2021 NBA Finals: Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo making good on promise to Milwaukee with historic performances

In Game 3, Giannis led the Bucks to their first NBA Finals win since 1974

MILWAUKEE -- Late in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, with the game well in hand, Giannis Antetokounmpo walked off the floor to a standing ovation from the adoring crowd inside Fiserv Forum. It was a scene that has played out hundreds of times since he arrived in Milwaukee. Only this time it was on the biggest stage of the sport, and he had just led the Milwaukee Bucks to a 120-100 win over the Phoenix Suns to cut the series deficit to 2-1. It was a moment 17,240 days in the making, as the Bucks notched their first Finals win in Milwaukee since 1974.  In the 47 years since, the Bucks have fielded some good-to-great teams. Marques Johnson and Co. were a real problem in the 1980s, as were the Ray Allen-led squads of the early 2000s, but they were never able to break through. And other than that, things have been dark.