Jeff Teague was a part of the Milwaukee Bucks’ championship-winning group in 2021.
The Bucks needed to struggle exhausting to get to the Finals, competing towards a number of powerful opponents.
Talking to Draymond Inexperienced, per The Quantity and ClutchPoints, Teague stated he remembers the second he knew the Bucks have been going to win the Finals.
He felt the Bucks have been already particular however when Kyrie Irving of the Brooklyn Nets damage his ankle within the second spherical of the playoffs, Teague knew the championship could be theirs.
“You could tell we had something… We knew, we get past [the Nets], we was winning the championship.”
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The Bucks had been on a roll all season lengthy.
After they entered the playoffs, they confronted off towards the Miami Warmth, who they simply defeated in 4 video games.
However then got here the Brooklyn Nets, who have been powered by the abilities of Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden.
The Nets have been suffering from accidents all through that collection, however they have been nonetheless capable of convey it to seven video games.
Teague stated that when Irving went out along with his ankle damage, it turned clear that the Bucks may declare the title.
That’s precisely what they did.
They took out the Nets after which confronted the Atlanta Hawks.
After beating the Hawks, they battled the Phoenix Suns within the Finals and beat them in six video games.
That occurred to be Teague’s final season and he retired after that.
He went out on a excessive and was capable of expertise a second that each one NBA gamers hope for.
Milwaukee’s expertise was unparalleled throughout that season however Teague admits that an unlucky damage to the Nets opened a pathway to the championship.
