Originally in the Bulls a battle to win back a city, the big score to a 1-1 draw, coupled with Middleton's injury, the expectations for the Bulls to advance to the next round are extremely high, but who admits that in the G3 of the two teams, the Bucks, who lack Middleton' big player, won more easily, which is really surprising.
In this battle, the Bucks almost did not give the Bulls any chance to turn the tables, from the first quarter, they played a 33-17 score, 16 points ahead of the Bulls, and in the following games, the Bucks have maintained the advantage, and finally won 111-81, with a 30-point victory and the next city, the big score is already 2-1 lead. I have to say that the Bucks without Middleton played better, it is indeed a bit surprising, but in the author's opinion, the key is because the Bucks have Middleton's replacement, and this replacement was actually injured in the last battle, if there is no him in this battle, the Bucks are probably really fierce, and this battle, it is his coming forward, to let the Bucks get through the difficulties.
This person is Portis, when the last game, Portis only played less than 6 minutes to injury and left the court, coupled with Middleton's injury, everyone was pinching a cold sweat for the Bucks, fortunately, Portis's injury is not serious, after recuperation, Portis started at the beginning of this battle, Portis played 25 minutes to 14 shots 7 cut 18 points, in the Bucks starting and alphabet brother equal, Portis completely made up for Middleton's absence due to injury, and this is also Portis's routine operation, You know, this season, Portis has cut 20+ data many times, and 2 games have cut 30 points, if it were not for the existence of Middleton, Portis would have been the starter.
Of course, in addition to Portis, the Bucks have another person who performed extremely well, that is, Allen who came off the bench, Allen, who played nearly 25 minutes, performed even better than Portis, with a super high shooting rate of 12 shots and 8 shots, cut 22 points, three points was 7 shots and 5, amazing, the other is that the alphabet brother cut 18 points in this battle, Holliday has 16 points, and Connaughton, who came off the bench, has 11 points of data, and it is precisely because of the Bucks' concerted efforts. This allowed the Bucks, even if they were one less player, to still take back a victory at the Bulls' home court and regain their home field advantage.
The reason why the Bulls lose on this side, in the author's opinion, is because of the downturn of one person, that is, the last game said to do, the strong outbreak of DeRozan, in the first game of the playoffs, DeRozan's performance was sluggish, which made him suffer a lot of criticism, but at that time DeRozan said that he wanted to rebound strongly, and indeed played a surprising performance in the last game, scoring 41 points alone to lead the Bulls to victory, but who admitted that after just one outbreak, DeRozan's energy seemed to be used up, and even consumed more than before, Because in this battle, DeRozan only got 11 points, which is not as good as the 18 points in the first game, and from DeRozan's performance, his offensive desire is not strong, so unstable play, I am afraid that it is doomed to the end of the Bulls.
As a veteran of the NBA for many years, It is really disappointing that DeRozan has played so precariously, it is no wonder that when he played for the Raptors before, he was always criticized by the outside world, and now he seems to be the same, only 11 points to pull the crotch again, the Bulls may have to stop the first round. 30 points big win! Middleton was injured, Portis scored 18 points to fill the gap and DeRozan scored 11 points to pull his crotch
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