On this week’s edition of the Tapping The Keg podcast, I talked with Mitch Ross about the Milwaukee Bucks-Phoenix Suns Finals matchup. That shouldn’t be a surprise to you that a Wisconsin sports podcast is talking about a massive series. In talking about Giannis Antetokounmpo and his knee injury, my thought was that he plays tonight. There were too many rumors and smoke going around that if a Game 7 happened on Monday night, Giannis would have been playing. So it’s Tuesday, why wouldn’t he be ready for this game? Well, Mitch and I did a good job workshopping this and there is reason to believe Game 2 should be the date. We start talking about this around the 28-minute mark of the podcast.

The days in between really matter here. Giannis could steal an extra couple of days by not playing Tuesday night. Then the rest of the way, he gets two nights between games versus the typical one that they’ve been dealing with all playoffs. It would not be until Game 7 where he would get one night to rest up. This would help with the knee. Another idea would be for Antetokounmpo to play starting at home, so, there are no travel-related problems. As you may know, being in the air can add to the swelling, so, it might make some sense to wait until Game 3.

With Giannis’ doubtful designation, my guess is this is where we’ll end up.

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