On December 28, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Bucks challenged the Nets away, before the game, the Bucks ranked 2nd in the East with 22 wins and 8 losses, while the Nets ranked 9th in the East with 15 wins and 15 losses. Bucks starters: Lillard + Beasley + Middleton + Antetokounmpo + Big Lopez, Nets starters: Smith + Thomas + Bridges + O'Neal + Sharpe.
In the first quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet made one of two free throws at the beginning, Thomas responded with consecutive jumpers, Beasley scored three points, Middleton made a layup, Bridges made a shot, Sharpe threw it, Middleton scored three points, the two sides played fiercely, Beasley hit three points again, and Brother Alphabet broke through to create 2+1, the Bucks lead by 4 points, after a timeout, Sharpe dunked Da Luo, Bridges and O'Neal were also scoring, the Nets instantly overtook him, Da Luo hooked his hand to stop the bleeding for the Bucks, Bridges responded with a layup, Connaughton scored three points, Brother Alphabet hat Thomas, the score alternated lead, Thomas made a layup, Portis responded with three points, Nets substitute Wilson made 2 + 1, Brother Alphabet frequently hit the inside, really couldn't stop it, or foul to prevent it, 32-31 Bucks led by 1 point in a single quarter.
Lillard didn't feel good, shooting 1-of-4 in the first quarter. In the second quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet 2+1, Clooney dunked, Smith made a layup, the Nets chased to 35 draws, Payne fired outside, Middleton jumped, Portis shot, the Bucks gradually opened up the difference, the Nets were seriously inaccurate outside, Middleton continued to cut points, Smith dunked Da Luo, the Nets finally broke the scoring drought, Portis hooked, Middleton made a layup, the difference was 10 points, the Nets were very tenacious, Smith and Clooney led the team to counterattack, Beecham and Payne responded with three points in a row, and the Bucks two major benches performed well, but the Nets then narrowed the gap again, Lillard finally hit a three-point shot, Brooks threw a shot, Lillard made a mistake, and Beasley hit a three-point shot, halftime Bucks 66-59 Nets.
Halftime statistics, Lillard 6 points, Middleton 15 points, 6 assists and 3 rebounds, Brother Alphabet 12 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Payne 7 points and 2 assists, Portis 10 points, Beasley 9 points, Da Luo 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks. On the Nets side, Thomas scored 8 points, Wilson 14 points and 2 rebounds, Klooney 8 points and 3 rebounds, Bridges 6 points and 3 rebounds, and Dennis Smith 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Yibian fought again, Smith made a basket at the beginning, Brother Alphabet made a layup, Middlel made a three-point shot, Smith dunked Da Luo, Brother Alphabet and Beasley scored successively, but the Nets were very tenacious, under the leadership of Watford and Sharpe, they chased to 74 draws, Brother Alphabet couldn't stand it, and rushed inside when he got the ball, Lillard hit an empty three-point iron, Beasley hit a three-point shot, Smith made a layup, and the difference between points has not been opened during this timeIt was Payne's turn to respond with a three-pointer, and the third quarter ended with the Bucks 100-92 Nets.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Payne tossed, Middleton scored three points, Beecham split and dunked, the Bucks directly stopped the Nets, and after coming back, Watford and Wilson scored successively, Middleton, Beecham and Brother Alphabet took turns to respond, the Bucks were full of firepower in this quarter, the Nets couldn't stand it at all, Portis made up for the basket, Payne scored three points, and the point difference has come to 15+, The game gradually lost suspense, the Nets rotated this game very strangely, three starters only played in the first quarter, and basically only used the bench lineup in the next three quarters, the main force of the Bucks in garbage time was still on the court, Brother Alphabet was short of 2 assists to achieve a triple-double, and there was a suspicion of brushing data, but unfortunately Brother Alphabet failed to do so, and finally the Bucks defeated the Nets 144-122.
Bucks data: Brother Alphabet 32 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks, just two assists short of a triple-double, no wonder Brother Alphabet doesn't play in garbage time, I can only say that the Bucks are a bit too much, don't be so obvious about brushing data. Lillard has 12 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 turnovers, and has a poor hand on 4-of-10 shooting, and Lillard has at least 20,000 points, 5,000 assists and 2,000 three-pointers, the fourth in NBA history, the top three are James, Harden and Curry. Lakers veteran Beasley scored 17 points, 5-of-8 three-pointers, Middleton 27 points, 3 rebounds and 10 assists, 11-of-18 was extremely efficient, and Da Luo had 2 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
Payne had 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Portis had 14 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and Beecham had 11 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. After beating the Nets, the Bucks remain in second place in the East with 23 wins and 8 losses, 1.0 wins behind the Greens, who are the undisputed NBA supremacies so far this season, and their winning percentage is the best in the league. As far as the entire East is concerned, the only ones with the strength to compete for the championship are the Green Army, the Bucks and the Heat, and although the 76ers also have an excellent record, Embiid is easy to fall off the chain in the playoffs and can't go far.
Nets stats: Smith 14 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, Sharpe 12 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, Thomas 8 points, Wilson 21 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, Watford 17 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. After this game, the Nets improved their record to 15-16 and continued to rank 9th in the East.