3 Keys that I see here why the Suns won Game 1.

1. CP3 is just too much for the Bucks.
2. Ayton dominated the paint.
3. The Bucks let Giannis play instead of just sitting there and recover from his injury.

They have nothing to stop Point God CP3 and he ended up getting 32 points and 9 assists. The third player who aged 36 years or older who scored 30 points in an NBA Finals. He just played like he is at his prime in his game.
Ayton just dominated the paint and ended up getting 22 points and 19 rebounds. The first one to make a 15-15 stat in an NBA Final Debut since Duncan made it in 1999. Nothing to say but a superb performance from him.
The third one is just my opinion. We know that Giannis had an injury against the Hawks and coming to Game 1 he is questionable but its surprising that they let him play. Yes he isn't a liability in the court as he got 20 points and 17 rebounds still but I know that he can perform more if he isn't injured. It would be better if they just let Lopez play in this game instead of Giannis.

A trivia that I just saw online. The winner of the NBA Finals Game 1 is ending up winning the championship 72% of the time. With this, we might say that the Suns have 72% chance of winning then .

Agreed, no sane doctor would have allowed the guy to play if there were not the right conditions. The guy was good to go, of course not in the best shape but he played and did well to me. The Suns were just too much for the Bucks this time. Next game, another story and if Giannis gets better that might be the click. Let's wait and see.

Pretty like the same, but Ayton has been consistent already with the team, and I believe he will not be like Siakam that becomes just an ordinary player after getting a max contract with his current team. With the current performance of Ayton, I think he will get a max contract if he hasn't got yet.



I would not say that this early, there's still plenty of games in the Finals, remember, we are still in game 1 and things could change as the teams adjust.

^^ Actually Ayton remind me of Greg Oden, I mean with the way they play.

I also would like to agree that Giannis is healthy that's why he as given the go signal to play in the first game. In the first couple of minutes he was really dominant until Jae put up a good defence on him.

But all credit is given to the Phoenix Suns, as I have said, they are good in holding good lead and even though Bucks try to inch closer, it was all Suns in the end.

Crowder is more familiar with Giannis and aside from that Ayton also have the same length to help and slow Giannis dominance inside,

while with how Suns prepares for this game, we've seen them really find the open man, those points keeps coming from different players, Putting Bucks in  a lots problem defending the open man. Chris Paul's leaderships really make it more easier for Booker and Ayton.

Crowder. Oh, that guy really did well guarding Giannis. At first, I thought he will be the one to be fouled out when I saw Giannis back but the aggressiveness of Giannis is still not there. Hesitation. He may look good at different sides and his jumps but the mental instability coming from an injury will not go away that easily.
That's why we need Game 2 to confirm that. Is he really that okay just because of his springy jumps or he is still having problems with the scare of the injury going back.

If that is the case for CP3 and how he "deserves" to win a ring, then we can say that Giannis deserves it the same way as well.

If giannis joined a super team he would have won a ring very very easily, but he didn't and he stayed with the team that drafted him all these years and he is trying to get a ring with them, there is no super team around him, the next best player is Kris Middleton and third is Jrue Holiday, just because they made it to finals do not tell me they are star players because they are not and I wouldn't put them in my top 20 of the league in any day, probably Jrue would be even out of top 50 if I can push the limit (although he deserves to be top 50 to be fair) so it is not really that fair to say that CP3 didn't join any super team so he should be win and his win will worth more, same can go for Giannis as well. In the end both teams do deserve it and let the best one win is my approach.

That's normal mate, everyone was already convinced that the Suns will win as before game 1, they are already a series favorite.
Now, that the Bucks lost one game, that convinces them that the Suns could dominate the Bucks.


Let's see, I'm sure it will favor the Bucks as they'll be recognized for their good play since winning on the road is tough, especially against the Suns who are a great team. Bucks have a lot of time to bounce back, remember that in the 2nd round and 3rd round, the Bucks lost in game 1, but they bounce back to win the series.

Yeah, Ayton physic is so deceiving, I mean you thought that this guy is soft, but we are all wrong as he has been matching up with good big man and centers during their playoff run this year and yet he manage to have good numbers against them, AD + Drummond against the Lakers, Jokic against the Nuggets. And then he dominated Zubac against the Clippers.

He is one key piece in this Phoenix Suns run to NBA finals.