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NBA Finals: How To Watch Game 6 Of Milwaukee Bucks-Suns Series
If the Bucks win Tuesday's game, they will earn their first NBA Finals title since 1971. Here's what to know about the game.
MILWAUKEE, WI — The Milwaukee Bucks are now closer to getting the NBA Finals title since exactly 50 years ago.
The Bucks are leading the Phoenix Suns with three straight wins in the best-of-seven series, with a 123-119 victory in Game 5 on Saturday.
The two teams will meet again at the in Milwaukee. The Bucks are ahead 3-2, so Phoenix will need two wins to capture their first-ever NBA championship.
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Giannis Antetokunmpo, Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton combined for 88 points on Saturday, according to NBA's website. They're the fifth trio in NBA Finals history to each score 25 points on 50 percent shooting in a single game, it added.
Here's what to look out for on game night:
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How to Watch: Tuesday's Game 6 will air at 8 p.m. Central. ABC will carry the contest live nationally.
Who to Watch: For the Bucks, the show starts and ends with two-time NBA MVP, Antetokounmpo, who led all Bucks in scoring in Game 5, with 32 in the victory. Antetokounmpo has averaged 40 points per game during the series and is hitting 60 percent of his shots, so stopping him will be crucial, obviously.
Aside from Antetokounmpo, the Bucks offense will run through Middleton, who has averaged 22 points per game during the finals, including a 40-point scoring explosion in Game 4 of the series.
For the Suns, keep an eye on Devin Booker, who has scored more than 40 points in each of the team's last two games.
The team's success will rest on the passing touch of Chris Paul, who rebounded from a five-turnover, seven-assist performance in Game 4 to put up 11 assists to one turnover in Game 5.
Paul will need to shoulder much of the load offensively, to free up Booker so he can create offensive opportunities that keep the Suns offense in check on Tuesday night.
Who Will Win?: The Bucks are a five-point favorite to win Game 6, according to BetMGM. ESPN's Basketball Power Index, meanwhile, gives the Bucks a 57.8 percent chance of winning Game 6.
Chris Boan contributed to this article.
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