The Rush: Bucks win Game 3 behind Giannis’ big night
The Milwaukee Bucks and Giannis take game 3 over the Phoenix Suns, Team USA drops exhibition to Nigeria, Italy takes the Euro Championship over England, Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon and ties a Grand Slam record, and tough break for Conor McGregor.
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MIKE BREEN: --3. Tucker grabs it. Back to Antetokounmpo, and the Bucks regain the lead.
JARED QUAY: The Suns and Bucks played game 3 in Milwaukee on Sunday. And Phoenix had a few things going against them. One, Scott Foster was calling the game. Chris Paul's career playoff record is 0 and 11 when Foster is officiating.
Two, David Bakhtiari and his dad were smashing beers in the stands. Giannis was clearly inspired by Bakhtiari's binge drinking as he slammed down 41 points, leading the Bucks to a blowout W. Fiserv Forum should bust out the ice luge to keep the momentum going for game 4. Whatever they're doing is working.
While the Finals continued in Milwaukee, another group of NBA stars was embarrassed in Vegas. And none of it included a drive-through wedding.
- Tell me more.
JARED QUAY: Team USA fell to Nigeria in an international exhibition game, 90 to 87. Yeah, the same team they beat by 83 points in the 2012 Olympics. Maybe they should call up this guy, Kenneth Lofton, Jr., who led the under-19 team to a FIBA world title.
The 0-star recruit out of high school who now plays at Louisiana Tech and is just a French fry short of 300 pounds gave the US the victory over France. Thanks for picking up the slack on them other slackers, Ken.
Keeping it international, Italy took down England on penalty kicks to win this year's Euro Championship. Talk about a comeback. Italy didn't even qualify for the last World Cup. And that country is going off tonight. We're going to have to check back on them in nine months because I think there might be a little bambino boom on the horizon. (ITALIAN ACCENT) We win the Euro Cup, yeah?
And for the one or two people in England who weren't paying attention to soccer, Novak Djokovic won his 20th Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. That's good enough to tie two other legends, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. And if Djokovic can win the US Open, he'll be the first male competitor to pull off the calendar year Grand Slam since 1969.
And finally, I don't know if you call it karma or just an [BLEEP] getting what he deserves. Conor McGregor lost his battle with Dustin Poirier over the weekend after breaking his leg. He wasn't even touched. He did it by simply stepping backwards.
- Ooh, not that far.
JARED QUAY: In fact, it was a pretty unathletic move, reminiscent of, well, him shooting a basketball or him throwing a football. Talk about a 0-star athlete. Yeah, if Conor couldn't fight, he'd be working at a bus stop. He'd be a busdriver.
