton and Holiday combined for 0-5. The Suns are shooting even worse at 2-9 with Chris Paul and Devin Booker both 1-3.
I can’t tell if this is good defense or awful offense or yes
It’s a miss or miss league.
5 I don’t think Coach Bud drew up a double-pump lefty runner in the lane from Jrue Holiday in that timeout but it worked. That’s followed by a steal and layup from Khris Middleton as both players get their first points of the night.
12-15 from the field.
23-7 run.
The @Suns have the building ROCKING in Game 5! #ThatsGame#NBAFinals presented by YouTube TV on ABC pic.twitter.com/q2XapZoFz0
6 First quarter comes to an end with Suns leading 37-21 (their biggest lead since Game 1). What a first punch by the Suns back at home. Phoenix is shooting 73.7% (14-19 FGs), has missed only one 3-pointer in six attempts, and made all four free throws.
The Suns made 11 straight FG in the 1st quarter of Game 5 vs the Bucks. That s tied for the longest streak in a Finals game over the last 20 years (Lakers in Game 5 of 2020 Finals) h/t @EliasSportspic.twitter.com/8fDYTUKOIa
24 Thoughts on Game 1 of 2021 NBA Finals
Instant observations and real-time Tweets from Game 1 of The Finals as it happened in Phoenix on Tuesday night.
Brian Martin, for NBA.com
July 7, 2021 4:27 AM
Chris Paul and Devin Booker combined for 59 points to lead the Suns to their first Finals win in 28 years.
Welcome to the 2021 NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns vs. Milwaukee Bucks. It’s a matchup that not many predicted when the season tipped off, but it brings new blood to the Finals stage as no player in this series has ever won an NBA championship. Will Phoenix win its first title in franchise history? Or will Milwaukee earn their first title in 50 years? It will all be decided by July 22, but it starts tonight in the Valley as the Suns host their first Finals game since 1993.
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