On May 2, Beijing time, the Bucks ushered in the first game of the semifinals with the Celtics, although the second boss Middleton was absent due to injury, but the Bucks relied on a strong defense, and finally took the lead at the North Shore Garden Arena 101-89, and won the first victory of this series.
The Bucks And the Green Army dueled, and the two defensive gates in the backcourt ushered in a head-to-head meeting
The match was also a head-on match for the strongest backcourt gate between the two sides, with Greenshirts defender Smart having just been named the defensive player of the 21-22 season, making him the second defender to win the award after "Glove" Gary Payton in the 95-96 season. And just this round and the Bucks series, the opponent's number one backcourt core Holliday, is also known for a defensive gate, so everyone is also very concerned about this series, in the end who can lock who? And in today's game, the Bucks' championship guard Holliday seems to be better,
Holliday showed defensive aggressiveness, with the Green Army crowd going to be 4-of-12 for his defense
The green shirts will play extremely uncomfortable under Holliday's close defense throughout the game, according to relevant statistics, in the 4 minutes and 47 seconds of Holliday and Tatum, the latter is 1 of 3, only 3 points, while Smart and Holliday are 2 minutes and 32 seconds, during which Smart has 2 of 4, scoring 5 points, when Holliday faces Jaylen Brown's 2 minutes and 25 seconds, the latter shot 1 of 1 and scored 3 points, and in the 35 seconds with Pri richard, Holliday let the opponent shoot 1 time (no hit), There was no scoring in the account, and the 32 seconds of Gwei and his position, 1 shot scored the egg, White 12 seconds, 1 shot also did not score the score, even the center Horford was looked at by Holliday once, in the 50 seconds of the two pairs, Horford failed to hit 1 shot, also did not score. That is to say, the main players of the Green Shirts, in the case of opposing Holliday, made a total of 12 shots and only hit 4 goals.
The offense was lost, the defensive end failed to support, and Smart was taught a lesson by Holliday
On the other hand, the new best defensive player Smart in this game, the performance of both offensive and defensive ends is not ideal, on the offensive end he only hit 3 goals in 11 shots (1 of 6 three-pointers), only 10 points, and on his best defensive end, in the 3 minutes and 50 seconds against Holliday, the latter scored 5 points on 2-of-3 shooting, Glenson Allen (2 minutes and 40 seconds in alignment) scored 3 points on 1 shot, as for Brother Alphabet, although he successfully defended 1 time (1 shot did not hit, no points), But it was only 49 seconds with him.
So today's head-to-head meeting between the two sides of the "strongest backcourt gate", Holliday can be said to be a complete victory over Smart. As a defensive defender with a height of 1.91 meters and an arm span of 2.01 meters, Holliday has twice been selected for the best defensive first team and once for the best defensive second team, although he has not won the DOPY award, but this does not mean that Holliday's defense is not good, today he let Smart and the green army see what is called the real backcourt gate. As for Smart, although he has just won the first best defensive player of his career, he is still a little naïve against Holliday, who has championship experience and has experienced hundreds of battles, and if several main players of the GreenShirts continue to be blocked by Holliday in subsequent games, the team may not be able to cross the mountain of bucks.