The Bucks finished with the best record in the Eastern Conference in 2019 after winning 60 games. They dropped only one game in the first two rounds of the playoffs as they swept the Detroit Pistons and beat the Celtics in five games, only to lose 4-2 against the Toronto Raptors in the Conference Finals.
A year later, Milwaukee again entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed after winning 56 games in the regular season. They lost to the Miami Heat in five games in the conference semifinals, however, after eliminating the Orlando Magic 4-1 in the first round. The Bucks got their revenge this year, sweeping the Heat in the first round before erasing a two-game deficit to defeat the Brooklyn Nets in seven games and then progressing past the Atlanta Hawks in six games in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Antetokounmpo has cemented his legacy as one of the modern greats in these finals. The 6 ft 11 Greek is only the fifth international player to be named NBA Finals MVP and the first player sinceand Hakeem Olajuwon to win MVP, Finals MVP and Defensive Player of the Year since the last award was introduced in 1983.
He is only the ninth player to win multiple MVP titles and at least one Finals MVP award in his career—and only the third to achieve the feat before his 27th birthday, alongside Tim Duncan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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