On the morning of November 3, Beijing time, the defending NBA champion Bucks, who lacked major generals, finally won their fourth victory since the start of the regular season, ending a three-game losing streak and struggling to return the winning rate to 50%. In this game against the Pistons, Alphabet Brother Giannis Antetokounmpo was a father and a, taking the first place in almost all of the Bucks' offensive and defensive data, and helping the team beat the opponent 117-89, playing the role of an absolute core player.
The Bucks are now full of wounded soldiers, which is the main reason for their three consecutive losses. Juo Holliday and Lopez and other main players were injured and absent, and the team was already injured. As a result, bad news came again before the game with the Pistons on the 3rd, according to Espn, bucks all-star forward Chris Middleton tested positive for the new crown and had to temporarily leave the NBA.
Middleton, who would have missed Monday's game against the Jazz, said, "We think he just got a cold or some sort of non-COVID-19 illness." Bucks coach Budenholzer revealed, "Then, he didn't feel well the next day so he was tested and tested positive for covid-19." Middleton is the third player in the NBA league since this week to be confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus, the first two being 76ers forward Tobias Harris and Cavaliers forward Kevin Love. According to the NBA League's epidemic prevention regulations, players diagnosed with the new crown virus must be absent for at least 10 days, which will cause Middleton to continue to miss several games.
As the defending champion, Middleton's absence is worse for the Bucks, fortunately the Pistons are indeed weaker, fortunately, the Bucks also have mvp "alphabet brother". In the game against the Pistons, Antetokounmpo played just 27 minutes and had a game-high 28 points, nine assists and eight rebounds, as well as four blocks, almost omnipotent. The Alphabet Brother gave a good lesson to Corningham, the champion of the opposite squad, who played 30 minutes to score 6 points. Especially after the start of the second half, Antetokounmpo played a complete dominance, in the third quarter he only shot 4 times, but scored 9 points and sent out 4 blocks, this quarter he was in the offensive lethality and defensive end of the level, became the Pistons' nightmare. It is worth mentioning that in this game, 7 of the 16 shots of the "alphabet brother" were 3 points, hitting 3 of them, and he also shot many times in this game, in addition to the repeated hits of sports war shots, Antetokounmpo in the free throw line 7 free throws, the shooting rate is 100%, it can be said that it is very versatile, the offensive weapons are diverse.
After beating the Pistons, there is also good news in the Bucks, Holliday is expected to become the first player on the team to return from injury, and the "alphabet brother" will not always lack helpers for a long time. Holliday, who recently resumed training but is still under observation, missed the previous game due to a sprained left ankle. Since Holliday represented the U.S. men's basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics this summer, the Bucks are cautious about his recovery. Bucks coach Budenholzer said: "We can't let healthy players get tired. ”
Text/Beiqing - Beijing headline reporter Liu Ailin