On April 22, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued to unfold, but in the past 2 days, many teams have encountered injury trouble, after the Suns core Booker was injured, the defending champion Bucks core Middleton also suffered injuries, both teams are the same fate, lost the game in the second game. And today, the Bucks update Middleton's injury and will review it in two weeks, which is also a bit of a blow to the Bucks.
The Bucks have officially announced that Middleton suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will be reviewed within two weeks.
The news was a bit of a blow to the Bucks, meaning that Middleton's first round of the playoffs had basically been reimbursed, which also returned to the suspense of the series. Middleton's importance to the Bucks is self-evident, and many times he needs to stand up to break the deadlock, just like in the last moment of the last game, the team was behind and no one stepped forward to shoot, and then it needed Alphabet Brother and Holliday to stand up more.
In the course of the season, when Alphabet Brother + Middleton + Holliday teamed up, the Bucks achieved a record of 37 wins and 10 losses; but when one or more of the Big Three were absent, the Bucks recorded only 14 wins and 21 losses.
The Bulls also managed to take advantage of the opportunity, withstanding the Bucks' counterattack in the last final moments, pulling the score to a 1-1 draw and grabbing home advantage. The next game will come to the Bulls' home stadium, and I'm really worried that the Bucks won't be able to stand it.
For Middleton's injury, the alphabet brother is also a little helpless, but they have already made the worst plan. Now the defending champions need to consider whether they can beat the Bulls to break through the first round at the moment, only in this way can they wait for Middleton's return, after all, the opponent in the next round will be the Celtics or the Nets, which is still difficult to deal with.
Hopefully, there will be no more injuries, so that the teams can devote themselves to the game, and if there is an injury, then the team's efforts throughout the season may be in vain.