Two cores are absent
The west is strong and the east is weak, in the past many years, it is an indisputable fact, but this season, the East has signs of a group of heroes, Harden and Embiid, the Nets and the big three, the Heat occupy the first place in the East, the Green Army is unstoppable, and the Milwaukee Bucks, as the defending champions, this season's performance is still commendable. The league's second-best points per game, the league's fourth-best offensive efficiency, and the league's fifth-best true shooting percentage all tell us how good this team's offense is.
With the offense, the Bucks have come to the third position in the East, you know, they haven't had a power on the defensive end, and the full version of the Bucks, maybe we can only see in the playoffs. In this game, the Bucks will face the Washington Wizards at home, and Alphabet Brother and Middleton are both sidelined due to injury. But even so, it's hard for the Wizards to win.
The Wizards fought back at the end of the day
No alphabet brother, no Middleton, Holliday is naturally the absolute core of the team, the first quarter of the game, on 7-of-4 to get 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Portis also has 5 points and 7 rebounds, Connaughton on the bench hit 2 three-pointers, the team bombed 32 points in a single quarter, and the Wizards, only a pitiful 13 points, Bo Shen 3 shot 0 one point did not score. After returning from the second quarter, the Wizards finally found their touch, Pop had 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, Bo Shen also had 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team scored 29 points in a single quarter.
Facing the Wizards' counterattack, the Bucks did not panic in the slightest, Holliday took 7 points, 1 assist and 1 steal, Carter had 8 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Ibaka also had 6 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the team still led the Wizards by as many as 19 points at the end of halftime. In the second half, Allen suddenly found a three-point feeling, three points, 3 shots, 13 points and 3 rebounds in a single quarter, under his leadership, the Bucks bombed another 32 points in a single quarter, while the Wizards only scored 24 points, so the two teams were divided into 27 points.
With such a huge division, everyone felt that the game had completely lost suspense, but who would have thought that after returning from the last quarter, the Wizards played the best offense of the game. Ismail had 13 points, three rebounds and three assists on 6-of-8 shooting, Gill also had 7 points and 1 assist on 3-of-3 shooting, and Avdia had 7 points and 2 assists, and a group of substitutes led the Wizards to 36 points in a single quarter to narrow the gap to 10 points. However, in the end, the Bucks defeated the Wizards 114-102 and successfully won two consecutive wins.
Seven scored in double figures
Without The Alphabet Brother and Without Middleton, the Bucks still scored in double figures and hit 16 three-pointers, which undoubtedly showed how good the depth of this team really is. Holliday had 24 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, and successfully took charge, Allen also had 21 points and 4 rebounds, shooting 7-of-10 from the field, Connaughton 16 points and 5 rebounds, Portis 11 points and 12 rebounds, Lopez 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and after the comeback, the state continued to pick up, even Ibaka, who had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 4-of-5 shooting.
I have to say that the strength of the defending champion is still so unreasonable! As for the Wizards, the starting performance can be said to be inexhaustible, Porzingis has 16 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Pope 16 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, and Hachimura 10 points and 7 rebounds, and the shooting rate is not ideal. Ismail on the bench had a team-high 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, including 13 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in the final quarter, shooting 8 of 14 from the field, and Avdia also had 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.