On October 26, Beijing time, the Pacers welcomed the Challenge of the Bucks at home. Both teams had victories in their last game, with the Bucks bouncing back quickly after a 42-point defeat to the Heat to beat the Spurs in the last game, and the Pacers also beat the Heat in the last game after the loss, can the team win back-to-back today? Starting line-up: J Holliday, Sabonis, Turner, Duarte and Brogdon.
The Bucks started the Five Tigers: Alphabet Brother, Middleton, Alphabet Brother, Grayson Allen and Hill. It is worth mentioning that the last game to play Spurs Holliday ushered in a comeback, but today it is another rotation, the official news is because of the ankle injury, and some other players who are still recovering: Lopez (back injury), Divinzenzo (foot injury), Bobby Portis (hamstring injury) and Ojele (calf injury), are unable to play.
The Bucks have a lot of injuries, but fortunately most of them are some rotation players, and more difficult is the Pacers, and the core of the team, LeVert and Warren, are still recovering and do not know when to return. At the end of the first half, the Bucks didn't give the Pacers home-court advantage, leading their opponents by nine points at 66-57.
Alphabet brother is still as stable as ever, shooting 4-of-4 in the first quarter, shooting 11 points at 100% of the field, 8 points in the second quarter, and 19 points in the half; in addition to the letters, Middleton also broke out at the beginning of today, 13 points in the first quarter, 7 points in the second quarter, 6 of 11 shots at halftime, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 20 points, plus 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
In the first quarter of the Bucks' final attack, Middleton received a teammate's outside serve, faced the defender directly a three-point projection, and the whistle scored! Successfully scored 3+1! Just when the time was running out.
On the Pacers' side, Brogdon, who scored the most points in the first half, made 6 of 11 shooting, 2 of 3 three-pointers and had 14 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists; it was followed by Sabonis, who scored 5 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and 13 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the half
The coach also paid attention to the No. 13 show Duarte, the young man in the first half of 8 shots 4, three points 2 of 1 to get 9 points, of which the impression is very impressive, in the face of the alphabet brother's defense is not chaotic shot, this really does not look like a rookie who has just entered the league.
Easy side to fight again, worthy of the championship team, the Bucks in the third quarter of the whole team bombed 35 points, compared to the Pacers 29 points, the third quarter of the battle strike point difference was pulled apart. Alphabet brother and Allen played an important role in this quarter, the former cutting melon and chopping vegetables and 10 points; the latter 2 of 5 in the quarter, 3 of 3 free throws scored 9 points. The Pacers apparently lost power, with the highest score being substitute Lamb's 8 points.
In the final quarter, the No. 13 rookie began to exert his strength again, a three-pointer + breakthrough layup on the outside line, and 5 points in a row to stop the Bucks! The two sides clashed when the timeout came back, Middleton and Beataze grabbed the ball on the ground, the two had some pushing and shoving, and it seemed that they were about to fight, but fortunately, the teammates and the referee came in time! In the end, the referee gave one person a T, and the two sides competed for the ball.
The Pacers narrowed the gap to just five points at one point, but did not expect the Bucks to use the letter brother's dunk + Connaughton's three-point re-entry, and once again expanded the point difference to double digits, so the Bucks maintained the lead until the end of the game. In the end, the Bucks won 119-109 on the road to the Pacers to win two straight.
Alphabet Brother 10 of 18, 10 of 13 from the free throw line, and a quasi-triple-double of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists! Middleton 27 points, 5 boards and 7 assists, Allen 19 points and 4 boards, Connaughton 13 points, 7 boards and 2 assists; on the Pacers side, J- Holliday 12 points, 3 boards and 3 blocks, Sabonis 21 points, 13 boards and 5 assists, Duarte 18 points and 5 boards, Brogdon 25 points, 4 boards and 7 assists, Lamb 11 points, Turner is not in good shape today, playing 14 minutes and only 5 points on 2 of 5 of 5.
The NBA official website released the latest issue of the team's combat strength list, the Bucks fell from the first position last week to the fourth, the Pacers' ranking remained unchanged, or twenty-third. The top three are the Jazz, Warriors and Nuggets, the Nets fifth and the Lakers ninth.