On February 27, 2022, Beijing time, in a focus battle in the NBA regular season, the defending champion Bucks played at home against the visiting Nets, and the bucks' starters in this game actually played very well. Alphabet brother had 29 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, Middleton had 25 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, Holliday also had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, and Hun Boltis shot 8 three-pointers and had 30 points and 12 rebounds, and it seemed that the team should be difficult to lose.
However, in the game, they led by more than 6 points many times, and were chased back by the opponent, and completed the counterattack, and the team's free throws had problems at the key moment, and finally regrettably lost this focus battle! For the Bucks, they have exposed three very big problems in this game, and if they can't solve them in time, it will be very difficult to complete the defense of the title this season!
First of all, their free throw problems in this game are very serious, in this game Alphabet Brother 16 free throws 12, Middleton 8 free throws 6, these two people look ok, but Portis 2 free throws 0, Holliday 8 4 is indeed very average. In this game, the team's 38 free throws and 25 shots were only 65.8%, and it was unacceptable to shoot free throws like this if you wanted to win the championship!
The bucks' bench scoring ability is followed by the Bucks' ability to score, and with Connaughton, George Hill and Lopez the Big Unable to play, the Bucks' bench lineup is really embarrassing. The bench scored a total of 13 points in this game, Matthews 5 points, Ibaka 8 points, and the rest of the players did not score, such a substitute lineup is indeed very shabby!
The last point is the scoring ability of the letter brother at the key moment, last season's playoffs have appeared this problem, the weakness of the letter brother is still very obvious, the key moment if you still kill the inside line, the effect is really not good, the last section of the game the letter brother only hit 1 sports battle goal, the last moment is also because the letter brother can not score, the team regrets to lose. So for the Bucks, if they want to defend their title, these three problems really need to be solved as soon as possible!