On April 28, 2023, Beijing time, in the fifth game of today's first-round series between the Bucks and the Heat, the powerful Bucks were deflated again at home, and finally lost to the Heat 126-128 overtime. In this crucial game, the Bucks' core alphabet brother performance was also pushed on the hot search, the alphabet brother played 42 minutes in the game, shooting 14 of 27, including 0 of 2 three-pointers, 10 of 23 free throws, 38 points, 20 boards, 3 assists and 7 turnovers. The numbers alone still seem alphabetic, but bad free throws and too many mistakes also killed the victory they should have won!
After this game, the Bucks were officially eliminated by the Heat 1-4, becoming the sixth team in history to be blackened, and Alphabet Brother became another MVP player to be blacked after Nowitzki and Duncan. After today's game, Alphabet Brother was also interviewed, and when talking about whether he failed this season, Alphabet Brother was particularly excited, he said: "You asked me the same question last year, it's ridiculous, do you get promoted every year? If not, is your job also a failure? As strong as Michael Jordan, who played 15 years in the league but only had 6 titles, do you say that the other 9 years are failures? The Bucks didn't win a championship in those 50 years from 1971 to 2021, are we all failures in these 50 years? ”
Obviously, Alphabet Brother's words are full of hostility and unwillingness, he does not like this issue, and does not admit that he failed this season, and also uses Michael Jordan's career as an example, but these statements are particularly weak. As the league's best-scoring team this season, the Bucks suffered a heavy blow in the first round, proudly defended, and were defeated by the Heat, conceding more than 120 points per game, making the Bucks look particularly vulnerable. As the core of the team, although Alphabet Brother handed over an average of 23.3 points, 11 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game, he had as many as 4.7 turnovers and 45.2% free throw percentage, poor free throw percentage and excessive turnovers, which eventually cost him a terrible price. What's even more ridiculous is that the only game the Bucks won in this series was when Alphabet Brother missed the game due to injury, which is even more ironic, and it's no wonder that Alphabet Brother looks particularly frustrated and excited!
There is no doubt that the success or failure of a player cannot be judged by the achievements of a season, but such a sluggish performance as a star is obviously a failure, and this is not the first time that the team is out due to the problem of free throw percentage and errors, although the alphabet brother has extremely perverted physical fitness, but its shortcomings are also particularly obvious, which also limits his ceiling to a certain extent, making it difficult for him to become the first person in the current service. Maybe the 28-year-old still has a chance to make a comeback, but obviously, this season's failure is destined to nail them to the pillar of shame in history!
In contrast, Jimmy Butler, who has always been underestimated, once again proved himself in the playoffs, and he also used his tenacious will and excellent personal ability to block the powerful Bucks on the road, in the first round series, Butler handed over the crazy data of averaging 37.6 points, 6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.8 steals per game, worthy of being the hardest man in the league today, born for the playoffs, specializing in all kinds of disobedience!