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On February 17, Beijing time, the Bucks temporarily led the Bulls 61-49 at halftime, and the team was still able to establish a 12-point advantage when the alphabet brother retired from injury, and Lopez beat the Bulls with 23 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Lopez had 23 points, five rebounds and two blocks in the half
From the start of the match, Lopez was in excellent form, facing the same tall interior Vucevic and he began to fire from the outside to show what a space type number five is.
Lopez scored three points
Vucevic was afraid of Alphabet Brother's interior lethality and squatting defense, and Da Luo opened with two three-pointers.
Lopez 2+1
When Drummond came on, the Bulls began to guard the outside line, as shown in the picture, Da Luo or the basket directly to the position, or the open cut to catch, three times under the basket to finish, including a 2+1.
López Basket Guard
Defensively, Lopez has a physical advantage, not only scoring only five points on 2-of-7 shooting, but more importantly, as shown in the picture, he is protecting the basket inside, and the Bulls are difficult to get over his defense.
In the first quarter, Da Luo contributed 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-7 shooting, helping the Bucks build a 10-point advantage 34-24.
In the second quarter, when Brother Alphabet led the second formation, an unexpected event came.
Brother Alphabet was injured instantly
The Bulls attacked, the Bucks shackled the defense to press the opponent's offense in close 24 seconds offensive violation, Kobe White made a strong layup, Alphabet Brother followed closely behind and tried to block, as a result, his right hand slapped the rebound and was injured, and then directly returned to the locker room, Budenholzer directly sent Da Luo back to the court, the effect:
Lopez pressed the whistle for a layup
Individual strong attack inside, the Bulls can only pay the price of fouls, and then the top of the arc chases three points, as shown in the picture, the last attack of the half with Holloday, down and then catch the ball in the Bulls three-point look up to easily complete the whistle layup, and contributed 8 points and 1 rebound in a single quarter.
Throughout the first half of the game, Da Luo's performance, the Bulls put the outside line, he shot 3 of 6 and scored three three-pointers; The Bulls put the inside, he shot 5 of 5 from two-pointers, 8-of-11 shooting for 23 points offensively, and there were 5 rebounds and 2 blocks on the defensive end, and one person hung the Bulls inside, and the key to the Bucks' ability to lead 61-49 without Middleton and Portis playing.