Irving led the team against the Bucks
The Nets and Bucks' Eastern Conference semifinals, as if just yesterday, people are still grieving for the Elimination of the Nets, hoping that they can make a comeback next season, but who would have thought that the Nets are no longer human. James Harden went to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Bency and Chuang Shen and Curry Jr., and the Nets' lineup depth was even better, but they lost the fearsome big three. In this game, the Nets will challenge defending champion Milwaukee Bucks on the road, and Irving can play.
This is the first time Irving has played since Harden's trade, and it is also the first time to join forces with Curry Jr. In the past few games, Mills has felt cold, and Curry Jr. seems to be a bit difficult to support, but fortunately, in this game, with Irving's help. Even so, the Nets don't have much hope, after all, the Bucks can play with all three gaps.
Nash doesn't play his cards as usual
The Bucks, who played at home, showed their strength in the first quarter, although the alphabet brother only had 7 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist on 3 shots, but Portis had 8 points and 4 rebounds, Holliday also had 6 points and 3 assists, the team blossomed more points, still had 32 points, and the Nets only scored 25 points, of which Irving had 7 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, and Curry Jr. did not score a point. After returning from the second quarter, Irving ushered in an outbreak, 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal on 5-of-6 shooting, Curry Jr. also had 5 points and 1 assist, and under the leadership of the two, the Nets scored 28 points in a single quarter.
The Bucks still rely on multi-point blossoming, taking 27 more points in a single quarter, and at the end of the half, they just let the Nets narrow the point difference to 6 points. In the second half, the Nets completely reversed the situation, Curry Jr. shot 4 of 5 shots, 12 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, Irving also had 9 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, the Nets once surpassed 13 points, but Alphabet Brother and Middleton and Portis still showed their strength, helping the team to continuously narrow the point gap, at the end of the third quarter, the Nets' lead was only 3 points.
In the final quarter that determined the outcome of the game, the Bucks came up and gradually overtook the score, and after Portis hit the mid-range shot, the point difference reached 7 points. In such a situation, Irving began to show his offensive talent, leaning back from mid-range to stabilize the situation, Drummond scored three points with a free throw, Matthews immediately responded with three points, but the referee looked back and decided that it was overtime. Irving hit a three-pointer to complete the counter-over, Middleton responded from mid-range, the two sides clenched the score, Brown hit the key three-pointer, Allen caused Irving to foul on three points, three free throws and two shots, the point difference was only 1 point, but the time was only 14.6 seconds.
The Bucks can only resort to foul tactics, Irving has two free throws, three points difference, leaving the Bucks 8.9 seconds of time. Curry Jr. came up for a direct foul, and Middleton tried to make a three-point foul, but the referee only gave two free throws. Middleton made both free throws, followed by Irving making two free throws. The Nets continued to play foul play, with Holliday making two free throws and one shot, and Irving didn't expect Irving to make two free throws and one shot. Alphabet brother had two free throws, Ade also hit two free throws, alphabet brother three-point whistle shot missed, and finally the Brooklyn Nets narrowly won 126-123 against the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bucks have words of suffering
According to common sense, it is the backward side that takes foul tactics in the last moments, but it is not expected that as the leading party, Nash also played foul tactics in the last moments, constantly consuming time, from 14.6 seconds to 2.1 seconds. If the Bucks are given 14.6 seconds of complete offensive time, maybe the Bucks can really equalize, but in 2.1 seconds, no matter who receives the ball, they can only rush to shoot. So in this game, the Nets were able to win in the end, thanks to Nash's unconventional playing cards.
Irving faced the Bucks Big Three and blasted down 38 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and his personal performance was impeccable. Curry Jr. had 19 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, Drummond also had 17 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Brown had 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists, and Ade on the bench also had 11 points and 3 rebounds, but Mills only had 1 point and 1 assist on 0-of-3 shooting. New signing Dragic made his debut and had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists on 2-of-5 shooting. The Bucks Trident has been doing well, with Alphabet brothers having 29 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, Middleton 25 points, three rebounds and seven assists, and Holliday on 7-of-9 shooting with 19 points, five rebounds and seven assists.
In addition, Portis had a team-high 30 points and 12 rebounds, and the core players performed well, but in the end, the Bucks did lose.