On Tuesday night, with 8:24 left in the second quarter of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, which the Phoenix Suns won 118-105 over the Milwaukee Bucks, Wisconsin Badgers legend Frank Kaminsky checked into the game for Deandre Ayton. It was the first action for Kaminsky in weeks, who didn’t play at all in the Suns’ series victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference Finals, and for Wisconsin fans it was a surreal moment.
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Kaminsky only played four minutes in the game and didn’t record a single stat in the box score, but it was the culmination of a long journey for Kaminsky this season.