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The Rockets challenged the Bucks away, Amen was still sick and absent, and Tate returned. Starting lineup: VanVleet, Jalen Green, Dillon, Jabari Smith Jr., Shin Kyung. Bucks starters: Lillard, Andre Jackson Jr., Middleton, Antetokounmpo, Big Lopez.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Rockets were not afraid of the Bucks at all, and played back and forth with their opponents, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately. Da Luo also gave Van Jordan an elbow, and the latter had obvious bruises at the corners of his eyes, but he was not in the line of fire and continued to fight. The Rockets seized on the Bucks' offensive miss, and Jalen Green advanced to assist Eason on an outside three-point shot to take a 3-point lead at 13-10 to stop the opponent. After the timeout came back, Brother Alphabet went down to rest first, Lillard led the team, and Udoka also changed to the rotation lineup, but Dillon's side continued to hit the basket to score, the Bucks made a mistake and was stolen Eason fast-break dunk, and Lillard broke through to the basket and responded. Old Green made foul free throws, Brother Alphabet came back, and as soon as he came back, he immediately hit Dillon 2+0 with a violent dunk and equalized the score. Lillard single-handedly pulled a three-pointer to take the lead, assisted Portis to the basket and then broke through to make a foul, and single-handedly overtook the score. Before the end of the first quarter, Lee's 2+1 hit again, and the Bucks led by 5 points at 33-28.
In the second quarter, the two sides rotated the lineup, Smith came back, and Lillard went down to rest and led the team. Connaughton's three-pointer widened the score, but the Rockets immediately chased four points in a row. Brother Alphabet had a huge advantage inside, leading to 8 points after a violent dunk, and then was substituted to rest, and Shin Jing, Van Jordan, and Middleton returned. Van Jordan hit a three-pointer and then drew a foul, and the game went to a timeout. Coming back from the timeout, Jackson became a surprise man, scoring four straight points to stop the Rockets. Back to the game, Lillard and Brother Alphabet came back, and the two teams began to fight against each other, Jalen Green stood up and scored 4 points in a row, but Jackson returned with three points, and Brother Alphabet Golden Rooster was independent and then hit, and the difference came to double digits for the first time. Then Lillard took the gun and scored five straight points, and the Bucks had a 13-point lead. At the critical moment, Jalen Green stepped up to carry the team and narrowed the gap to 8 points, but the key Rockets couldn't defend the Bucks, trailing by 11 points at halftime 60-71.
In the second half, the Bucks' shooting percentage dropped and turnovers increased, and the Rockets seized the opportunity to narrow the gap to single digits, Brother Alphabet and Dillon exchanged three points, and Smith had to be taken off the court for the fourth foul. The Rockets chased down to only 6 points, Lillard made foul free throws to stop the bleeding, but Jalen Green hit a three-pointer to return the gap to 5 points, and Da Luo and Lillard took turns to return the three-point, 83-72 to stop the Rockets. The timeout also worked, as Rockets Van Jordan and Dillon scored four straight points, but Dillon elbowed Connaughton in the face, who fell to the ground in pain. The referee went to watch the footage, and as a result, he blew an offensive foul and deducted two points. But in turn, Jalen Green was knocked to the ground and the referee was indifferent. Shen Jing 2+1 letter brother, the Bucks immediately challenged successfully, and there was no foul. Lillard and Portis each added three points to bring the margin back to double digits. Van Jordan, Dillon and Green Sr. also added three-pointers each, and the Rockets trailed by nine points at 91-100 at the end of the third quarter.
At the beginning of the final quarter, Middleton and Brother Alphabet came back to lead the team, and Smith faced Brother Alphabet and scored 5 points in a row to close the gap to 6 points. But Brother Alphabet's arm bleed and the game was suspended. Then Middleton stepped up and scored five points in a row to stabilize the morale of the army. After 109-102, the Bucks called a timeout and then switched back to Lillard. The Rockets scored four straight points, and Middleton stopped the bleeding with three points. But the Rockets were very tenacious today, biting the score to the end, forcing Antetokounmpo and Lillard to use all their strength, and Udoka called a timeout after 113-120. Back in the game, Jalen Green missed a three-pointer, and Middleton made two free throws to lead by nine points in the final minute and a half, completely killing the game. Dillon was ejected for two technical fouls in the final moments, and Udoka returned to the locker room with two t's.
In the end, the Bucks defeated the Rockets 128-119, ending the opponent's five-game winning streak. Let's take a look at the players' performances!
Jalen Green was the best player for the Rockets today, and if he hadn't stepped up and scored nine points in a row and added two assists in the second quarter, the Rockets would have been spent.
He played 16 minutes in the first half, shooting 4-of-5, 1-of-1 from three-point range and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, contributing 11 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists.
In the third quarter, he continued to score and pass the ball, but was pushed in the air during a breakaway and fell to the ground in pain.
In the whole game, Jalen Green only played 29 minutes, 6 of 11, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 16 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists.
Although it was back-to-back, Lillard was in full form. In the first quarter, he was full of firepower, playing 12 minutes, shooting 5 of 6, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and 15 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in a single quarter, leading the team to the lead.
He played 18 minutes in the first half, shooting 7-of-10, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, finishing with 20 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.
In the second half, he didn't lose his firepower, and in the third quarter, whenever the Rockets were close to the point difference, Coach Lee could step up and shoot a three-pointer or assist his teammates to stabilize the situation. In the entire third quarter, he scored another 12 points and 3 assists in a single quarter.
The last quarter reappeared, and he and Brother Alphabet teamed up to explode and withstand the Rockets' counterattack. In the whole game, Lillard played 37 minutes, shooting 11 of 19, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 12 of 13 free throws, and exploded 39 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, leading the team to victory.
In the face of the Rockets' interior line Shen Jing and Smith, Brother Alphabet can be called a dimensionality reduction blow.
He played 19 minutes in the first half, shooting 8-of-13 from the field and 1-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points, eight rebounds and one assist. In the third quarter, his teammates were very good, and Brother Alphabet scored 5 points and 3 rebounds and then went down early to rest.
He stayed on the court from the beginning of the fourth quarter, but went off the court after a bleeding arm and came back to accept **. He played 39 minutes, shooting 10-of-22 from the field and 5-of-11 from the free-throw line, finishing with 26 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists.
With today's 17 rebounds, his career rebounds have reached 7,165, surpassing Abdul-Jabbar and becoming the Bucks' all-time rebounding leader!
Middleton scored just six points in the first half, but in the second half, especially in the fourth quarter, he stepped up and became the best player on the Bucks team.
He scored 11 points in the entire fourth quarter and made two free throws to kill the game. In this game, Middleton played 29 minutes, shooting 7 of 15, 1 of 5 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.