Lillard, who has been in Portland for many years and has done nothing, turned his back on his rhetoric that he did not apply for the team before the start of this season, and chose to join the Bucks and Brother Alphabet. Middleton formed the Big Three, but after coming to cold Milwaukee, Lillard's performance declined to a certain extent, which is why fans are not optimistic about the Bucks' championship prospects, in the closing stage of the regular season, Brother Alphabet's injury, which hit the Bucks hard, the first round of the playoffs The Bucks encountered their own bitter master, beating their Pacers 4 times in a single season, but in the first game, Lillard scored 35 points in the half, although the second two quarters were zero, but still led the team to a good start to the series, after a little rest, the rematch between the two teams kicked off, and Lillard and Siakam began to fight for points, the two teams also played extremely fiercely, but under the leadership of Siakam, the Pacers had too much advantage inside, which also allowed them to defeat the Bucks 125-108 away after four quarters of hard fighting, chasing the big score to 1 draw!
Lillard raised his eyebrows and blew Haliburton in a row
In the regular season of this season, Haliburton, the core of the Pacers' defense, not only led the team to the finals of the midseason tournament, but also played a phenomenal performance of 0 errors and double assists many times, becoming the strongest point guard in the eyes of many fans.
However, after the start of the playoffs, Haliburton completely lost the style of the regular season, but Lillard, who did not perform well in the regular season, began to break out, after the first game of Haliburton, this game Coach Lili still took the opponent, in the case of the Pacers' strict defense, Lillard used his best three-point shot, so that the Pacers paid the price, hit 6 three-pointers in the game, cut a team-high 34 points, and beat Haliburton in terms of personal dominance and handed over 12 + 4 + 12 data.
The Bucks have no letters on the inside, and Siakam does whatever he wants
In addition to Haliburton's rapid progress, there is another very important reason why the Pacers have been able to make great progress, and that is the signing of championship forward Siakam from the Raptors, and in the absence of Antetokounmpo, no one on the Bucks interior can limit Siakam's play, as evidenced by his 36 points and 13 rebounds in the first playoff game.
In the rematch between the two sides, Siakam is still a nightmare for the Bucks inside, Siakam, who is capable of outside, has a very strong ability to read the opponent's defense in the game, as long as the Bucks dare to recycle the three-second zone, he will shoot on the outside, and when the Bucks adopt a close defense strategy, Siakam will use his flexible footwork and super breakthrough ability to impact the basket, Siakam hit 16 of 23 shots in this game, and played 37+11+6 all-round personal data, and without a single turnover, his brave play is also the most important reason why the Pacers were able to equalize the big score on the road.
Although Lillard is in a burst of state in the playoffs, the stability of the three-point shot is not as strong as the basket after all, which is why many fans think that if Brother Alphabet can't come back as soon as possible in this round of the series, Siakam is likely to lead the Pacers to the next gram and let the Bucks suffer a round trip!