The Bucks Big Three scored 84 points, Kuminga tried his best, and Klay reached the milestone
On January 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Warriors challenged the Bucks away. The Warriors previously had a record of 18 wins and 20 losses, ranking 12th in the West, this record is not only unsatisfactory to fans and media, but the management can't sit still. The Warriors are unwilling to rebuild and want to seize Curry's final championship window, but the team has a lot of problems, objective problems of age and height, coupled with Kerr's restrictions on the use of young people, and serious ups and downs in the team's meritorious state, the team has fallen into a vicious circle, and the key is that the team has no clear signs of renewing Kerr's contract. Yesterday they just beat the Bulls, and in today's game, Curry is resting.
Compared with the Warriors, the Bucks' situation is much better, although the team's defensive efficiency is also at the bottom of the league, but many data such as offensive efficiency + average points per game + shooting percentage are the top two in the league, and only the Pacers are better than the Bucks on the offensive end of the league. In the last game, they beat the league's No. 1 Celtics in the first half of the game, and finally beat the opponent by 33 points. To put it simply, against the Bucks, it is difficult for other teams to have an advantage. In this case, it would be wise for Kerr to choose to rest Curry because the probability of winning is slim, and it is better to focus Curry's limited energy on those games that can be won. In addition, according to Kerr, Green has a chance to return in the next game against the Grizzlies or that.
Perhaps because he realized that Wiggins' effect on starting was still good (17 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists on 8-of-13 shooting in the last game), the Warriors started this game: Podzemski + Klay + Wiggins + Saric + Looney, and the Bucks starters: Lillard + Beasley + Middleton + Antetokounmpo + Da Lopez. Middleton hit Klay in the opening game, and Klay immediately responded with a three-pointer, after which Saric and Klay made back-to-back layups to stop the Bucks. After the pause, Brother Alphabet burst inside and outside to score 5 points to stop the bleeding, Podzemski also hit Lillard and scored a three-point shot, Brother Alphabet shot another three points, and the result was three non-stick! The Warriors had the advantage in the first half, but the offensive efficiency declined in the second half, Lillard and Beasley rained three points to overtake, Beasley continued to add three points in the second half, Lillard continued to hit the basket, and at the end of the quarter, Connaughton and Portis rained three points again.
At the end of the first quarter, the Bucks led the Warriors 33-24, and after Podemski went down, the Warriors didn't even have a ball handler. Coming back in the second quarter, the situation on the court changed abruptly, Kuminga and Podemsky fed Davis in a row, and Kenonez scored three points, after which Kuminga led the team to quickly overtake the Bucks! Coach Griffin was very dissatisfied, and Middleton + Brother Alphabet + Big Low's defense was useless. In the second half, Looney hit consecutive rebounds, Joseph also hit three points, the Bucks relied on Lillard and Brother Alphabet to stop the bleeding, and Klay also hit a three-pointer at the end of the quarter, and at the end of the half, the Warriors led the Bucks 56-54, Lillard scored 16 points, and Brother Alphabet scored 10 points.
At the beginning of the second half, Lillard made a kill, Brother Alphabet dunked violently, Middleton hit a three-pointer, and the Bucks quickly reversed the decline. The Warriors relied on Wiggins and Podemsky to rain down three points, and then Wiggins continued to attack and attack, plus Podemsky and Klay's three points, the Warriors brought the momentum back! In the second half, Saric and Poger hit consecutive layups, Lillard attacked, and the scores of the two teams alternated. At the end of the third quarter, the Bucks overtook the Warriors 83-81. In the fourth quarter, Klay fed Davis, Jackson and Middleton helped the Bucks score, but Klay and Kuminga hit consecutive three-pointers to tie the score.
In the middle of the game, Middleton and Kuminga continued to bombard each other with three-point shots, Brother Alphabet and Middleton hit the basket, plus Beasley's three-point shot, the Bucks quickly opened up the difference! In the last 5 minutes, Klay hit three points in a row, and Middleton immediately chased Klay to complete 3+0! Klay hit a three-point shot, Jackson threw + a big Lopez three-pointer to kill the suspense of the game. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Warriors 129-118.
Warriors statistics, Podzemski 23 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Kuminga 28 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Klay 21 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Saric 12 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, Wiggins 3 of 12, 7 points and 4 rebounds, Davis 12 points. Counting the 6 three-pointers in this game, Klay also surpassed James in his career three-pointers and rose to seventh in history! Bucks data, Brother Alphabet 33 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, Lillard 27 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, Middleton 24 points and 10 assists, and the Big Three combined for 84 points. Da Lopez had 11 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, Beasley had 11 points and 4 rebounds, Portis had 10 points and 8 rebounds, and Jackson had 10 points and 10 rebounds.