When the Bucks and Warriors fought in the first half of the battle, Warriors reporter Mark Hayes lamented his misfortune and angrily wrote: "The Bucks do whatever they want in front of the Warriors!" ”
At 38-77, the Warriors trailed by 39 points at halftime, the biggest half-time deficit since the home stadium moved to California in 1962, and the preset Finals rehearsal turned into a one-sided halftime flower. Alphabet Brother 23 points in the first half, warriors starting five Tigers total 22 points in the half, Curry efficiency value -34, reverse tribute to the upcoming 34th birthday.
The final score was 99-118, and the Warriors recovered some points, but still failed miserably.
It is not surprising that the Warriors lost to the Bucks, after all, the dream can not be played, they did not lose to the Grizzlies in the last game, but unlike the Grizzlies to the end, this time the Warriors were hammered throughout the whole process, and they were killed to lose their armor and blood flowed into a river.
The Bucks are doing well lately, nor are they, they lost 4 of the 5 games before playing the Warriors, but the one they won was to slaughter the Nets, and the Nets did not lead the whole game, the maximum point difference was 24 points, and the East Conference Dress rehearsal became a one-sided killing.
Bucks this season suffered from player injuries and epidemic prevention and quarantine and other factors, their lineup is always difficult to tidy up, for the Warriors, Da Luo is still recuperating, Holliday's ankle discomfort is absent, the Bucks are also short of major generals.
But even if the Bucks, whose lineup is not complete, can still be beaten by the Nets and Warriors, they show the presence of the defending champions in this way.
If the most underrated championship in history is chosen, the Bucks are definitely in line. Before the start of the season, American bookmakers gave championship odds, the top four were the Nets, Lakers, Warriors and Clippers, and the Bucks were in fifth place.
A team with little change in the core lineup, with honorary Grand Slam superstars, does not even have the top four odds to win the championship, what is the whole thing?
When the Bucks won the championship last season, a media friend said to me, if the champion is the Lakers, then the traffic will explode too much, not the Lakers, even the sun, can also rely on Paul's feelings, drive a wave of traffic climax, but the Bucks and the alphabet brother ... .
This is the big truth, the Bucks' fan base is worse than the Lakers, Warriors, Nets, these basketball idols are more than one stop worse, even if they won the championship last season, the doubts are also one after another, if Irving is not injured, Harden is not "residual blood", Durant's feet are smaller, or the west side of the thick eyebrows and small cards are healthy, killing out is not the sun, is the Bucks no play?
These arguments are divided, but competitive sports are consequentialism, last season's champion was the Bucks, and they can do it, although there are objective factors, but subjective ability is the key, especially when playing against strong teams.
For the Warriors, Holliday did not play, the Bucks lacked the best candidate to pursue Curry, and their tactical choice was to combine the bag with the big delay in the cover. This way of defending is no stranger to Curry, he can transfer the ball up and find flaws in the defense, but the dream is not there, the Warriors lack high transfer stations, and what is more distressing to the Warriors is that although the Bucks lack the two defensive locks of Big Luo and Holliday, when they focus, the defense does not have so many loopholes to drill.
Upline clipping, quick rotation, alphabet brother half-sweep, bucks to pull the defense in place, their squat defense will give some three-pointers, but the outside will curry and Klay to long-range shooting 4 of 13, the penalty area score 40-28 crush, the rest of the Warriors even if they get some three-point opportunities, can not turn over the waves.
Whether the Bucks play the Nets or the Warriors, they all have their offensive killer skills, that is, the combination of Alphabet Brother and Portis. Alphabet brother is the league's first basket tackler, the outside world has some stereotypes about him, such as all rely on physical talent to play, but in fact, the "Greek monster" has completed a new round of evolution last season, no longer the opponent swings a middle road to block the two wings of the enveloping formation can be effectively limited, he has more no-ball attack and low back play, while the left hand handling the ball is more skilled, the ability to feed teammates is also stronger.
Alphabet Brother's current technical level and physical condition, you will be difficult to find a match among the big men in today's league, maybe the thick eyebrow brother of Orlando's rematch park can, but that is the matter of 2020.
Alphabet brother played the Nets that game 27 minutes, 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, against the Warriors this 30 minutes, 30 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, the Nets and warriors have experienced the fear of the sun being dominated by the alphabet brother in the finals last season.
Alphabet Brother's side, there is also a Portis. "Stare at my handsomeest" scored 25 points and 12 rebounds against the Nets and 20 points and 7 rebounds against the Warriors. In the offseason, 2 years and 9 million years to renew Portis is definitely the best operation for the Bucks, Portis has averaged 15 points and 9 rebounds per game this season, 43% of the three-point shooting rate, can shoot three points under the basket and can also grab the board and guard the basket, which is extremely cost-effective.
The configuration of the Bucks, in a sense, is exactly what the Lakers dream of, there are big men who can shoot and defend, there are small men who can shoot and defend, playing a large lineup does not drag space, and playing a small lineup does not delay the basket.
At the end of the day, it's a question of resources, and the Bucks' offensive and defensive resources are very good, which makes them very strong when playing high-end innings, but sometimes slack against teams with insufficient strength.
The Bucks are not yet complete, and when Holliday returns, Big Lo can recover before the playoffs, and the Bucks at that time are the most powerful of them.
Don't take the bean bag improper dry food, let alone people are still defending champions.