Giannis says series vs. Celtics 'hasn't started yet' heading into Game 7

The cliche goes that a series doesn't start until the home team loses, and following the Milwaukee Bucks' 97-86 win over the Boston Celtics to force a winner-take-all Game 7 on Saturday night, Giannis Antetokounmpo doubled down on the old adage.

"In my opinion, this series hasn't started yet," Antetokounmpo told TNT in his postgame interview. "We gotta go there, we gotta get one at their house."

Milwaukee's Thursday night victory improved the home team's record to 6-0 in its Eastern Conference quarterfinal, but had the series truly never started, basketball fans would have missed out on some great moments.

Terry Rozier putting Eric Bledsoe on skates while hitting the Game 1 winner? Never happened. Thon Maker's Game 3 block party? A figment of your imagination. Giannis doing the amazing, awe-inspiring, and jaw-dropping? You must have been dreaming.

On that note, Antetokounmpo's Bucks will have a chance to kick the series off by winning it on Saturday in Boston, while the Celtics can secure a perfect "homer" series between the teams, like it never even started.