From Sheryl Crow to Chance The Rapper, Russell Wilson and Ciara, to other local favorites, the celebrities were out for the Bucks-Hawks game
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The celebrities were out for Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals Friday night.
From Sheryl Crow to Chance The Rapper, Russell Wilson and Ciara, the stars were in attendance at Fiserv Forum to see the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Atlanta Hawks, 125-91.
Oh, and there were a couple local fan favorites as well in former Green Bay Packers great Donald Driver and Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader.
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Crow, a Grammy Award-winning musician, expressed her love for the Bucks after they defeated the Brooklyn Nets in the last series.
Crow was courtside with her family during warmups before taking in the game.
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The singer, wearing a Khris Middleton jersey, said in an interview via the Bucks’ Twitter account that the Bucks are her 11-year-old son’s “team” and that she got “sucked in” as a fan.
“It’s been really fun watching them,” Crow said. “It’s just been joyful.”
Crow called Giannis Antetokounmpo “a superhero,” but Middleton is her guy. She said she feels Middleton is the “heart and soul” of the team and aspires to be like him
Crow, who grew up near Memphis, said she and her family attended a Bucks-Memphis Grizzlies game this season.
After Friday night’s game, Crow tweeted her experience for Game 2 at Fiserv Forum was “amazing.”
“Am exhausted but so happy for the Bucks,” she tweeted. “And the fans are crazy. Let’s go all the way!!”
Crow will see her fans in a few months for Summerfest. She’s opening for Chris Stapleton at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at the American Family Insurance Amphitheater. It sure would be quite the scene if she gets on stage at Summerfest wearing that Middleton jersey to her screaming fans, wouldn’t it?
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Like Crow, Chance The Rapper will play Summerfest this year. He’s headlining the American Family Insurance Amphitheater on Sept. 3.
But on this day, it was all basketball as he watched the game from his courtside seat.
The Grammy Award-winning rapper was sitting next to Ciara, another Grammy Award-winning singer, and Wilson, the Seattle Seahawks quarterback and former Wisconsin Badger. Ciara and Wilson have been married for nearly five years. The power couple took in a WNBA game at the Barclays Center in New York the night before following the launch of Wilson’s 3Brand kids’ clothing line earlier Thursday.
Driver, the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leader in receiving yards, continued a trend of current or former NFL players coming to Fiserv Forum for the playoffs. Driver was here with his son, Cristian, a top high school football prospect for the class of 2022 out of Texas.
In Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals Wednesday night, Packers All Pro offensive lineman David Bakhtiari was back to chugging beers to the delight of the crowd. Teammate Aaron Jones, coach Matt LaFleur as well as Burlington native and CBS football analyst Tony Romo were also there.
Packers Pro Bowl linebacker Za’Darius Smith brought the energy, along with Jones, in the Brooklyn series, as did Pewaukee native and NFL star J.J. Watt.
Hader, meanwhile, didn’t let an extra-inning game Friday across town prevent him from missing out.
The Brewers’ game — a 5-4 Milwaukee win in which Hader pitched a scoreless 10th inning — ended a few minutes before the Bucks tipped off at 7:30 p.m.
While Hader likely missed most of the first half when the Bucks built an insurmountable lead on their way to tying up the series, he was spotted late in the game wearing a Bucks jersey.
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