The NBA Midseason Championship Eastern Conference Finals have been played, and the Pacers defeated the Bucks 128-119 to advance to the Finals.
Judging from the first three quarters, the Bucks broke out in the third quarter with Lillard and the alphabet song, which can be regarded as a back and forth. In the face of the Pacers' offense, the Bucks' joint defense in the third quarter found some tricks, which largely limited the Pacers' offense, and the reason why they were able to overtake the score was to rely on their own offense, especially Lillard's four three-pointers and Middleton's two three-pointers, which changed the Pacers' defensive strategy.
But in the fourth quarter of the game, the Bucks' style of painting changed abruptly, and various performances began!Brother Alphabet and Middleton were on the court, and they kept letting Payne handle the ball, and the offense was all thrown by him alone, and Brother Alphabet couldn't even touch the ball.
Not only that, but after the Bucks' substitution adjustments, the joint defense also guarded four different times, often missing people, and allowed the Pacers to easily score on the inside, and Bucks head coach Budenholzer also used his leaky joint defense to the end.
I have to sigh that after Holiday left the Bucks, the Bucks didn't seem to know what defense was, they were beaten up for a whole game, and they were still scoring in 3 seconds after being served by the opponent in the fourth quarter!
After he came on the court in the final quarter, he played a few times casually, and then began to rest, and even if he was misplaced under the basket, he did not play, and gave the ball to Beasley, who was defended. I can't see the blocking and dismantling of Lillard and Brother Alphabet, the most lethal, only Brother Alphabet and Beasley or Da Luo blocking and dismantling, and the latter two will make a one-shot three-point deal at will.
It's not so much that the Pacers are playing too well, it's that the Bucks are playing "too fake"!From a positive point of view, the Pacers are all soldiers, and the Bucks are not the same attitude at all, but it is more like the home of the Pacers!
It is also interesting that in the final chasing stage, Budenholzer's obvious chasing tactics are not visible, the breakthrough is very casual, and the three-point shot is also very casual.
All in all, the mid-season tournament is just a gimmick in the NBA for a season, and the prize money of 500,000 is just to give the league some face for today's league players with an annual salary of 60 million