18 points on 16 shots, 46 million stars were used as blue-collar players, and the Bucks coach was too pit
On January 7th, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and today the Rockets sat at home to usher in the challenge of the Bucks, before this game, the Rockets just lost to the Timberwolves yesterday, the Bucks are second in the East, and the Rockets are back-to-back, although they look more likely to win, but the Rockets have a very good home record after all, and finally rely on the performance of the whole team, the Rockets also narrowly defeated the opponent, and then we briefly talk about the game process, and then talk about the players' play.
Contest Recap:
At the beginning of the first quarter, Brother Alphabet scored 4 points in a row to help the Bucks open the situation, and Shin Jing responded by making free throws, and the two sides played a stalemate in the first half of the quarter, but at the end of the quarter, relying on the play of Whitmore and Holiday Jr., the Rockets led by 11 points to end the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Rockets' offense continued unabated, and the substitutes Holiday Jr. and Jeff Green scored frequently, and the point difference was getting wider and wider, and at the end of the quarter, Shen Jing and Van Jordan scored continuously, and the Rockets directly established a 20-point lead.
Under his leadership, the Bucks were once behind by 10 points, but at the end of the quarter, it was the Rockets' bench who made a contribution, and Amen Thompson and Whitmore scored in quick succession to help the team re-establish a 14-point lead to end the third quarter. In the final quarter, Brother Alphabet turned on individual mode, but fortunately, Jalen Green and Smith Jr. hit key shots to help the Rockets win without danger, and they crushed their opponents 112-108.
Rockets bloom in multiple points
In this campaign, the Rockets scored 7 people on the side to withstand the firepower of Brother Alphabet, and had to admire Udoka's coaching ability, he asked the Rockets to strangle Brother Alphabet's teammates, let Alphabet play alone, and only Alphabet alone could not kill a team. And his team basketball system also worked, this time the team blossomed more, and in the absence of Dillon, the whole team scored double doubles to win.
In this game, Shen Jing shot 7 of 21 from the field, 0 of 1 from three-point range and got 21 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Green got 16 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 5 of 12 shots, Van Jordan got 14 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists on 4 of 13 shots, Jabari Smith scored 14 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block on 3 of 7 shots.
In addition, on the bench Whitmore played 12 minutes and scored 12 points and 3 rebounds on 4-of-6 shooting, the White Devils' scoring efficiency was too good, Aaron Holiday got 11 points and 1 rebound on 4-of-7 shooting, Jeff Green got 16 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-11 shooting, the excellent play of the bench is the key to the Rockets' victory, the Rockets showed their resilience to the outside world, although the team's talent is not particularly outstanding, but having excellent resilience will also allow them to win more.
Brother Alphabet is isolated
Alphabet tried his best in this game, you really can't ask him to do more, this game Alphabet shot 16 of 25 from the field, 1 of 2 from three-point range and got 48 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, One person scored 17 points in the final quarter, but his teammates really didn't give it well, Middleton scored 10 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists on 3 of 9 shots, and Middleton is now facing a high-intensity defense that can't play the stable output before.
Now Da Luo's tactical position on the offensive end has also been reduced, scoring 7 points and 5 rebounds on 3-of-9 shooting in this game, and Portis, who has played well in the past few games, has not had the ball again recently, scoring 6 points and 6 rebounds on 2-of-5 shooting. I think the main reason why the Bucks' current record is not stable is that their coach Adrian Griffin is too poor in coaching, and the team has a locker room conflict because of his limited coaching ability.
According to the current situation, it is estimated that the team will soon break out in the second locker room conflict, because the team's performance is too far from their expectations, and now the team has no offensive system at all, the defense has long collapsed, and the offense is not good, if it is not for the letter enough to be unsolvable, it is estimated that the Bucks would have collapsed long ago. Lillard is a player that the Bucks acquired in the offseason through multiple trades, and the Bucks wanted to build a super duo to win the championship, but now Griffin is used as a blue-collar player.
In the past, Lillard had the absolute right to fire during the Trail Blazers, and he came up with a three-point shot in a string, so he was considered the player closest to Curry, and last season he played an average of 30+ per game in a single season, but now he has no tactical position in the Bucks to attack with the ball, and he is more of a catch-and-shoot role, he is not good at this, so Lillard is also very aggrieved. He shot 5-of-16 from the field and 1-of-8 from three-point range to finish with 18 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists.
Looking at the data alone, it's not bad, but compared to his annual salary of 45.64 million this season, this kind of performance is definitely not playing the performance that his salary should have, maybe it's time for the Bucks to change the coach, and if it goes on like this, the team will only get farther and farther away from the championship. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the current Bucks and Lillard?