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NBA Finals: How To Watch Game 6 Of Phoenix Suns-Bucks Series

The fate of the Phoenix Suns' season rests on the result of Tuesday's Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Here's what to know about the contest.

Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams and company have lost three straight contests in the 2021 NBA Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Phoenix Suns head coach Monty Williams and company have lost three straight contests in the 2021 NBA Finals against the Milwaukee Bucks. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

PHOENIX, AZ — The fate of the Phoenix Suns' season rests on the end result of Tuesday's Game 6 of the NBA Finals.

That's because the Suns have lost three straight contests in the best-of-seven series, including a 123-119 defeat in Saturday's Game 5.

Fast-forward 72 hours, and the Suns and Milwaukee Bucks will meet again in the Cream City, with Phoenix needing two straight wins to capture the franchise's first-ever NBA championship.

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The Suns lost Game 5, despite hitting 68.4 percent of the team's three-pointers and 55.2 percent of its field goals.

Phoenix also lost, despite getting 40 points from guard Devin Booker, in addition to 21 points from fellow guard, Chris Paul, and 20 points and 10 rebounds from seven-foot forward Deandre Ayton.

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What ultimately did the Suns in on Saturday was the hot second and third quarter that the Bucks put together, in which they outscored Phoenix, 79-53.

With all that in mind, here's what to keep an eye out for, as Phoenix looks to prolong its season on Tuesday night:

How to Watch: Tuesday's Game 6 will air at 6 p.m. Arizona time (8 p.m. Central). ABC will carry the contest live nationally.

Who to Watch: For the Bucks, the show starts and ends with two-time NBA MVP, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who led all Bucks in scoring in Game 5, with 32 in the victory. Antetokounmpo has averaged 40 points per game during the series and is hitting 60 percent of his shots, so stopping him will be crucial, obviously.

Aside from Antetokounmpo, the Bucks offense will run through Khris Middleton, who has averaged 22 points per game during the finals, including a 40-point scoring explosion in Game 4 of the series.

For the Suns, keep an eye on Booker, who has scored more than 40 points in each of the team's last two games.

The team's success will rest on the passing touch of Paul, who rebounded from a five-turnover, seven-assist performance in Game 4 to put up 11 assists to one turnover in Game 5.

Paul will need to shoulder much of the load offensively, to free up Booker so he can create offensive opportunities that keep the Suns offense in check on Tuesday night.

Who Will Win?: The Bucks are a five-point favorite to win Game 6, according to BetMGM. ESPN's Basketball Power Index, meanwhile, gives the Bucks a 57.8 percent chance of winning Game 6.


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