The Bucks and Bulls' series, with the exception of DeRozan's 41-point win, was pretty much what fans expected before the series began. The Bulls did not have the slightest resistance to the Bucks, and the lineups of the two sides were too different.
Even if Middleton is injured in the middle, the Bucks can still hold the Bulls to death, plus Caruso and Lavin did not play today, so the game basically lost suspense in the first quarter, and the Bucks successfully met with the Celtics in the semifinals.
A bad news for the Bucks is that Middleton is likely to miss out on this series with the Celtics. His recovery from a medial collateral ligament sprain in his left knee is not optimistic, and it is likely that he will not be able to catch up with the Eastern Conference semifinals to be reviewed next week.
While Middleton's playing Celtics has always been known as Miven,his absence is certainly a huge loss for the Bucks. However, Middleton is more of a icing on the cake for the Bucks, and if the Bucks are going to rely on Middleton to save, it means that the situation is really very bad.
The Bucks also have their own back-ups, and after Middleton was injured, Grayson Allen on the bench carried the outside flag. G3, Allen scored 22 points on 5-of-7 from three points, 27 points from 6-of-7 from G4 three-pointers, and 13 points from 3-of-6 from 6 three-pointers at the end of today's game.
Aaron is a man who doesn't care about the ball, his three-point level has been very high for the past two years. In the Grizzlies, there is about 40 percent of the three-point shooting rate in the regular season this year, and a 58.3 percent three-point shooting rate in the playoffs.
The Celtics showed us how they defended a superstar in the first round, and the wheel battle against Durant made Durant physically and mentally exhausted for a while. For the upper alphabet brother, it is a completely different situation.
Durant is now a version of the decline in speed and explosiveness, and the alphabet brother is still in its heyday. In addition to the bag clip, it is difficult for you to limit the breakthrough of the letter brother one-on-one. When facing the bag clip, the former alphabet brother will hesitate, but now the alphabet brother has practiced long-distance shooting.
It is true that his three points are still not very reliable, but at least dare to shoot, throw one and you can't stand it. Of course, the biggest evolution of alphabet brother this season is to practice mid-range projection.
This season, the percentage of alphabet brothers shooting under the basket has dropped to a career low, while the proportion of mid-range jump shots near the free throw line has reached a career high and has become his regular weapon, and the alphabet brother has reached 43% of the middle distance jump shot shooting rate this season.
Against the alphabet brother, the Celtics will inevitably shrink the inside line, but when Middleton was injured, the Bucks put three highs in the starting lineup. Alphabet Brother, Lopez and Portis have crushed the Bulls just by virtue of their size advantage, and although the Celtics are rich in front resources, they have no advantage over these three people on the inside.
All three are above 2.08 meters and all have spatial attributes, and both Dalo and Portis have the ability to shoot three-pointers. If the Celtics use a weak side clamp, it will test the Bucks' three-pointer.
At the same time, the Celtics also have their own advantages, and the Bucks have decreased the intensity of the forward defense due to Tucker's departure. The Bucks are also unlikely to defend Tatum with alphabet brothers, so the Celtics have to watch Tatum's single-point blast, and the Bucks look at other people's three-point shooting percentages.
The Celtics will face up to more extreme personal talent than Durant, and Alphabet Brother will once again face the league's strongest iron barrel. Hopefully, these two teams can play seven games, and I'm actually more optimistic about the Bucks advancing.