The regular season entered its final game day, and the Bucks, who aspire to defend their title, also came to Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers on the road. The Bucks have been in good shape lately, maintaining the arrogance of three consecutive wins and maintaining the second place in the East. As Brother Alphabet said, compared to getting the scoring champion of the regular season and the honor of MVP, the next championship trophy is the ultimate goal. There is no doubt that the alphabet brother and the bucks are ready and launched a clarion call to impact the championship trophy.
And their opponents in this game, the Cavaliers, although they have returned to the right track this season, but their performance in recent times has not been ideal, and they once lost the style of the dark horse in the playoffs. So far, they have only finished eighth in the East with a record of 43 wins and 38 losses, and can only get tickets to the playoffs by playing the playoffs. Obviously, the Bucks have a better chance of winning that game. But what is the competition between the two sides? Let's move on.
At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers, who were playing at home, took the lead in getting into the form. Lefour, who played 6 minutes off the bench in the first quarter, gave 18 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal with an efficient three-point output of 6 shots and 5 shots, leading the team to a 46-20 score and a 26-point lead. Meanwhile, starters such as Alphabet Brother and Middleton were absent, and Holliday played only 8 seconds in the first quarter. The Bucks really don't have the strength to compete. However, in the 8 seconds of Holliday's appearance, he triggered the contract bonus, played 67 games, averaged more than 3.15 rebounds per game, and received a cash reward of $306,000.
The opening game gave them a score lead, and the Cavaliers, who entered the second quarter, were able to follow the trend and continue to widen the point difference between the two teams. Luck continued to threaten in the second quarter, sending 5 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, while markkanen, who started the game, could also deliver 8 points and 3 rebounds, and successfully helped the team play a 33-26 score to take a 7-point lead. By the end of the first half, the difference between the two sides had reached 33 points, and the defending champion Bucks were almost beaten to no avail.
However, after the Yibian re-fight, the Bucks still counterattacked accordingly. In the third quarter of the competition, jordan Walla, who started the game, delivered 10 points and 2 rebounds, and Sandro also contributed 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists, successfully helping the team to play a 33-32 score and recover the first half of the trailing 1 point. Admittedly, the Bucks are still too slow to chase points, and the Cavaliers are bound to win the game. In the final quarter of the decisive victory, the Cavaliers, who maintained a big score lead, did not continue to use the heavy hammer, and successively sent rotating players to train.
In the end, the regular time of the fourth quarter was completed, and the Bucks, who seized the opportunity, once again recovered the 14 points they had previously trailed by a 36-22 score, and fell at the feet of the Cleveland Cavaliers with a score of 115-133. As a player with the highest annual salary in the team, but playing a substitute role, Luck finally played his peak technical level and proved his worth in the final battle of the regular season. That's right, in the nearly 15 minutes of playing on the bench, he gave a game-high score of 32 points, as well as 10 rebounds and 2 assists with 8 of 11 shots and an efficient output of 10 of 16 shots!
Of course, the other players on the team also performed relatively well, with Markkanen also having 23 points and 7 rebounds, As well as Mobly, who delivered 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Garland, who had 11 points and 8 assists. Among them, Rondo, who came off the bench, also gave 13 assists in this game, and got a new high in assists this season, which drew a successful end to the regular season. On the other hand, the defending champion Bucks, who lost away from home, did not play the core of the championship in the team, Holliday also returned to the bench after triggering the bonus, and there were many remarkable highlights in the team: the score of 5 players in the whole team came to double digits, but 3 players scored at least 20 points. Among them, Vola handed over 24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Sandro handed over 28 points, 13 rebounds and 4 assists, and Xanasis, who handed over 27 points.