The Milwaukee Bucks currently hold a 2-1 lead over the Toronto Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals. However, the Bucks have still been unable to contain Raptors superstar forward Kawhi Leonard, who continues to dominate Milwaukee whether his team wins or loses.
As a result of Leonard's dominance thus far into his Raptors tenure and specifically in the Eastern Conference Finals against Milwaukee, Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer might already be out of ideas.
“I don’t know if we can go any harder at Kawhi [Leonard] than we are,” Budenholzer recently told Malika Andrews of ESPN. “We have been throwing a lot at Kawhi and will continue to do that.”
With the Bucks initially taking a 2-0 series lead after winning a pair of games in Milwaukee, the Raptors managed to steal Game 3 as the result of what ultimately turned into a memorable double-overtime affair. Even so, Bucks superstar swingman Giannis Antetokounmpo has always known that this series wouldn't be easy — thanks mostly to the presence of the aforementioned Leonard.
“We could've been up 3-0,” Antetokounmpo said after this weekend's Game 3 loss, via ESPN. “We didn't play well. … I never expected this series to be easy.”
On the other end of the bracket in the Western Conference, the defending champion Golden State Warriors currently own a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers. With Golden State all but guaranteed a spot in the 2019 NBA Finals, the Bucks and Raptors will continue to duke it out for the right to dethrone the dominant Warriors.
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