The defending NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks may have been eliminated from the 2022 NBA playoffs, but that doesn't mean the Brew City isn't still well represented in the post-season.
Jordan Poole and Kevon Looney, the two key role players for the Golden State Warriors going into Sunday's Game 3 of the NBA Western Conference Finals, grew up in Milwaukee. They were prep basketball stars and while they are separated by four years in age, they played against each other on the playgrounds.
Now with the Warriors holding a 2-0 lead after a pair of victories in San Francisco's Chase Center, Sunday becomes a must-win for the desperate Mavericks on their homecourt. Poole is averaging 21 points a game coming off the bench in the series. Looney has commanded the paint, especially in Game 2's win when he scored a career playoff high 21 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help rally the Warriors from a 19-point deficit."The little kid in me is so excited, so excited, just because I grew up watching Loon, played against him and to see him do this on the highest stage, is just amazing to be a part of," Poole said after Game 2.
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