In the midseason championship on December 6, Beijing time, the Bucks played at home against the Knicks, and the Bucks led the Knicks 75-72 at halftime. Although the Bucks got Lillard this season, their strengths and weaknesses this season are very obvious, the Bucks have indeed strengthened on the offensive end, but the Bucks have dropped a lot on the defensive end, so the Knicks are not as good as the Bucks in hard power, but if it is not small, then the Bucks may lose to the Knicks. The first half was a fierce battle, and although the Bucks tried to pull away, the Knicks were always able to respond, and the Bucks led by three points at halftime.
In the first quarter of the game, Brunson threw and hit, and then Brother Alphabet scored in the air, Barrett counterattacked and scored after Brunson scored, and Randle also hit a mid-range shot after Brother Alphabet scored a basket, and then Beasley hit a three-point shot, and Brother Alphabet scored a layup after the Knicks hit the iron, but then Robinson dunked and scored, and then Brother Alphabet scored a dunk in response, and in the next game, Randle scored in a row, and after Barrett scored, the Knicks led by 3 points. After a timeout, Green hit a three-pointer, Portis scored a layup after Brunson hit the iron, Barrett scored a free throw after Beecam hit a three-pointer, and the next game The two teams alternated offensive scores, relying on Lillard and Brother Alphabet to play in the final stage, and the Bucks led the Knicks by 2 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Randle continued to score, but the Bucks still maintained a slight lead under Payne's play, and the next game The Bucks offense was not good, Hart scored 4 points in a row to help the Knicks tie the score, Middleton hit a three-point shot at a critical moment, and Randle scored a free throw in the next game, but Portis scored 7 points in a row to help the Bucks lead to 6 points. After a timeout, Quickley hit a three-point shot and hit the inside to cause a kill, and the Knicks once chased only 1 point, but then Lopez and Brother Alphabet hit the inside to help the Bucks stabilize the situation, Beasley hit a three-point shot to help the Bucks open up some points again, Brunson played at the critical moment, not to mention, Randle continued to break out to help the Knicks tie the score, and then Lillard broke out three points to help the Bucks keep the lead, and the Knicks trailed by 3 points at halftime.
The Knicks didn't play well in the first half, after all, Randle's offensive efficiency in the first half was very efficient. Barrett also had a good performance in the game, but unfortunately the reason why the Knicks are behind the Bucks is more because of the Bucks' three-point explosion, in the first half of the game, the Bucks were 12 of 17 outside three-pointers, on the other hand, the Knicks themselves were bad 3 of 10, so in this case, the Knicks were suppressed by the Bucks, but Randle turned the tide here, relying on Randle's play, the Knicks did not let the Bucks pull away the score. At halftime, Randle had 25 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Brunson had 15 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists, and Barrett had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist.
As for Brother Alphabet in the first half of the game, but in the first half of the game, Brother Alphabet once had a broken foot, and it is worrying that such a thing happened, but Brother Alphabet is not a big problem, in the next game, Brother Alphabet still maintains his own state, and at the end of the half, Brother Alphabet got 16 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. However, Lillard's state in the first half of the game was okay, although it was not until the end of the first quarter that Lillard began to score slowly, but in the second quarter of the game, Lillard found a three-point state, and in the first half of the game, the Bucks came off the bench to make meritorious contributions, Green, Portis had an explosive performance in the game, so that the Bucks were able to take the lead, at the end of the half, Lillard got 19 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, Portis got 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Green scored 9 points in 3 of 3. Sports Premiere Creation Challenge