The Nets today relied on the brilliant play of Death Du and Jeff Green to beat the Bucks 114-108.
Full-court stats: Nets: Durant 49 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, Harden 5 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Griffin 17 points, 3 rebounds, Green 27 points and 3 assists, Harris 5 points and 3 rebounds, Brown 2 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Shamet 9 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
Bucks: Alphabet Brother 34 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Middleton 25 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Holliday 19 points, 3 rebounds and 8 assists, Lopez 15 points and 6 rebounds, Connaughton 10 points and 6 rebounds, Forbes 5 points.
After watching the game, I sincerely admire Durant, the god of death Du is really too strong, indiscriminate singles, Middleton defense is not wrong, even Tucker against Durant, can only look at the ball and sigh.
In this game, the brothers did not know whether they noticed that the Bucks' Jeff Teague did not get playing time today. He has been deprecated three times in a row. Teague joined the Bucks later in the regular season after being traded by the Celtics to the Magic, but was cut before he could report it.
Bucks coach Budenholzer has not given Teague a chance, and in the last two games of the first round, Teague was given playing time. In the semi-finals, Budenholzer gave Teague more playing time, from more than 5 minutes straight to 14 minutes.
But Teague's performance did not meet the team's expectations, and in the semifinals G1 he scored 2 points on 0-of-2 shooting, plus or minus -2. In the semi-final g2 he played 7.4 minutes and scored 0 points with a plus-minus of -16.
So far in the playoffs, he has averaged only 1.2 points, 0.8 boards and 0.8 assists per game, shooting as low as 12.5% from the field and 25% from three-point range.
He is older, 33 years old this year, his previous style of play is used to having the ball in hand, spending a lot of time dribbling to find opportunities, once ridiculed by fans as a human dribbling essence, stick ball master.
Now at the Bucks, there's no chance for him to hold the ball, Alphabet brother needs the ball, Middleton needs, Holliday does the same. Patronizing all three of them can't be taken care of, and what ball will be distributed to Teague?
The Bucks want him to do an end point, but Teague doesn't feel good in the playoffs.
I want him to contribute more on the defensive end, but this has never been Teague's strength.
Both ends of the attack and defense are not in the state, such a player, how dare the head coach use it?
Not in the state, such a player, how dare the head coach use it?