On April 23, Beijing time, the Bucks defeated the Bulls 111-81 away from home, rewriting the overall score to 2-1. The Bucks led by 19 points at the end of the first half, and continued to widen the point gap in the second half to win easily. Alphabet played less than 30 minutes, contributing 18 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. Middleton was sidelined by injury, Portis started with 18 points and 16 rebounds, and Aaron, who came off the bench, scored a team-high 22 points. The Bulls have trailed by 31 points at the end of the third quarter, setting a record for the largest point difference in the third quarter of the team's history.
Statistics
Bucks: Alphabet Brother 18 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, Portis 18 points and 16 rebounds, Holliday 16 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Allen 22 points, 6 rebounds and 5 three-pointers, Connaughton 11 points
Bulls: Vucevic 19 points and six rebounds, LaVine 15 points, five rebounds and five assists, DeRozan 11 points, five rebounds and four assists
Star of the Field: Alphabet Brother
As the point difference between the two sides quickly widened, Alphabet Brother only played less than 30 minutes, lightly took 18 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and led the team to win away from home. His plus-minus is as high as +36, ranking first in the team.
Game tidbits
Before the game, Jones Jr. showed a trick with a difficult dunk! Teammates on the side also jumped up.
Alphabet brother hit DeRozan in the back, and his shoulder hit DeRozan's face, and the latter fell to the ground in pain, fortunately.
Forward signal subtitles: 31 points behind at the end of the third quarter, setting a new record for the Bulls to fall behind in the first three quarters of the playoffs!
Highlight moments
DeRozan shook off two defenders and scored on the board!
Allen hit a three-pointer! He scored nine points in the first quarter, equalling his playoff single-quarter scoring record.
Alphabet brother breaks through the inside line, both hands buckle!
Alphabet brother air dunk score!
Alphabet brother flying one-handed split buckle!
Before the end of the third quarter, Portis whistled a three-point shot and danced in place to celebrate!
Game review
In the first quarter, Portis started in place of injured Middleton. Holliday scored on a layup, Vucevic hit two consecutive three-pointers, López and Portis hit three-pointers in a row, and Alphabet Brother also hit a layup, and the Bucks made a 15-6 start. Caruso hit a three-pointer, Holliday scored four straight points, and DeRozan also returned the color with a mid-range shot. Grayson Allen scored three consecutive three-pointers amid boos from Bulls fans, stretching the gap to 15 points. LaVine threw a shot, Holliday scored from the middle, and the first quarter ended, and the Bucks led the Bulls 33-17.
In the second quarter, White scored from mid-range, Caruso hit a three-pointer, Alphabet Brother scored four points, Connaughton hit a three-pointer, Portis and Allen scored on a layup, and the Bucks blasted a wave of 13-0 to stretch the point difference to 24 points! White and Caruso hit three points in a row, and López and Vucevic scored from the middle. DeRozan scored five straight points, Allen hit another three, Alphabet brother took a dunk, Holliday hit a three-pointer, Vucevic scored consecutive points, and Lavin hit a layup. At halftime, the Bucks led the Bulls 60-41.
In the first half, the Bucks' Allen had 14 points and five rebounds, Holliday 13 points, Alphabet Brother 10 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, Portis 10 points and 8 rebounds, Bulls Vucevic 12 points and 4 rebounds, DeRozan 9 points, Caruso 9 points, LaVine 6 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists.
Easy side fight again, Lavin hit three points, Alphabet Brother scored 6 points, Portis hit a shot, Alphabet Brother sent another dunk, Matthews hit a three-point shot, bucks a wave of 13-0, spread the point difference to 29 points! LaVine hit a three-pointer and Vucevic hit a mid-range shot. Allen hit 2+1, Connaughton hit a three-pointer, the Bucks were already 33 points ahead, LaVine was 2+1, DeRozan made two free throws and Portis hit a three-pointer. At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks led the Bulls 90-59. Trailing by 31 points, it also set a record for the third quarter of the Bulls' playoff history.
In the final quarter, Portis hit a three-pointer, Dotham scored from the middle, Thompson threw a shot to score, and Allen hit a layup to give the Bucks a 32-point lead. The two sides replaced most of the main players, the victory and defeat lost suspense early, and the game also entered garbage time in advance. In the end, the Bucks beat the Bulls on the road, leading 2-1 on aggregate.
Both sides started
Bucks: Holliday, Matthews, Portis, Alphabet Brother, López
Bulls: Caruso, Lavin, DeRozan, Williams, Vucevic