Milwaukee Bucks beat Toronto Raptors to lead Eastern Conference finals 2-0

MILWAUKEE – Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 17 rebounds to lead Milwaukee 125-103 over the Toronto Raptors on Friday, putting the Bucks up 2-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals.

Now the Raptors are faced with a mammoth task: digging themselves out of a 0-2 series deficit. It’s something Toronto has never done before.

Kawhi Leonard had 31 points and eight rebounds to lead the Raptors, who were done in by one of their worst first halves of the season. They trailed by 18 points in the first quarter. It grew to 25 points by the second.

Kyle Lowry had 15 points, while Norm Powell had his best game of these playoffs with 14 points.

Pascal Siakam, who averaged 24 points against Milwaukee in the regular season, had just eight points and one rebound and fouled out with 5:17 to play. Marc Gasol struggled mightily, finishing with two points on 1-for-9 shooting and looking out of sorts all night. Serge Ibaka had 10 rebounds to go with eight points.

Now the series heads to Toronto for Game 3 on Sunday.

1:36 Raptors’ head coach says they were slow on ‘just about everything’ in Game 2

• Raptors’ head coach says they were slow on ‘just about everything’ in Game 2
• Bucks’ coach says first minute of Game 2 was best way to start
• Lowry says they need much better defence going forward after second loss in series
• Bucks’ Giannis said shots at beginning ‘set the tone’ for Game 2

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