The Bucks' 140-126 win over the Pacers on the road was a "one-loss revenge" for the midseason tournament semifinal loss to the Pacers.
Despite Lillard's average performance, Brother Alphabet performed quite violently in this game, carrying the whole game by himself, shooting 20 of 28 and 20 of 28 free throws, scoring 64 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.
The 64 points not only set a new career single-game scoring record, but also broke the team's all-time scoring record, and it is also the highest score so far this season.
During and after the game, the smell of gunpowder was quite sufficient.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet was hugged and dropped by Nesmith under the basket, and the team's boss was beaten by his opponent, and the Bucks' "One Punch Man" Portis of course didn't do it, and he had to find Nesmith to fight, but fortunately, he was pulled away, otherwise I am afraid that he would be expelled + banned on the spot.
However, even after being pulled away, Portis still couldn't swallow this breath and continued to quarrel with his opponent with angry eyes, and in the end, Portis was expelled for a total of 2t.
In addition to the conflict, there is also the belief that Brother Alphabet is scoring points in garbage time at the last moment.
This is actually a bit of a wrongful letter brother, who originally took the initiative to foul when he scored 58 points. But the Pacers' rotation trailed the game to 121-131 by just 10 points with 2:04 left. The Bucks had no choice but to send another starter, and then Brother Alphabet hit 2 free throws, a layup, and a dunk to end the suspense of the game.
Just like the last dunk, with 29 seconds left in the game, Beasley steals to Brother Alphabet, and at this time it is not less than 24 seconds, and it is understandable to choose offense.
Of course, in the face of a record that can be broken, who can not have any ideas in their hearts?
After the game, this is just an appetizer.
After the game, first Brother Alphabet rushed to the locker room passage to trouble the Pacers staff despite the pull of the staff, and then the players of the two teams got together to argue, and Brother Alphabet even faced Haliburton. Antetokounmpo asked Haliburton to get him the ball back, but the rest of the Pacers coaxed him and refused.
And it's all because of a ball.
Brother Alphabet scored a career-high 64 points, and also set a team record, and he wants to use the ball in the game as a memorial, which is normal and the "unspoken rule" of the NBA. The Pacers got the ball because rookie Oscar Hibwe scored for the first time in his career, and the Pacers also have a tradition of giving the ball to players who scored their first career points.
After the game, Brother Alphabet said: I have never gotten the match ball, not even in the 2021 finals G6;The ball I got today didn't look like a match ball either. It feels like a brand new ball. I can tell. I played for 35 minutes today?I know what it was like to play with the ball today.
Pacers coach Carlisle said that the Pacers staff actually took the spare ball, not the game ball.
So, who exactly got the match ball?
Judging from the reports of many reporters and the scene, this incident is probably an oolong.
The incident sparked a clash when Brother Alphabet was dissatisfied with the Pacers staff for taking the basketball.
Judging from the footage, after the game, Lillard made a three-pointer, after which the Bucks' security personnel took the game ball from the referee. After the security personnel got the ball, they handed it to the Bucks staff as soon as possible, and then walked to the Bucks bench.
Brother Alphabet saw the Pacers staff take the basketball at that time, thinking that he was robbing the basketball in the hands of his own team staff, so he stepped forward to question. Maybe the Pacers staff ignored Brother Alphabet, and then Brother Alphabet rushed into the player's tunnel, after the game, Carlisle said in an interview that the Pacers staff took the spare ball.
The finale was supplemented by Haynes of the Athletic, and the Bucks' security personnel retrieved the game ball for Antetokounmpo.
However, the beams of the two teams are likely to be knotted.
First, Portis clashed with Nesmith and Toppin, and then the Pacers thought that Brother Alphabet scored at the last moment, and finally there was a "ball grabbing storm", looking forward to the next two teams to meet again.