A heroic Khris Middleton saves the Bucks from derision despite Antetokounmpo's injury

Midway through the second quarter, with 19 desperate points on his locker,

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It was doubt until the last minute and did everything possible to save his Bucks from 'match ball'.

When he went to the dressing room, all seemed lost for them and, nevertheless, his pride came out to avoid the derision of a 4-0 that would have been historic.

The hero, in the end, was Khris Middleton.

It was not the effort of the Greek in vain.

Without him, his companions, so questioned lately, gave the chest do.

They were already able to win the game in regulation time, but Donte Di Vincenzo missed one of his two free throws into the abyss.

In extra time, all exhausted, Miami was unsuccessful and Middleton, who had scored 22 points in the third act, was decisive with a triple final.

He finished with

, countering the power of Jimmy Butler, the good performance of Bam Adebayo (26, 12, 8) and the six triples of the cheeky Duncan Robinson.

The Bucks, who appeared in the playoffs with

team during the regular season (56-17), remain on the ropes in the Florida bubble.

Antetokounmpo will be doubtful until the last minute for Tuesday's game, and no one ever came back from 3-0 in a playoff series (and there were 139 precedents).

At least they avoided comparing themselves to some of the biggest falls in NBA history: the Spurs in 2001, also with the best record, lost in the Conference Finals 4-0 to the Lakers;

by 1969, the Bullets had also swept the Knicks.

The Milwaukee team, moreover, came from an amazing disappearance in the last quarter of the previous round, when they let themselves go up 12 points, finishing with a 17-1 against in the last four minutes.

In any case, except for a historic comeback against the Heat who continue to seem much more solid and who dream of returning, seven years later and without LeBron James, to the NBA Finals, the unknowns will be thrown around the Wisconsin franchise and its star, who

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Already last year the alarms went off, with that disastrous outcome, when they left a 2-0 lead against the Raptors to end up losing 4-2.

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