The Suns 2-2 Lone Rangers, the 76ers 2-2 Heat, and the Bucks had a good chance of turning the big score into 3-1, but the Bucks once again caught off guard in the final quarter...
In the third quarter when Jaylen, who has already committed 4 crimes on his back. Brown, knocked down Holliday, the referee blew a penalty for Holliday blocked, Budenholzer challenged successfully, in Tencent's commentary on the game Duan Ran, Wu Qian for the Celtics' prospects for this game expressed concern. Yet on this night, Jaylen. Brown's scoring gap was filled...
Previously, everyone was saying that the Green Army's attack was a double probe to open the singles; but many people may have almost forgotten that Horford was the probe behind Auden the Great and Durant. Since the start of this series, Horford's performance seems to prove that he is more worthy of entering the double probe combination than Tatum and Brown. Defensively, he was the Green Army's single-defense letter that worked best; on the offensive end, he scored 22 points in the last game and 29 points in this game; he dunked the ball at the end of the quarter, igniting the morale of the Green Army; his 16 points in the final quarter were the basis for the Green Army's turnover.
Last time, the Bucks locked up Tatum; so Horford's 22 points were something the Bucks could give. But after Horford's 29 points in the last game, especially the mid-range shooting, was basically not lost, which forced the Bucks to change their defensive strategy in some way, Tatum finally stepped up at the end of the fourth quarter to close the game.
But at the end of the third quarter, the Bucks still have a seven-point lead; it can be said that for most of the game, the initiative is on the Bucks' side. The reason why they were overturned seemed to be that the defense collapsed in the final quarter; in fact, many of the Celtics' 43 points in the final quarter were converted points after the defense, which showed that the Bucks actually lost on offense. In other words, most of the time, because of offensive problems to lose the game, it is often the team's head card out of the back; but this game, the alphabet took 34 points and 18 rebounds; not to mention that the Celtics and Bucks this set of duels is "fist to flesh", the intensity of the war of attrition. When the Celtics aimed all their defensive resources at the letters, playing 41 minutes of letters to the end was not because they didn't want to play, but because they obviously couldn't move...
The Bucks' positional warfare has always been accustomed to chiseling the opposing defense line head-on; in the case that Middleton is likely to be unable to come out of this series due to injury, this round of the series is closer to the basket at the offensive end; and this Bucks can hold the ball, except for the letters only Holliday. And this game, and even this series, the biggest problem with the Bucks offense is precisely in Holliday.
In fact, last year in the Bucks' championship road, everyone can see that the alphabet play is very stable, the Bucks' defense and basketball court scrambling are guaranteed; this team wants to win, mainly depending on the output of Middleton and Holliday on the offensive end. If Middleton and Holliday drive at the same time, the Bucks will basically win; if Holliday and Middleton have one person who can drive, and the other person who does not drive but can limit each other's key person, they can still win.
Now that Middleton is injured, it means that the Bucks need Holliday to carry more offense; in 4 games, Holliday's shots have all increased by 20; especially back in Milwaukee, his shots are 30 and 22 respectively. But as long as the letters rush up, they can't stop it, playing double probe flowers is different from playing misplaced; the green army's starting No. 1 smart is about the same height as Holliday, stronger than Zhu Ge; and the green army's fronts generally have both confrontation and athletic ability, so Holliday's hard muscles are not easy to shake. Plus the defensive end is also facing Jaylen after all. Brown, the consumption is not small, and itself is not known for projection, this round of the series Holliday's feel is really not good; shooting a total of 31 of 92, the efficiency is already extremely bad. In the fourth quarter of G3, the reason why the Celtics were able to keep narrowing the point gap and almost turning the game over was related to Holliday's extremely low singles efficiency when the letters rested and the letters were surrounded by key points. And this game directly did a 22 of 5, Holliday played a war criminal performance on the offensive end; on the defensive end, when he was chiseled twice in a row by Smart, in fact, how the Bucks sent by Tatum in the last game, this game Holliday is how to send back the Celtics... When the Green Army started 4 people to score 18+, White, who came off the bench, was extremely efficient, the letters 1 to 5, really can't beat...
After 2-2, four wins in seven innings turned into two wins in three innings; with the Celtics behind them with two home games, it looks like the series advantage is back on the Greens. But in fact, so far in this series, the home advantage has been diluted to the greatest extent, and both sides have the opportunity to conquer each other's home field.
Both teams are extremely tough, can defend each other extremely badly, and since G3, they have already lit up all the cards and all the moves on the table. When everyone can see each other's hole cards, the role players on both sides do not have too strong the ability to digest the ball, and the key to determining the success or failure of the series is to see the ability of the core players of both sides to forcibly dismantle each other's defense. In terms of performances in the first 4 games, Alphabet and Jaylen. Brown is relatively stable, Tatum is extremely undulating, and Holliday is more crotch-pulling. In a way, the performance of Tatum and Holliday will determine the direction of this series.
If these two people are one pull and one open, the team that pulls basically has no fight. But if two people are pulling at the same time, it is actually more beneficial to the Bucks, after all, they can't shoot, and the Bucks are the side with higher interior and more secure rebounds. On the other hand, if two people play at the same time, it is actually more beneficial to the Celtics; after all, Tatum's scoring explosiveness has long been proven in the previous playoffs... The so-called losing team needs to adjust, and the winning team does not need to be adjusted; G5 is the turn of the Bucks again, will the Bucks put on a big lineup this time?