On December 24, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Lone Ranger sat at home to meet the Bucks. After the battle, the Lone Ranger lost to the Bucks 95-102.
In terms of statistics, the Lone Ranger: Bronson 19 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists, Powell 12 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Nilikina 14 points, 1 rebound and 5 assists, Sterling Brown 10 points, 12 rebounds and 2 assists.
Bucks: Middleton 26 points, five rebounds and seven assists, Ju Holliday 24 points, seven rebounds and seven assists, Cousins 22 points, eight rebounds and four assists, And Grayson Allen 5 points and three rebounds.
Quarter-specific scores (Lone Rangers in front): 23-15, 20-26, 31-34, 21-27.
In this game, the main players such as Doncic, Hardaway Jr. and Kleber on the Lone Rangers side are absent due to triggering the health and safety agreement, Porzingis is unable to play due to a toe injury; the Bucks, Alphabet Song and Portis enter the health and safety agreement will be absent from the game.
As soon as the game came, the back-to-back Bucks took the lead, Connaughton hit the basket to open the record, then Cousins hit a three-pointer, then Middleton also had a three-pointer, and the Bucks made it 9-2. The Lone Ranger started a bit slowly, didn't feel good, and was taken over by the Bucks.
But as the game progressed, the Bucks offense suddenly lost power, the score was always stuck at 15 points, the full 7 minutes did not score at all, the Lone Ranger was steady, although the offensive efficiency was also very low, but still seized the opportunity to reverse the score, the first quarter to lead 23-15.
In the second quarter, Matthews hit a three-pointer to help the Bucks break the scoring drought, and Middleton saw that he felt cold, and simply used his personal ability to start attacking the basket, relying on free throws to help the team close the score. Cousins also played well, relying on height and weight advantages, frequently winning under the basket, and at one point helping the Bucks equalize.
On the other hand, in the absence of Doncic and Bo Shen, their attack is very uncreative, and due to limited projection ability, the space on the field is very crowded, and they can only continue to kill the inside line to score slowly, and this style of play is not only inefficient, but also has a great impact on physical fitness. In the final moments of the half, Bronson won a free throw opportunity to help the Lone Ranger maintain the lead at 43-41 in the half.
Easy side to fight again, the two sides slowly find the offensive feeling, scoring efficiency is getting higher and higher, this side Middleton connected Holliday basket to win, that side Brown borrowed Powell to cover the middle distance hit, the two sides you come and go, with Powell dunk, the Lone Ranger once again established the lead.
But the Bucks side is not too much to let go, Holliday immediately chased the three-pointers also to color, whenever there is a sign of opening the score, the Bucks can always respond immediately, the end of the third quarter, Cousins first hit 2+1, and then the basket rose again, the opponent contracted and decisively scored the outside line, helping the team play a wave of 10-2, with Middleton's free throw hit, the Bucks will reverse the score.
In the final quarter, the Bucks continued to attack the Lone Rangers from the inside out, playing a wave of 8-2 to expand the advantage. But the Lone Ranger then went on a 7-2 run to maintain the suspense of the game. At the crucial moment, Holliday hit a three-pointer, and then Connaughton scored an empty hand to kill the game. In the end, the Lone Ranger lost to the Bucks 95-102.