It was said that the playoffs would be a fresh start, but the Brooklyn Nets, who qualified for the playoffs by playing playoffs, failed to prove the strength of their championship-winning favourites. In the previous first round of the series, the Greenshirts actually swept out with a big score of 4-0, and like the Los Angeles Lakers, they became the laughing stock of the entire league. The green shirts, as the victors, will have a deeper duel with the Bucks, who are determined to defend the championship, on the stage of the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Although Middleton can't play because of a knee injury, the Bucks have indeed suffered some losses in the lineup, and the greenshirts offensive and defensive lineup is indeed very strong, but how can alphabet brother be afraid over the years? Including last season's championship, they were not afraid of the Nets, and then turned the dark horse of the playoffs to the East Finals, and also successfully blocked Chris Paul on the stage of the Finals on the road to the highest podium in the league. In fact, Brother Alphabet has always been an indispensable backbone of the Bucks, as long as he can play himself, he also has the opportunity to lead the team to change his life.
And this time ushered in the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Green Shirts played at home, and the alphabet brother did not disappoint the team. At the beginning of the first quarter, he was able to maintain a high state, constantly trying to attack the basket, and sent a comprehensive 6+5+4 statistic to lead the team to a 27-24 score. Entering the second quarter of the showdown, The Alphabet Brother did not drag the team's hind legs, and once again handed over 8+3+3 data, continuing to lead the team to play a 29-22 score. By the end of the first half, the gap between the two sides had widened to 10 points, and the Bucks were still the familiar team.
In the third quarter of the game, Tatum's poor form improved, and in the third quarter of the game, he sent 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, leading the team to shout out a 24-22 score, chasing back the 2 points behind in the first half. By the time they reached the crucial final-quarter showdown, the gap had narrowed to eight points, and the Bucks still maintained the initiative to take the lead. In the fourth quarter of the decisive victory, the Bucks did not give the Green Shirts any opportunity to counterattack, always clinging to the leading score and not letting go.
By the last 3 minutes of regular time in the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two sides had widened to double digits, and the green shirts' spirit was completely destroyed. At the same time, the double tandem had to concede defeat in advance, choosing to clock in and leave work, so that the rotating players in the team consumed the remaining game time. In the end, the whole game was over, and the Bucks scored 101-89 to win the game, and the second round of the series took a 1-0 lead. Alphabet Brother's performance in this game is still outstanding, although the shooting rate is not ideal, only 9 of 25, but handed over 24 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists of the triple-double data!
Not only alphabet brother, Holliday also handed over a game-high score of 25 points, as well as 10 rebounds and 5 assists in the course of 35.5 minutes of play, as well as Portis who handed over 15+11. However, seeing the green shirts who lost at home, although Tatum's form picked up in the second half, he only had 21+6+6 data, which failed to play the real role of his team leader. Brown also played badly in this game, only handing out 12 points, which did not help the team relieve the pressure on the scoring end.