The Bucks beat the Pacers 114-99 today to bring the record to 19-11.
Alphabet Brother and Middleton both missed today's game, but under Holliday's leadership, the Bucks still won a big victory. Holliday shot 12-of-18 today and had 26 points and 14 assists.
The Bucks' record in the last month has been outstanding, starting with the victory over the Lakers, the Bucks have won a wave of 8 consecutive wins. In the last 16 games, the Bucks have won 13 of them, so their record is getting better and better, the winning percentage and ranking are getting higher and higher, and they are now in second place in the East, behind the Nets.
It is worth mentioning that the Nets just won their 20th victory of the season, and they won 20 games in only 28 games, which is also a new record in team history. Although the Nets are currently in first place in the East with a record of 20 wins and 8 losses, the Bucks are chasing after them, and their first place in the East is also dangerous.
As the defending champion, the Bucks did not start the season well, once ranking at the bottom of the East, but this is mainly due to injuries, and as the lineup tends to be complete, the Bucks have played the performance that a defending champion should have in the past month, all the way to the second place in the East.
Although the Nets have been ranked first in the East for a long time, but mainly rely on the support of Durant, Durant's average score per game this season ranks first in the league, and the average playing time per game is also at the top of the league. In the absence of Irving and Harden's lack of strength, if it were not for Durant's performance so well, the Nets would be difficult to rank first in the East, and also set a new record in team history.
But this is not a long-term solution after all, Durant has also suffered seriously in the past period of time, averaging more than 40 minutes per game, and if Durant is injured again, the Nets will be in trouble. Not only that, the Nets have recently suffered from the new crown virus, and many players on the team have been quarantined, so they will face great challenges next.
Of course, the Bucks have also suffered from the trouble of the new crown virus, and the alphabet brother cannot play because of this, so in the future, it is difficult to say whether the Bucks can replace the Nets and become the first in the East.