Everyone knows the feud between the Bucks and the Nets. There is a more important aspect of today's meeting between the two teams, according to the current ranking situation in the East, it is likely that the Nets will face the Bucks in the first round.
What happened to this mars bumping into earth, will smith bumping chris rock, Hebei caihua bumping into Kato eagle hardcore competition? Who decides the outcome of the game? What will happen to the same scenario in the future playoffs? Long story short, I'll talk about how I felt after watching the game.
One, the war criminal Middleton
Don't talk nonsense about how strong the alphabet brother is, he is the basic game of the Bucks, Holliday is also very stable in most games, but Middleton is not easy to say. He is not the top 15 star in the league, and I really can't guarantee whether he can maintain his strength for two consecutive seasons. In last year's playoffs, Middleton delivered four single-quarter 20+ performances, playing a perfect offensive end of the second-in-command performance (Holliday contributed more on the defensive end).
What about this year? Although Middleton was selected to the All-Star Team by virtue of the inertia of the judges, his performance really declined. As the Most Reliant Player in the Bucks' half-time offense, Middleton scored 0.896 points per game in a singles this season, surpassing 55 percent of the league's players. For comparison, last season he scored more than 67 percent of the league's players per round in a singles. Middleton's offensive classification data has been slightly declined, and if you only look at the data, his level is about 10%.
In both October and February, Middleton shot less than 30 percent of his three-point shooting in a single month, and by March, with the Bucks' roster intact, Middleton was averaging 23.5 points per game, 46.4 percent + 45.2 percent from the field. It can be said that there has been some recovery.
In today's game, Middleton was purely a war criminal for the Bucks. After the alphabet brother came off the court, he could not support the team's offense, even if it was blocked by Bruce Brown one-on-one consecutively, his own backcourt possession of the ball appeared outrageous mistakes, the empty three-point iron, inside and outside because of his various mistakes + sending caps, the Bucks lost at least 10 points.
At the end of the game, he fouled Bruce Brown stupidly and badly and was expelled. All I can say is that it's deserved. It's dirty and unnecessary. Today, his whole game was like a dark dish, and the last action was like using an ashtray to ride this dish to the fans. Disgusting people from head to toe.
Whether the Bucks can successfully defend the title, Middleton may be the most critical person on the court.
Second, does Boden know how old brother the alphabet is?
The Nets and Bucks' respective strengths and weaknesses must also be known. If you don't understand, look at these sets of data.
Both teams scored inside: Bucks 54 - Nets 38
Rebounding percentage for both teams: Bucks 58.9% - Nets 41.1%
Two teams scored twice on offense: Bucks 17 - Nets 5
Free throws: Bucks 34 - Nets 16
The Bucks against the Nets have a physical advantage of crushing in five positions, we always think that the Nets' interior long line is difficult to defend, but Holliday plays the Nets' guard, sorry, all are swipe cards to open the door, the recognition rate is 100%, who hits is a step. What if it has been passed? The Nets can only make up for the inside line, the inside line is supplemented, the light is attacked twice, and the Bucks will brush the brush and burst.
The Nets' advantage lies in the personal ability of the two superstars, Durant and Irving can take the opportunity that is not a chance, disrupt the opponent's defense and attract the bag, and then distribute it to the role players. In the defensive end, they can't put out any alignment that can be placed against the alphabet brother, the Nets front line is really too bad, the flowers of James Johnson and others will lose the basic plate of the offense, and the Nets do not dare to always use Durant to align with the alphabet brother, on the one hand, durant's physical strength leads to his inability to output the offensive end, on the one hand, Durant is also easy to lose fouls.
The Nets must play a super high level of offense to win the Bucks. Today, the Nets shot 18 of 37 three-pointers, shooting 48.6% from the field, and the effective shooting rate of 55.7% of the whole season was the highest level in the league (the league's no. 1 Jazz team effective shooting rate was 55.7%). The offense feels smooth, and the role players led by Brown are also very good at defending, forcing the Bucks to make as many as 22 mistakes.
The Nets are already in full swing offensively today, and the defense is playing at a very high level. But their shortcomings were too obvious to be targeted by Alphabet Brother and Holliday, so early in the fourth quarter, the Bucks overtook the score 96-92.
And then what happened? After the Bucks fought back twice in a row and completely mastered the game advantage, Budenholzer replaced the alphabet brother?
Alphabet brother is 27 years old this year, paddling to control time when playing weak teams, we don't say anything, playing opponents like the Nets, not taking advantage of the chase but let the alphabet brother rest when the team can close the game with a bang?
Alphabet brother went down, the Nets hit a wave of 7-0. Then came Middleton's stupid foul, and the Bucks completely panicked and were hit by another 9-3 run. That means the Nets played a 16-3 in 3 minutes and 40 seconds.
The Bucks almost lost this game in regular time, and it can only be said that the whole league defended the alphabet brother, only Budenholzer.
Third, Brother Alphabet: I like the way you look at me and can't kill me
I just wrote the letter brother a few days ago, and it is inevitable that it is a little boring to blow it again today.
At the beginning of the season, the first in the league voted for Durant. But.. It's both two points. Durant needs to use cover, or stand up to people in the dry pull, he is more than 55% of the shooting rate, but you are accurate in the middle shot, do you have the offensive destructive power of the alphabet brother?
Durant's two-point score makes people feel like: Well, this is the league's all-time singles player? It's really powerful, but how many in a row can he score?
The alphabet brother often gets two points: well, it really can't be prevented. The only way to stop him was to get away with fouls. And he seems to have the physical strength to rush the whole game. Is there an end to it?
Alphabet Brother score is really too easy, too easy. I know a lot of fans will say how the whistle is, but is There any controversy in Clarkston about the foul on The Alphabet Brother? It was an obvious foul. I don't think there's much of a problem with today's penalty.
Since last year's playoffs, Alphabet Brother has had the design of the league's top villain (in China). Well, you see he's upset and think he's just playing by body. But Alphabet Brother was silently improving all his techniques. In last year's regular season, he lost by losing a penalty at a crucial time against the Celtics. In the final moments of the day, he made two free throws to seal the win. This season, his free throw shooting percentage has improved by nearly 5 percent.
Oh, and the regular-time three-pointer that dragged into overtime. I saw how Wade felt when I looked at the alphabet this season: Everyone knows that Wade is not a three-pointer, but in the playoffs, he can hit those key three-pointers. That's the big scene, the big heart, in the words of Spaugh yesterday to blow Lowry: It has nothing to do with data tactics, he can play wining play at key moments.
In the playoffs, if the two teams meet. Can the Nets figure out a way to limit the alphabet brothers? Nash is not a god, and he can't conjure up the Raptors' luxurious front line out of thin air. The Nets are completely unable to cope with the huge impact of the alphabet brother, and the Bucks will be hit by the 711 combination's inexplicable offense in some rounds. But combining the advantages and shortcomings of both sides, in this era of elders, I believe that those who have the inside line will win the world. The Bucks are a more balanced team than the Nets, alphabet brother, and now more influential players than Durant.
It doesn't matter if you don't like Alphabet Brother, but he and Jokic are unique beings in this alliance. The big men of Europe have really ruled the League.