On April 28, Beijing time, the first round of the NBA Eastern Playoffs continued between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Chicago Bulls. This game is already a backwater battle for the Bulls, because they have fallen behind the Bucks by a big score of 1-3 in their previous four games, and the Bucks have returned home in the G5 game, naturally they do not want to let go of the Bulls, giving themselves more time to rest and prepare for the next round of games.
And it made the Bulls' situation even worse, as the league's health and safety pact and concussion issues, with Bulls' main players Zach Lavin and Caruso both missing out on the G5 in Milwaukee.
The result was also as expected, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Chicago Bulls 116-100 at home to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals by a big score of 4-1, and their opponent in the next round was the Celtics who eliminated the Brooklyn Nets. In this game, Alphabet Brother scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists to help the team easily defeat the Bulls.
At the beginning of the game, the Bulls' strategy was also very clear, that is, to bet on three points, the problem was that their three points in the first half of the game were not very accurate, and most importantly, the Bucks' outside defensive strategy was also very clear, that is, to cut off DeRozan's connection with his teammates, and to fight DeRozan, who had been in good shape throughout the past season. The move also had an immediate effect, with the Bucks extending their lead to double digits in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, the Bulls' defense simply didn't have anyone to restrain Alphabet Brother, who had a staggering 23 points and six rebounds in the first half. Of course, this is not just a problem of the Bulls' outside defense, because for the problem of defending alphabet brothers, there is no particularly good way for the entire NBA league.
The most frightening thing is that in the first four playoff games with the Bulls, the free throw line is a relatively weak link of the alphabet brother, and the letter brother's free throw shooting rate is about 60%, but in today's game, the alphabet brother's free throws are stable 14 shots and 11.
Therefore, the bulls can only see the alphabet brother in his paint area to turn the river and the sea, and what is more frightening is that the alphabet brother is 9 to 8 in the first half of the game, and it still seems to be at ease. At the end of the first half, the Bucks temporarily led the Bulls into the second half with an absolute advantage of 60-42.
In the second half of the game, the Bucks played more relaxed, basically the point difference has been maintained at about 20 points, the alphabet brother also frequently uses his physical advantages to break into the bulls' penalty area to create injuries, or through his own breakthrough to open up space for teammates, and the alphabet brother also went to the end of the game not long after the beginning of the fourth quarter, basically announcing that he will not play in this game.
While the Bucks advance to the next round, the next round against the Celtics will be a huge challenge for them, as Bucks' main player Chris Middleton, who suffered a minor collateral ligament sprain in his left knee at G2 in this series against the Bulls, is expected to recover longer than expected, and Middleton will reassess the injury next week, and he is unlikely to return in the Eastern Conference semifinals (if any), but at some stage in the Eastern Conference Finals (if any).
The Chicago Bulls' journey this season is over, but even so, the season has been a successful season for them, because before the playoffs with the Bucks, the Chicago Bulls had not played the playoffs for four years. And this season the Bulls have returned to sixth place in the East, and the playoffs face the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks, such a Bulls have already deserved fans to applaud their performance this season.
(Luo Treasurer)