Although once fell behind by 11 points, but with the excellent performance of Tatum + Horford, the G4 Green Army, which played away from home, finally defeated the Bucks 116-108, rewriting the semi-final score to a 2-2 draw, while also retaining the suspense of the series!
Rationally speaking, the G4 Green Army was able to withstand huge pressure on the road to complete the reversal, as the head coach of the team, Uduka's dispatch and on-the-spot command undoubtedly played a crucial role.
After all, after the lack of Lowe's inner pillar, the decision that Uduka was able to give Horford more opportunities and time to play in this campaign was indeed a very good result!
Of course, as the three main players of the team, G4 combined to cut the 78-point "three-probe flower combination" Tatum + Jaylen Brown + Horford's play, which is also indispensable.
Tatum rebounded strongly, scoring only 9 points in the first half, and in the second half, Tatum ushered in an explosion and scored 21 points, delivering a 30 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
And in the last quarter, he continuously impacted the inner line to single-rider to score 12 points, and it was also a sweep of the downturn of G3, and he stepped forward to lead the Green Army to complete a big reversal!
In addition, although G4 was caught in foul trouble early on with 5 fouls on his back, Jaylen Brown's play was still not lacking in highlights.
Throughout the game, Jaylen Brown dared to fight, and cut down 18 points + 3 rebounds + 1 assist + 1 steal offensive and defensive performance, which is the key to the Green Army's ability to always bite the score!
And G4 against the Bucks, the performance of veteran Horford not only successfully affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense, but also somewhat dreamed of returning to the peak.
Horford was very efficient in this game, starting 40 minutes, shooting 5 three-pointers on 14 shots and 11 in the middle and outside the line, bombing a team-high 30 points, plus 8 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
Among them, he scored 16 points on 6-of-6 shooting in the final quarter, and also successfully disrupted the bucks' defensive rhythm and deployment, helping the Green Army win the G4 battle!
It is worth mentioning that throughout the game, Horford's positive and negative value was as high as +20, ranking first in the green army team, and did not live up to the trust of head coach Uduka.
More importantly, the G4 scored 30 points in the first game, which also set a new single-game scoring record for Horford's playoff career, and at the same time, the 35-year-old Horford also became the first player in the history of the Green Army to achieve 30 points in a single game in the playoffs, setting a great personal record!
Coupled with Smart + Derrick White + Gwee each performing their duties, rationally speaking, G4 can achieve a reversal in the first battle of the Green Army, equalizing the performance of the semi-final score, which is indeed the result of the joint efforts of the team!
In contrast, on the Bucks side, the G4 team failed to withstand the pressure and finally reversed the performance of the game, which obviously made it difficult for home fans to accept.
But rationally speaking, for the Bucks, the G4 game, the team is not completely without gains and highlights!
After all, under the sluggish performance of Holliday + Portis, who did not feel good and shot only 7 of 29 shots in the whole game, the play of the alphabet brother in this game was indeed remarkable.
G4 faced the defense of the Green Army, although the alphabet brother lost the crosshair in 4 of the outside three-point shot, but with his super personal ability, the alphabet brother still cut the game-high 34 points, plus 18 rebounds and 5 assists of the big double-double performance.
Although he failed to help the Bucks defend the home court on their own, there is a saying that in the case of other teammates who can't open the situation for a long time, Alphabet Brother is still one of the bucks' most stable scoring points!
Only for the Bucks, after the G4 was reversed and the semi-final score returned to the same running line 2-2, in the next G5 battle of Tianwangshan, the defending champion Bucks, who are about to go to the away game, will undoubtedly usher in a huge challenge and test!