On May 3, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs Bucks lost 98-120 to the Pacers away, and were eliminated with a score of 2-4. For the Bucks, who formed a double supergiant brother + Lillard this season and aspired to win the championship, the first round was announced again. In this game, although the Bucks Lillard came back and scored 28 points, Da Luo and Portis also scored 20 points, but the bench only scored 10 points in total. The opponent Pacers' two benches, Toppin and McConnell, both scored 20+ and finally lost miserably.
In the final moments of the game, the camera showed Antetokounmpo, Lillard and Middleton sitting on the sidelines. Brother Alphabet was very helpless, tilted his head and closed his eyes. In this series, he didn't play a game, and as the boss of the team, he needs to take responsibility for the exit, while Lillard has a confused look in his eyes and a very ugly face. His comeback did not help the team very much in this game. Middleton, on the other hand, looked desperate, with his eyes hollow, and he was the fittest player in the series, but he couldn't lead the team forward.
Coach Doc Rivers was also one of the culprits of the team's exit. After he arrived, in addition to helping the team on the defensive end, he made the team look even more chaotic, and the ranking continued to decline at the end of the regular season. And in the playoffs, his control of the game was as bad as ever, and he completely lost the battle with Carlisle. The Bucks' biggest mistake this season may have been firing the coach twice, but the Griffin and Rivers brought in were not even as good as Budenholzer.
The Bucks, led by Lao Li, only achieved a poor record of 19 wins and 22 losses. And for the Bucks, their offseason will get tougher. Beasley, Beverley, Crowder and Gallinari will all be free agents in the offseason, while the Bucks have already exceeded the salary cap. At the same time, with Rivers continuing to coach this team, the team should not change much. If the Bucks management is decisive enough, they should have fired Lao Li sooner.