Big upset! The Bucks are in general trend, Brother Alphabet 35+15+10 is difficult to savior, Beasley is 1 of 10 three-pointers
On April 3, Beijing time, the NBA broke out a big upset, the second Bucks in the East lost 113-117 to the second-to-last Wizards in the East on the road, the team failed to win on the road, and the Wizards ended their 3 consecutive defeats and got the 15th win of the season. In this game, Lillard was absent, and Brother Alphabet got 35 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in 15 of 21, but it was still difficult to save the master, Beasley only scored 5 points on 1 of 10 three-pointers, and Da Luo only scored 6 points on 3 of 9, and the team played very badly in 11 of 48 three-pointers.
It is worth mentioning that Kuzma, the core of the Wizards team, did not play in this game, and the team used the remnants to play the Bucks, and in the eyes of the outside world, the Bucks will win easily, because the overall strength of the two teams is too different. However, the Wizards played very well in this game, and on the contrary, the Bucks were out of shape except for Antetokounmpo. In the first half, the Bucks were already 4 points behind the Wizards, and the team was very bad from the outside, with Beasley being 1-of-5 from the outside and 4-of-17 from three-pointers in the team's half, and completely missing the shooting target.
In the second half of the game, I originally thought that the Bucks would bottom out and find a shooting touch on the outside, but I didn't expect the team to shoot worse than in the first half. In the third quarter, the Bucks shot 5-of-15 three-pointers, and in the final quarter, they shot 2-of-16, and in the second half, the Bucks made 31 three-pointers, but only hit 7 of them. In comparison, the Wizards' 6-of-20 three-point shooting performance in the second half was obviously better, and in the end, the Bucks also lost the game on the road because their three-point shooting was too iron.
The Wizards had a good game, playing together against a team that was far superior to their own, withstanding the pressure from the start to the end and always responding in cripped moments. Among them, Poole played brilliantly, he got a double-double of 16 points and 13 assists, which was a good tandem of the whole team's offense, and he didn't go up this time, and he played very reasonably, while Kispert scored 27 points this time, Avdija scored 23 points, and the young players of the Wizards performed very well, which is also the key to the team's victory.
As for the Bucks, if they continue to play like this, let alone win the championship, the team's lineup is obviously deficient, the backcourt defense is too weak, and if they can't shoot three points, then there will be too little help for the team. Brother Alphabet is still very good, he can play like this in almost every game, but if other players can't contribute and share the pressure of Brother Alphabet, then it will be difficult for the team to go further into the playoffs, this team has declined a lot compared to last season's roster strength, especially on the defensive end, Brother Alphabet can't get enough help.