The Milwaukee Bucks lost 110-113 to the understaffed Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 16 Beijing time. Although Middleton missed the game, the likes of Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez and Portis, Lillard and others were in attendance.
On the other hand, on the Memphis Grizzlies' side, core players Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, Marcus Smart, Jaren Jackson Jr., Luka Kennard, Derrick Rose and other players were injured and missed the game. Zaire Williams and Greg Jackson II both scored 27 points and were the heroes of the Grizzlies' victory.
The Bucks management is also tired of firing head coach Adrian Griffin after a 30-13 record in hopes of making the team better. So they signed Doug Rivers, and as a result, Doug Rivers only had a 3-7 record in his first 10 games in charge of the Bucks.
On top of that, the Bucks can't beat a remnant grizzly bear. Originally, the head coach would take the responsibility for losing, but Doug Rivers believes that the players did not work hard enough, and they did not play their best performance for the next All-Star Game.
"We have some people here. We have some people in Cabo. ”
In fact, Doug Rivers has improved the Bucks' offense to a good position, but their defense has slipped as a result. He scored 35 points and had 12 assists on 15-of-17 shooting in this game. Lillard had 24 points, six rebounds and seven assists. Lillard made a late mistake in the backing of Brook Lopez and the team missed the chance to make a late equalizer.
Although both men performed well in this game, they were not able to be an important part of the team's victory. After the arrival of Doug Rivers, the changes in Brother Alphabet are still quite good, and in 10 games, Brother Alphabet averaged 30.8 points, 11.2 rebounds and 6.4 assists per game.
The Bucks fired Adrian Griffin because they couldn't use Lillard better, and now that so much time has passed, Lillard's offensive performance has not changed much. The Milwaukee Bucks have a lot of problems at the moment, but unfortunately he's not a head coach with problem-solving skills.
The current Bucks management is a bit helpless, in addition to giving Doug Rivers a big contract, it also needs to pay Mike Budenholzer and Adrian Griffin long-term contract wages. They've spent a lot of money on coaching, and we're all curious if the Bucks will want to fire Doug Rivers and get a new head coach.
Doug Rivers is arguably one of the luckiest coaches in NBA history, having faced a number of max honors in his coaching career. However, it was only when he was in charge of the Celtics in 2008 that he was successful.