On February 27, Beijing time, today, the NBA ushered in a focus battle, the Brooklyn Nets went to challenge the Milwaukee Bucks on the road. It was a showdown between eighth and fifth in the East. The Bucks were the defending champions last season, and their strength goes without saying, and before this contest, they completed a double against the Nets this season, with a big advantage in confidence and ranking. However, during this time, the Nets completed a big deal, the roster changed a lot, and the team is no longer what it used to be.
In the first quarter, the Bucks showed the strength of the defending champion, under the leadership of the Big Three and the play of Portis, they established a 7-point advantage, Dragic also hit the first goal of the Nets career in this quarter, the first quarter ended, the Bucks 32-25 Nets; into the second quarter, Dragic helped the team to complete the rebound, but in this game, Portis seemed to wear a scope, three points after another, the Big Three felt extremely hot, constantly wreaking havoc on the basket in attack, However, Irving also made a series of shots to stop the bleeding for the team, and the Nets trailed by 6 points at 53-59 at halftime.
Easy side to fight again, Curry played 3 +1, Irving also rained three points after that, Zhuang Shen also completed the two-handed smashing basket dunk, the Nets played a wave of 17-2 small climax, quickly completed the counterattack, the third quarter of the war, the Nets 96-93 lead the opponent by 3 points. In the final quarter, Portis continued the fiery feel, came up in a cold-blooded three-pointer, Durant who was watching next to the game was also beaten and shook his head, and the Bucks blossomed more under the leadership of the alphabet brother to surpass 7 points. After that, Irving forced the basket to take 2 more points, Portis felt hot, the empty mid-range won again, and zhuang Shen scored a goal and the game entered a timeout.
Back from the timeout, Chuang Shen grabbed the offensive rebound, strong played 2+1, and soon, Irving's right side of the arc broke down, and the Nets played a wave of 8-0 small climax, but Middleton also had mid-range. In the decisive moment, Holliday lost two free throws, Curry made two free throws, and the alphabet brother finally won the basket, turning back, Brown hit the bottom corner of the three-pointer, followed by a mistake by the Bucks. With the last 50.7 seconds left in the game, Zhuang Shen transformed into an inside defensive bigwife, hated off the alphabet brother's layup, the time was 26 seconds left, and the Bucks requested a timeout.
After the timeout, Johnson hated Portis's three-point shot, Johnson got the defensive rebound, the Bucks chose to foul, Johnson made 1 of 2 free throws, Allen made a foul on three points, 3 of 2, and then the two sides entered a penalty shootout, and in the end, the Nets narrowly won 126-123. After this game, the Nets ended a two-game losing streak and also ended a two-game losing streak against the Bucks in the season, with a record of 32 wins and 29 losses, continuing to rank eighth in the East, and the Bucks suffered two consecutive losses with a record of 36 wins and 25 losses. In this game, Irving played 39 minutes, 14 of 26, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 38 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, only 2 turnovers, became the hero of the team's victory, let people see the familiar Uncle Drew.
Zhuang Shen played 29 minutes in this game, creating a big surprise, he was 9 of 7, cut 17 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, let people see the familiar four rebounding kings, this game, Zhuang Shen plus and minus +20, I have to say that the Nets got Zhuang Shen really made a lot of money; Curry's performance in this field is also remarkable, this game he played 29 minutes, 11 out of 6, contributed 19 points and 3 assists, plus or minus +17. In addition, Bruce Brown had 15 points and 7 rebounds on 5-of-10 shooting, Johnson had 7 points and 6 rebounds, and Ade had 11 points and 3 rebounds.
For the Bucks, Alphabet Brother played 36 minutes, 8 of 20, 29 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, Portis played 36 minutes, 11 of 18, 14 of 3 three points, 30 points and 12 rebounds, it is worth mentioning that Portis set a new career record for these 8 three-pointers, Middleton 8 of 13, contributed 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Holliday 9 of 7, 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists.