Coming back from a 1-3 lead in the NBA has been done before, most notable of which was the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals. Can the Milwaukee Bucks replicate it? Kevin Porter Jr. has faith.
The Bucks are on a 1-3 hole in the first round match-up against the Indiana Pacers after losing Game 4 that also saw the painful exit of Damian Lillard due to an ACL tear.
Porter Jr. is not losing the spirit for a come back and he believes the team has the capacity to go against history.
“We just gotta keep believing who we are. If any team can come back from 3-1, it’s this team. We’re all believing that this is definitely far from over,” he said post-game on Sunday.
For the record, NBA is not the kind of league that see 1-3 comeback that much. It has happened just 13 times so far, the fewest among all the professional sports league in America.
According to Land of Basketball, the 13 successful comeback is just 4.5 percent of the total 288 attempts in league history.
What Milwaukee Bucks need to do according to Rivers?
Head coach Doc Rivers, without any choice, said they will take the series one game at a time. He said they will rely more on Giannis Antetokounmpo who already poured his heart out in the first four games.
“We got an amazing player in Giannis, and we’re going to play around him. And we got to adapt the system around him,” he said after the game.
“Everything is singular. One game. One game. That’s got to be our thought. One game. Win the next game. We got to figure that out.”
For Antetokounmpo’s part, he is not going to look for any extra motivation as they deal with the Pacers back in Indiana.
“I’m going to do the same thing that I’ve been doing my whole career,” Antetokounmpo said. “Taking care of my body, prepping my body, prepping myself mentally and go out there to try to play basketball.
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