The Phoenix Suns, the first in the West, challenged the Bucks in the East third, as two teams in the NBA Finals last season, their performance in the regular season is still very eye-catching, they are likely to meet again in this year's Finals, this game was originally a game of strong dialogue, but because of the lack of strategy of the Suns duo Paul and Booker, but the whole game is still very exciting, the two sides fought in four quarters, and the Suns, who played away, finally lost to the Bucks 122-132.
In the absence of Paul and Booker's Suns, Ayton has become the core of this team, and Ayton, who played 33 minutes, was very efficient on the offensive end of the game, shooting 14 of 19 shots in the whole game, shooting 30 points in the scoring data, and also having 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal data, which was excellent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends. Although Portis has been in great form in the past few games, he is completely at a disadvantage in direct conversations with Ayton today. Portis shot 2-of-8 from the field and had only 9 points and 6 rebounds in the game, and in this battle of the interior, Ayton won a crushing victory.
Although Ayton played efficiently, payne who started the game also had 23 points and 8 assists, Shamet contributed 17 points and 5 assists on 5-of-12 shooting, Bridges contributed 14 points and 6 assists, and Crowder contributed 19 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists, although the Suns' starting five players performed well in this game, the Bucks Triumvirate once again showed their dominance as defending champions in this game, leaving the Suns unable to win today's game.
Middleton was the Bucks' victory in the game, shooting 16-of-27 from the field, 5-of-9 from outside three-point range and 7-of-7 from the free throw line, and 44 points in the case of high personal offensive efficiency, as well as 8 rebounds and 5 assists. In this battle, Middleton performed very well in all aspects, contributing +21 to the victory on the field to lead the Bucks in the highest team, under Middleton's excellent play, Alphabet Brother and Holliday were willing to act as green leaves, Alphabet Brother bombed 19 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks in this battle, still full of dominance, Holliday 24 points and 9 assists, attack and tandem teammates are more than enough, Wola on the bench lineup contributed 12 points and 5 rebounds on 10 shooting, Ibaka lightly won two double-double data in this battle, He contributed 14 points and 10 rebounds.
After this game, the Bucks' team record has reached the third position in the East, and like the 76ers, there are only 3 games left from the Heat in the East, the Bucks have been in a brave state in the recent game, and in the case of the rotation of Alphabet Brother, Holliday and Middleton, the defending champion has begun to exert strength in the second half of the regular season, making a full final impact for the playoffs.