preface
Last season, the Bucks made it all the way through the playoffs to reach the finals, and beat the Suns 4-2 in the final to win the bucks' first championship trophy in history. After the game, people's discussion of alphabet brother was endless, and overnight alphabet brother became the hero of Milwaukee, and indeed the Bucks' championship had a lot to do with alphabet brother, but Holliday absolutely played an irreplaceable role in the bucks' journey to win the championship, and even without Holliday, there may not be a bucks championship. Holliday's role in the Bucks is not one-sided, he has fully influenced the development of the Bucks.
Defensive General
Holliday's defense is notoriously strong in the league, and although he is a defender, Holliday's task on the field is to keep an eye on the main players on the opposite and defensive lines. Holliday showed his horror on the defensive end when he was still in the Pelicans, and in the playoffs against the Blazers in the series against the Blazers, Holliday directly turned the sharpshooter Lee into a blacksmith, and Lillard shot only 25% of the shot under Holliday's defense throughout the series, averaging 4 turnovers per game, and finally relying on Holliday's airtight defense of Lee's guidance, the Blazers came out of nowhere and were eventually swept by the Pelicans.
After coming to the Bucks, facing the Nets' division finals last season, Holliday's defense impressed Durant, the god of death. Durant publicly stated that Holliday is the best defensive guard in the league, his footsteps and coverage make me play very uncomfortable, even the possession in front of him is difficult, let the god of death shake his head, how strong the defense is needless to say, Holliday's defense is definitely an important factor in the Bucks' turnover. In the finals against the Suns, Paul faced Holliday, and was also defended without a little temper.
In addition to the first Holliday did not stare at Paul, from the second game, Holliday's main task is to defend Paul, Holliday did this very well, the most critical fourth game, Holliday did not perform well on the offensive end, played 42 minutes, 20 shots only 4, scored 13 points, compared to Holliday's offense, this game his defense is crucial. Defending Paul against Holdery scored just 10 points, shooting just 30 percent from the field, and delivering five turnovers, holliday stealing Paul in the final moments of the fourth quarter to help the team stabilize the advantage and finally the Bucks equalized. Facing Holliday's defense, Paul averaged as many as 5 turnovers per game, which is very rare for the master of possession Paul, and it is precisely because of the limitation of Paul's play that the Bucks have a thrilling defeat to the Suns to win the championship, so it is not too much to say that there is no Bucks championship without Holliday. The defender's defense itself is a thankless effort, and the defender's defense on the field is easy to ignore, but Holliday proves with practical actions that his defense is top notch no matter who he faces.
The team attacks the main point of firepower
Holliday's excellence is not only on his defensive end, but also on the offensive end Holliday has a lot of achievements. With excellent physical fitness, Holliday has an advantage over players in the same position, and even when facing some ordinary forward players, Holliday does not have a hard time playing them. Holliday's best is his singles ability, last season Holliday averaged 9.4 points per game, ranking fourth in the league, the top three are Harden, DeRozan and Mitchell, these three are what characters, that is a veritable singles king, can be compared with them, Holliday's singles ability can definitely be called the top.
When alphabet brother has not yet evolved into a Greek monster, the Bucks have been Holliday and alphabet brother-based dual-core team, when alphabet brother on the court to face the bag, the Bucks' most threatening offensive weapon is Holliday's singles, this role has been extended to today, as the team's core point guard, Holliday is fully capable of driving the whole team's offense, he is on the court, alphabet brother pressure will be much less.
Middleton was overwhelmed
Aside from Holliday, the Bucks guard Twins, Middleton, is less than good. Middleton is more of a pitcher on the court, he is not good at holding the ball, and receiving the ball after blocking is his favorite way to play, which means that he can't be as comprehensive as Holliday, and when he doesn't feel good, he only has a negative impact on the Bucks. Middleton's organization also has great problems, not good at holding the ball, he naturally will not have outstanding performance in the organization, although Middleton has always been interested in exercising his organizational skills, but the effect is minimal.
In the match against the Hornets on January 9, Beijing time, Middleton's organizational problems were exposed at a glance. In the case that Holliday could not play, Middleton took up the banner of organization, but the result can be imagined, although Middleton got 27 points, but only cared about his own fire, but did not drive up his teammates, no one organized the situation of the alphabet brother on the pressure became heavier, offensive defense and organization, alphabet brother is a father and mother, although took 43 points, but in the end the Bucks still regret to lose to the Hornets, this game Bucks in the offensive end and defensive end of the game are a little godless, the end of the game, Presumably, Brother Alphabet misses Holliday very much. This game can be clearly felt that the competitiveness of the Bucks with Holliday and without Holliday is not on a grade, holliday's go-all, and the Bucks can't find a second person.
summary
Holliday is irreplaceable for the Bucks, in the defensive end he is a strong iron in front of the opponent, the offensive end is a shot that hurts both the dark weapon, although fans have always said that the Bucks are the single-core team with the letter brother as the core, but Holliday's status and the letter brother are the same, under the aura of the letter brother, Holliday is doing his job in all aspects, so the Bucks can not only not do without the letter brother, but also can not do without Holliday.