Force the win! What if the referee exerts his strength! 42 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks!

In the last game, Antetokounmpo was caught off guard by the Celtics' sudden change in defensive strategy, especially the targeted defense of Gervais and Horford, which made him very uncomfortable, shooting only 11 of 27 from the field and making as many as six turnovers. For the Bucks, with Middleton continuing to miss the game, whether Antetokounmpo can cope with the Green Army's "anti-alphabet armor" defense will be the key to the trend of this game.

The game can be described as a ups and downs, in the first half of the game is still behind by 4 points, the Bucks began to grasp the initiative on the court in the third quarter, at one point expanded the point difference to 14 points, and maintained a 10-point lead in the first half of the final quarter. Although the Green Army completed a rebound at the end of the game, with the Bucks scoring consecutive points in the last minute and Horford's key draw timeout, the Bucks finally beat the Green Army 103:101, rewriting the series score to 2:1. The main reason why the Bucks were able to sweep away the decline in this game is undoubtedly that Antetokounmpo played an anti-heavenly performance in this game.

In this campaign, Antetokounmpo made the Celtics' carefully developed "anti-alphabet armor" instantly useless, in the 39 minutes of the full game, he shot 1 of 30 of 16 three-pointers, in addition to 12 free throws and 9 of 12 free throws, crazy cut 42 points at the same time as 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks of the luxurious quasi-triple-double data into the account, can be described as amazing. In the first quarter of the game, he had already cut 8 points and 4 rebounds in full firepower, and in the second quarter, he cut 12 points and 5 rebounds on 5-of-8 shooting in the second quarter, and he had 20 points and 9 rebounds at the end of the half.

In the second half of the game, Antetokounmpo was still unstoppable, including 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting and four assists in the third quarter, both scoring by himself and scoring in tandem with his teammates, helping the team to widen the point difference to double digits in this quarter. In the final quarter, he scored another 11 points, repeatedly impacting the inside line to help the Bucks maintain the lead, and scored key goals in the final moments to lead the team to win the game. After this battle, Antetokounmpo also achieved a number of historical achievements.

On the one hand, this is the sixth time in Antetokounmpo's playoff career that he has scored 40 points in a single game, continuing to rank first in Bucks history while far ahead of second-placed Abdul-Jabbar (three times). It is worth mentioning that the bucks' history of other players in the playoffs has only a total of 7 times in a single 40-point game. Antetokounmpo, on the other hand, became the seventh player in league history to be able to play such a number in a single game in the playoffs, having previously done so only by james (3 times), Barkley, Butler, Durant, Ewing and Hayes. In short, this classic War I also raised Antetokounmpo's historical status again.

What needs to be known is that it is not easy for Antetokounmpo to play such an anti-heavenly performance in this game. First of all, the Celtics' defensive intensity against him in this series is historical, and a "counter-alphabet armor" system has been specially created for him. In history, only superstars with super physical qualities such as O'Neal and James can make the opponent's defense so jealous. In the first two games, such a defense also bothered Antetokounmpo, shooting only 36% and 40.7% of the shooting in both games, respectively, so that his interior impact could not be well reflected. Smart's comeback will undoubtedly put Antetokounmpo under more pressure.

Second, the referee in this game is clearly on the side of the Celtics. According to statistics, the Bucks team only got 17 free throw opportunities in this game, hitting 14 of them. If it weren't for Antetokounmpo's crazy break through the inside line to get 12 chances to stand on the free throw line, this statistic would have become very ugly. On the other hand, the Green Army, in this game, they are obviously the side that shoots less on the inside line, but they have more free throw opportunities, and the whole team has stood on the free throw line 34 times in the whole game, hitting 28 of them, and the two sides have a 14-point gap in the comparison of free throw scores, and in the case of such a close final point difference, such a penalty is very unfavorable to the Bucks.

However, neither the opponent nor the referee factor overwhelmed the mortal Antetokounmpo under the gods. Facing the green army's "anti-alphabet armor" defense, he changed his offensive strategy. If in the first two games he was still jealous of the targeted defense of the opponent on the inside line, and in many cases he chose not to fight but to shoot, then in this campaign he threw away all his concerns. In addition to six three-point shots, he only had four shots from outside the three-second zone and hit 2 of them.

In this game, whether the Green Army defended him with Horford, Gwe or Lowe, he was extremely determined to break through and enter the inside line. When the opponent takes a single-man defense, he fiercely chisels the inside line, and constantly uses his speed and arm span to resolutely kill the basket in the fast attack. This strategy worked well, with Horford carrying 4 fouls and substitute Gwee also carrying 5 fouls. When the opponent took the bag on the inside, he gave the ball to the teammates who were in the open position on the outside line at the first time, and he also gave 8 assists for the teammates.

And although the penalty in this campaign was obviously unfavorable to the Bucks, Antetokounmpo was not disturbed by the referee's mentality on the court, he still constantly attacked the opponent's interior line, attacking in the way he was best at. When talking about the referee's decision after the game, he laughed at the referee very humorously, laughing and saying that he would not talk about blowing punishment because he wanted to save some money to buy diapers for his children. He then said that no matter what the blows and confrontations, he had to play as he deserved. And from the perspective of this game, he has indeed done this, no matter how many unfavorable factors he faces, he can do his own good, which is what a superstar should have.

Of course, the Bucks eventually won the game in a fluke, and the highly tactical green army is likely to readjust the defensive strategy in the next game. So if they want to finally win this series, Antetokounmpo and the Bucks still have a long way to go.