As the two teams that reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season, the Bucks and Hawks are in very different situations this season.
Although they were all affected by injuries, after the Bucks won the championship, the entire team was sublimated, the alphabet brother was firmly on the basic plate, and the Bucks were still in the forefront of the East.
The Eagles, on the other hand, swooped all the way, ran for the lottery, and never returned...
At the beginning of the season, the Eagles were on a smooth ride, with a seven-game winning streak in November. However, during the pandemic in December, the Eagles became one of the worst victims.
As long as they are players in the team's big list, they basically haven't dodged it. Coach McMillan has also been pulled out of quarantine, and even the team president Travis Schlenk has been infected with the new crown, truly interpreting the meaning of "no one is spared"...
But the man is gone, the ball still has to play, the Hawks can only sign people with a short contract of 10 days, and there were as many as 26 players in the team lineup at one point...
No wonder Yang Yang also said before that when he woke up to train, if he was not wearing an Eagles uniform, he thought he was traded, because the teammates next to him did not know any of them...
When the teammates lifted the safety agreement and returned to the team, they found that the team's record was already a mess. 2 consecutive defeats and 3 consecutive defeats, it is not strange.
After entering the New Year, the team directly came to a wave of 5 consecutive losses, 17 wins and 25 losses, and has ranked at the bottom of the eastern conference. You know, there are now 11 teams in the East, and the winning rate is more than 50%.
Even with 56 points and 14 assists, Trae Young still couldn't fight for the team's next victory. Because their defense is so poor, the defensive efficiency is no more than the Rockets and trailblazers.
What's even more frightening is that since the home win over the Thunder on November 23, the Hawks have lost all of their next 10 home games. Some disheartened fans simply gave up going to the State Agricultural Insurance Arena to watch the ball...
But on Martin Luther King's Day, in Martin Luther King's home, the Eagles finally ended their home curse.
Today the Hawks are at home to face the Bucks that have barricaded them from the Finals gate. The team also wore special training uniforms to commemorate their sporting leaders.
However, the team's slump continues. Facing the Bucks vying for the top spot in the East, the Hawks started behind double digits, giving the Bucks 62 points in the first half, and the defensive end still did not grow...
However, in the second half, under the leadership of Trae Young, the Hawks will begin to wake up, chasing only 5 points behind after the first three quarters.
But the Bucks have a critical moment to be proud of. So far this season, leading the opponent into the fourth quarter, the Bucks have a 23-0 unbeaten record. Yet today, Alphabet and Middleton suddenly fell ill...
Today, the duo made all 13 mistakes of the team, 5 letters and 8 times of rice beans. The 6 mistakes of the fourth section of rice beans also laid the groundwork for the bucks to be overturned.
After an offensive foul on Middleton, the Hawks took the first-game lead by Gallinari's three-pointer. Okonwu then covered the letter dunk, and the Eagle's momentum reached its peak.
In fact, Okonwu also staged a four-seater cover in the first half, and today his defense of the alphabet can be said to be very successful.
In the final moments, Trae Young became the Eagles' needle, and his two free throws, a three-pointer, and two assists led the Hawks to a 13-4 offensive climax. With an eight-point lead in the last 18 seconds, the Bucks were powerless to return to the sky.
In the end, the Hawks reversed the Bucks at home, giving the Bucks their sixth defeat in the last 8 games. Blowing Yang shot 7-of-17, scoring 30 points, 11 assists, and hitting all 14 free throws.
This is the 41st time in Blowing Young's career that he has scored 30 points + 10 assists, and no one in The Eagles' history has done more than 4 times except for "Pistol" Maravic.
With 30 points from this game, Blow yang's career score also exceeded the 6,000 mark. It took only 243 games to achieve this feat. Career average of 24.7 points and 8.9 assists per game, who put it on, can be regarded as a superstar level.
In addition, Yang Yang has scored 1079 points this season, surpassing Durant and Alphabet Brother to enjoy the first place in the total scoring list this season.
Ending a 10-game losing streak at home is not the end of the game for the Hawks, with seven of their next eight games played at home. For the Hawks, this is a great opportunity to move up the rankings.
Halfway through the regular season, the real fight has only just begun. At present, the top 5 teams in the East are all 27 wins, and the Eagles are still 9 wins away from them.
Of course, if Blow Yang leads the team into the top six in the East, please don't be surprised. After all, this kid is magical enough, he has already done a big vote last season, and it is not impossible to be a giant killer this season...