Alphabet Brother is out of the squad due to injury
The Portland Trail Blazers sent Powell and McCollum away, and everyone thought the team was going to be ruined, but unexpectedly, they won two consecutive wins and came to the tenth position in the West, away from the los Angeles Clippers in the eighth place in the West, but a four-win gap. Simmons Jr. has grown into an All-Star player, which is key to their choice to send McCollum away. New signing Hart also integrates well into the team, with 23 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists in the last game.
In this game, the Blazers have to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks, which is far stronger than the Lakers and Knicks in the previous two games. Although the Bucks lost miserably to the phoenix suns of the league in the last game, this game against the Blazers, the alphabet brother was absent due to injury, which is undoubtedly bad news for the Bucks.
Simmons Jr. broke out again
In the absence of alphabet brothers, the Bucks still showed their strength, Holliday got 5 points and 4 assists, new signing Ibaka was 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal on 3-of-3 shooting, Andra on the bench had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team still got 30 points, but still lagged behind. Hart continued to show his energy, scoring 7 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block on 3-of-5 shooting, While Nurkic had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the Blazers scored 31 points in the quarter. After returning from the second quarter, the Blazers' hand felt hot.
Simmons Jr. stepped up, shooting 6-of-8, 5-of-5 three-pointers, 16 points and 1 steal in a single quarter, Hart also had 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, and the Blazers scored 40 points in a single quarter, leading the Bucks by as many as 17 points at 71-54 at the end of halftime. In the second half, the Blazers' offense began to decline, although Simmons Jr. had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but the team only scored 23 points, but fortunately, the Bucks only scored 24 points, the point difference was only narrowed to 16 points, but there was only one session left in the game.
In the final quarter of the game, the Bucks continued to catch up, but the Blazers did not intend to give a chance, Simmons Jr. took 5 points and 3 assists, Hart also had 5 points and 3 rebounds, and Nurkic had 7 points and 3 rebounds, and the point difference remained at about 15 points. With the final whistle sounding, the Portland Blazers finally won 122-107 against the Milwaukee Bucks and successfully won three consecutive games.
I don't want to be a dark horse in the West
In the process of the Blazers' continuous trades, everyone felt that this team was going to be ruined, but who would have thought that they had won 3 consecutive wins and became the dark horse of the West, hitting 18 three-pointers on the whole team, and even the defending champion Bucks could not stop their steps. Simmons Jr. continued to play the performance of the star, shooting 12-of-24, 7-of-16 from three-point range, and had 31 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists. Nurkic also ushered in a second spring, with 23 points, 16 rebounds and 4 assists on 7-of-16 shooting.
27+7+5, and 5 three-pointers! In the past, there were four Lakers, and he was the most underrated. But there is another person who deserves praise, that is, Hart, who has just been traded, shot 10 of 16 from the field, shot 5 of 9 from three points, and had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, and in the last game, Hart had 23 points and 2 assists. I have to say that when the Lakers were four less, Ingram and Ball, as well as Kuzma and Hart, he was the most underrated. In the absence of Alphabet Brother, Holliday had 23 points, 2 rebounds and 6 assists, and Middleton felt cold, only 16 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists on 3-of-15 shooting, which was undoubtedly the key to their loss of the game.