Growing up the son of a basketball coach in a small Arizona town, Mike Budenholzer cheered for the nearby Phoenix Suns to win an NBA title.
Now he’s doing all he can to prevent it as coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, who are deadlocked at 2-2 with the Suns entering Saturday’s fifth game in Phoenix in the best-of-seven NBA Finals.
“I was a big Suns fan growing up,” Budenholzer said. “Fond memories of watching the Suns.”
The 51-year-old has some supporters in his hometown of Holbrook, but most Arizona fans want the Suns to win the first title in their 53-year history.
“To be from a small town in northern Arizona, and to have that support and to feel how proud everybody is, yeah…
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