When Lillard also suffered an injury, the future of the Bucks really began to be in doubt. I thought the series against the Pacers would be relatively easy, but I didn't expect the Indiana to be a good one. The Bucks did their own game, and finally avoided the Philadelphia 76ers and the Miami Heat, but it can only be said that it is themselves who hurt the opponent in the end.
Lillard, the Bucks' core guard, suffered an Achilles tendon strain, and the average recovery period for such injuries is 10 days if there are no severe cases of Achilles tendon strains in the past. Lillard is likely to miss the first round of the series, which is obviously not a big blow for the Bucks. The return date of Brother Alphabet is still undecided, and the only good news is that Middleton is in good shape now, and the team seems to have to count on him next. If the Bucks fall in the first round, and when combined with the run-in between Lillard and the team throughout the season, the team's future is uncertain. The worst-case scenario may even lead to Lillard and the Bucks parting ways, after all, the cooperation between Lillard and Brother Alphabet in the regular season is not qualified, and the regular season record can only be at the play-off level in the West.
It can only be said that the debt owed by the bucks so many years ago should be repaid. At that time, Brother Alphabet's foot disintegrated the Brooklyn Big Three, and many fans are still haunted by it. If it weren't for Brother Alphabet to do this kind of thing, the championship that year would not have been the Bucks at all, and the Nets still had a very big advantage over the Bucks, at least when they were all healthy, the Nets had every chance to win the O'Brien Cup that year. The Bucks used special tactics to win the championship that season, and now it's time to get back little by little. That unprecedented triumvirate team fell on one foot, sad!
It is foreseeable that this year's playoff ratings are not as hot as before, Curry has gone home to fish, James and Durant are basically like this this season, if the Bucks are out, then the league's star flavor will indeed be much darker. However, the rise of young people is also enough to attract attention, and looking at Alexander and Edwards on the playoff stage, this may be a new era!