After a dismal end to a two-game losing streak, the New York Knicks, desperate for a win, returned home and ushered in the challenge of defending champion Bucks.
For the Knicks, due to Burkes' absence, head coach Thibodeau had to temporarily change sides, and this time Rose + Grimes will enter the starting lineup to try to help Randle defend the home court and end the losing streak.
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, the alphabet brother is in a hot state, and the Bucks are also ready to take advantage of the chase in this game, do a lot on the road, and win 2 consecutive wins!
Finally, after four quarters of play, with a perfect start of 9-1, the Bucks, who were mainly guests, overpowered the Knicks in the first half and quickly established a lead of up to 13 points.
Although after returning from the second half, Rose + Grimes in the third quarter ushered in an outbreak at the same time, leading the Knicks to play a wave of counterattack frenzy, trying to rewrite the trend of the game.
But the helpless score gap is too large, coupled with the full dud of the two sides in the last quarter, the Bucks, who finally played steadily, also won the Knicks 112-97 on the road, which was worth the trip to win 2 consecutive wins at the same time, but also gave the Knicks 3 consecutive losses!
In this game, the Bucks went to the road, and the Bucks were in full swing, playing a team performance with 7 people scoring in double figures and blossoming at multiple points.
In the case of holliday + Portis + Allen + Hood and other main forces, continuing to perform stably, the play of the two core letters brother + Middleton is particularly critical!
Middleton exploded in the game, starting 30 minutes, shooting 4 three-pointers from 8 of 17 from the middle of the line, scoring a team-high 24 points, plus 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.
Among them, his heroic performance of scoring 16 points in the first half not only helped the Bucks to open up the situation smoothly, but also affected the trend of the game at both ends of the attack and defense, and became a solid backing for the Bucks!
In addition, as the absolute core of the team, the play of the alphabet brother in this game is also not lacking in highlights.
Although the shooting rate of the alphabet brother is not high, with his super personal ability, the alphabet brother still contributed 20 points + 10 rebounds + 11 assists + 1 steal + 1 block all-round performance in the whole game.
While continuing to maintain its vitality and dominance, Alphabet Brother's performance of continuous impact on the inside line in this game has also become a difficult existence for the Knicks to solve, and completely disrupted the defensive deployment of Thibodeau!
More importantly, after the victory over the Knicks, Alphabet Brother also won his first triple-double of the season and the 26th triple-double of his career.
At the same time, the total score of the regular season of the alphabet brother's career also officially exceeded 13,000 points, setting a personal record!
On the other hand, on the Knicks side, the team's offensive and defensive ends were comprehensively crushed in this game, and finally suffered a 15-point rout + 3 consecutive losses, which obviously needs to be examined.
After all, in the case that Rose played well, got 18+2+7+3 in the whole game, and the youngster Grimes was in danger, efficiently cutting 27 points + 3 rebounds + 3 assists + 3 steals + 7 three-pointers, the performance of Randall, the core of the team, in this game, is indeed hard to blame!
Randle was in no shape, starting 33 minutes, 2 of 9 shots felt cold, and the outside three-point shot was only 1 of 5 shots completely lost the crosshair.
The whole game only handed over 8+10+7+1 slump performance, and there were as many as 7 mistakes in the individual, which can almost be said that Randall personally buried the game!
Obviously, considering the Knicks' current record and ranking, in the next gradually white-hot top eight battles, the young Randle and Knicks will undoubtedly face more challenges and tests!
As for head coach Thibodeau, in the absence of a major general in the team, whether he will take the initiative to seek a breakthrough and reverse the decline of the team, we seem to have to wait and see.