The NBA playoffs continued, with the Bucks beating the Bulls 99-81 at home to win the series' G5 and eliminate the Bulls 4-1 to advance to the second round. And their second-round opponent has also been determined, that is, the Celtics. In the second round of the series, the Bucks will play against the Celtics, who have home-court advantage.
The Bucks played very easily in this game, they opened up the point difference in the first quarter of the game, alphabet brother got a comprehensive data of 15 points and 6 rebounds in a single quarter of 5 shots, Holliday also had 5 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, Connaughton and Allen also had a very good performance, the Bucks bombed a 34-18 attack in the first quarter, and the team led the Bulls by 16 points in the first quarter, and the advantage was very obvious.
In the second quarter, the Bucks also resisted the Bulls' counterattack, and the team once again beat the Bulls by 2 points in a single quarter. By the end of the half, the Bucks were 18 points ahead of the Bulls. In the third quarter, the Bucks continued to suppress the Bulls without giving their opponents too many opportunities to fight back. In a single quarter, the Bucks again netted 5 points, and at the end of the third quarter, the Bucks' lead reached 23 points, and at most they were 29 points ahead, and the game has lost suspense.
In the final quarter, the Bulls did not plan to give up the game, they were still trying to narrow the point gap, the score gap was also within 20 points, but because there was little time left, and the Bucks played very steadily, the Bulls had difficulty completing the reversal. In the end, the Bucks won the game easily at home, and they didn't face too many challenges in this game. After winning the G5, the Bucks eliminated the Bulls 4-1 in this series and successfully advanced to the second round.
The main players of the two teams in this game: Alphabet Brother had 33 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists on 11 of 15 shooting, Portis had 14 points and 17 rebounds, Connaughton 20 points, Allen 13 points, Holliday 10 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists. On the Bulls side, DeRozan had 11 points and seven assists, Vucevic had 19 points, 16 rebounds and six assists, Williams had 23 points, White had 17 points, and LaVine was absent.
In fact, the suspense of this round of the series is not very big, the Bulls in the regular season, when they face the strong team, they win less and lose more, the team performance is very bad, and against the Bucks, the Bulls are also difficult to win, the performance is very unsatisfactory. The game was played against the Bucks in the first round, and the outside world knows what the result will be. In addition to the G2 Bulls successfully winning the game, the other 4 games of the series, the Bulls are big scores to lose, of which in G3, G4 and G5, the Bulls are more than 10 points apart to the Bucks.
From the overall strength of the two teams, the gap is still very large, the Bucks are a stronger overall strength of the team, their offensive and defensive tactical system is more mature, and the Bulls as a newly formed team, they can not be compared with the Bucks in terms of coordination and offensive and defensive intensity, in the series, they are difficult to beat the Bucks. In the first round of the series, the Bulls were eliminated in five games and suffered the first round of travel, while the Bucks advanced to the second round.