The NBA playoffs first round of contention continued, and the Eastern DarkHorse Bulls continued to sit at home to meet the Bucks, defeating the defending champions with the G2 upset, and the Bulls fell behind 1-2.
It is not difficult to see from the progress of the entire series that as long as the defending champion can play to his advantages, even if the second-in-command Middleton is absent, the team can easily win.
The Bulls seem to be fifth in the regular season, not much different from the fourth-place Bucks, but they lack a player who has a final shot at a critical moment, and it is a real pseudo-strong team.
As soon as the game began, the two teams quickly entered the state, Holliday can be said to be gradually in the best state, one game is better than the other, the game is in the opening stage with LaVine to show a trend of confrontation.
Coupled with back-to-back hits by The Wizards Portis and Grayson Allen, the Bulls were already efficient on the offensive end, but at the end of the first quarter, they still trailed by three points.
In the second quarter, the Bulls continued to exert their strength, and the inside and outside blossoms played an offensive climax in succession, while the Bulls faced the Bucks to further improve the defensive intensity, the feel dropped seriously, the point difference was quickly pulled to double digits, and at the end of the half, the Bucks had a 15-point lead.
The Bucks, led by Alphabet Brother, Allen and Holliday Trident, continued the fiery offensive posture in the second quarter, and the point difference was quickly stretched to 20 points.
Coupled with the Bulls' only tough player, Caruso, was elbowed by Jevon Carter and will be tested for concussion, which also completely collapsed the situation, and the Bucks held a huge lead of 16 points in the third quarter.
Entering the final quarter of the competition, the Bulls have never been able to form a large wave of counterattack, the game time passed a little bit, and the stable Bucks finally won easily 119-95, rewriting the big score to 3-1, and successfully locked the match point.
Throughout the game, the Bulls still maintained the style of a pseudo-strong team, and for most of the time, they did not pose a real threat to the Bucks.
Because the core players of the Bulls are simply pursuing technical stars, the style of the whole team is not tough at all, and in the high-intensity confrontation of the playoffs, it is naturally completely suppressed by the Bucks.
Coupled with Ball's reimbursement this season, Caruso is injured, the Bulls guard line is stretched, in the face of the Bucks' unlimited change of defense, and the insoluble point of the inside letter brother, can only be forced to shrink the inside line, give the Bucks the outside line a chance, the defending champion's outside line is also angry, as long as the opportunity is given, the Bulls will inevitably be taught a lesson.
So, even with 20 points on the team,30 points, Lavine had 24 points, five rebounds and 13 assists, DeRozan had 23 points, five rebounds and three assists, and Williams had 20 points and 10 rebounds.
But in terms of the overall lineup configuration, as well as the style and state of the court, the Bulls are difficult to compete with the Bucks.
With the big score coming to 3-1 and the G5 back at home, the Bucks are likely to end the series directly.
On the other hand, in the absence of the second-in-command Middleton, the defending champion facing the unfavorable situation quickly burst out with greater energy, and the Odd Soldiers continued to emerge.
The first is the two core alphabet brothers and Holliday, after Middleton's absence, significantly improved their personal status, this game, the alphabet brother slashed 32 points, 17 rebounds and 7 assists, completely broke through the Bulls interior.
Holliday also had 26 points and seven assists, shooting 5-of-8 from three-point range, delivering an exaggerated plus-minus of +23.
In addition to the two cores, the Bucks evil Aaron once again became a surpriser, shooting 10 of 12 from the field, 6 of 7 from three-point range, and a new high of 27 points in the playoffs, with a plus-minus of +23, tied for holliday.
Such a performance made Allen the first player in Bucks history to hit at least five three-pointers in two consecutive playoff games.
As a famous villain, Arun also cared about Caruso who was injured again in the game for the first time after the game, saying that after he injured Caruso before, he contacted Caruso in two ways, and after hearing the latter say that the two did not communicate, he contacted him again.