The dark horses in the East fell, with Antetokounmpo 28 7 7, Brunson 36 7, and the Bucks roaring for seven straight wins
Beijing time, the New York Knicks sit on their home court to face the Milwaukee Bucks in an NBA game. Before the start of this game, the Bucks lost 21-7, in the last six games, they have won six games, compared to the beginning of the year, the strength of the Bucks has improved a lot, Lillard is more perfect to adapt to this team, and the cooperation with Brother Alphabet is more tacit, the Bucks have also completed a metamorphosis, from a defensive player, to an offensive player. They averaged 124 per gameWith 4 points, he ranks second in the league, while they are shooting 49 from the field8%, which is also the second best in the league, and their attack efficiency is also 1202, ranked 3rd in the league. Even with an attacking team, the Bucks are still a strong contender for the title.
Regarding the Bucks' recent excellent play, he said: "We're going to do better, we're doing well at the moment, but we need to continue to improve. "Everyone's purpose should be the same, sometimes that's it, sometimes it's like that. And then our genius saved us. It's great to have a high level of talent and to be able to win in a bad game. However, we still have a long way to go. The Knicks, on the other hand, ranked fifth in this round of the regular season with a score of 16-11, and the Knicks are the biggest dark horse on this team, they don't have any luxurious players, only one Randle, who is not very famous, but they have a rising star - Brunson. Brunson is considered to be the most underappreciated Knicks at the moment, and he has a very solid scoring performance.
The Knicks have Barrett, Hartenstein, Brunson, DiVincenzo, Randle. For the Bucks, the starters were: Beasley, Middleton, Lopez, Lillard, and Antetokounmpo. The Knicks jumped to score and grabbed the ball, Brunson changed direction and entered the restricted area, easily scored two points, and scored the first ball of the game, Beasley withstood the opponent's defense and scored a layup, Harten forced a layup without any trace, Brunson used his cover and shot a three-pointer, so did Lillard, Brunson made a stop on the free throw line, three points in a row, and so did Randle, Beasley made three points in the open space and hit a three-point shot.
At the beginning of the first half, the gap between the two sides was huge, but in the second half, the Bucks took the initiative, Beasley made three consecutive three-pointers, plus three three-pointers from Antetokounmpo, and the Bucks had a 36-27 advantage, suppressing the Knicks to nine points. At the beginning of the second quarter, Brother Alphabet was like a cannonball, directly into the basket, Grimes jumped into the basket, Randle turned around, forced a breakthrough, and another 2+1, Portis broke through the defense line and hit a one-handed shot, Randle jumped on the free throw line, two free throws in a row, Quickley scored two points in the middle of the free throw line, and Portis counterattacked in the back jump.
In the second quarter, the gap between the two teams was not very large, the Bucks still occupied a 10-point advantage, Brunson hit a three-point shot at the buzzer, after halftime, the Bucks had a 62-54 advantage, an 8-point advantage, in the first half Brunson 21-21, and his 11 points were 11 points ahead of the Knicks. Brunson scored a mid-range shot, kicking off the third quarter, Lillard broke through quickly, jumped to the basket and hit 2+1, Lillard hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, Brother Alphabet was also 2+1, the Bucks hit more and more fiercely, pulling the score apart, DiVincenzo's three-point shot, the Knicks pulled one back, however, Brother Alphabet's offense was more ferocious, and he made a layup again, and also added a free throw.
Lillard was also in much better shape than in the first half, and at the end of the third quarter, the Bucks had a 100-87 advantage, the Knicks 13-13, and at the beginning of the second half, the Bucks 11-0 extended the gap to 22 points, but the Knicks could not further open the gap, and the suspense of the game ended, and finally the Bucks defeated the Knicks 130-111 to achieve seven wins.
The Bucks had 28 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists and Giannis Antetokounmpo;Bobby Portis 23. 11 rebounds, 2 steals. Chris Middleton had 20 points, five rebounds, five assists. Damian Lillard had 19 9 rebounds and 7 assists, and Malik Beasley had 19 6 rebounds;Pat Connaughton, 8 rebounds, 8 rebounds. Cameron Payne, 8;Brook Lopez had 5 rebounds and 3 rebounds. For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson had 36 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists. 26 8 rebounds, Julius Randle;RJ Barrett, 13 with 7 rebounds. 12 rebounds, 13 rebounds, Isaiah Hartenstein;11 points from Donte DiVincenzo;Seven goals came from Emmanuel Quickley.