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After a while, the second quarter officially started, and players from both sides entered the field.

The Lakers have James, Boucher, Dyke, Johnson and Big Eyebrows, while the Bucks have Antetokounmpo, Matthews, Grayson Allen, Portis and Holiday!

After seeing the Bucks' lineup, Vogel's face froze slightly. He didn't expect the Bucks to re-enter a five-small lineup.

You must know that the five small lineups were the killer of the Bucks in the last championship season, but this season, the number of the five small lineups for the Bucks has become less and less.

The biggest reason is the departure of Di Vincenzo and PJ-Tucker. You must know that these two people have played a very important role in the Bucks' five small lineups!

But now, the Bucks want a veteran like Matthews to replace the role of pj-Tucker and Di Vincenzo. This idea is very unrealistic. Therefore, the Bucks rarely use five small lineups this season!

But I didn't expect that against the Lakers today, the Bucks actually played another five-small lineup.

Is this another delusion experiment by Bucks coach Budenholzer?
In Vogel's view, this lineup is simply full of loopholes!
If you want to talk about the advantages of this lineup, it is that they can buy time for their second leader Middleton.

After all, at the last moment, Middleton will often play the role of the key attacker!

Thinking of this, Vogel shook his head slightly. Middleton must not be given a rest time. In this second quarter, the Bucks must be beaten to the point of collapse and hurt the Bucks!
Vogel gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and yelled at James on the field:
"Hey James!!"

After attracting James' attention, Vogel made a "3" gesture to James with his right hand.

Seeing Vogel's gesture, James nodded emphatically to show that he understood.

After that, as the referee blew the whistle, the Bucks sent a baseline ball, and Holiday advanced to the frontcourt with the ball.

The Lakers quickly switched to a one-on-one defensive formation. James faced Antetokounmpo head-on, Boucher defended Portis, and Big Eyebrow, who had a relatively large defense range, defended Matthews.

Matthews' movement speed is slow, and his offensive ability with the ball is average. Although Brother Nongmei has a higher center of gravity than him, he can easily cover Matthews with the advantage of his height and long arms.

Moreover, Matthews's three-pointers are also relatively unstable, and Brother Nongmei can defend him and can provide the Lakers with maximum assistance in defense!

I have to say that Vogel does have a set of defensive strategies. This defensive strategy magnifies the defensive advantages of every player on the Lakers, and everyone on the Bucks is very uncomfortable!

Facing the same outstanding physical talent and strong physical fitness, Antetokounmpo struggled to get into the paint.

What's more, even if he gets into the paint, the Lakers still have a Deckard with excellent top defense ability, and two Boucher and Big Eyebrows with strong defense ability!
You must know that although Antetokounmpo is an expensive Greek monster with both offense and defense, his ability to play the ball is limited.

Although Antetokounmpo's passing ability is not bad, but compared to his powerful offensive ability, it seems a bit average.

There is even a famous scene where a pass hits Harden's face!
In this way, under the high-pressure defensive strategy of the Lakers, Antetokounmpo's efficiency is indeed much lower.

And Antetokounmpo's teammates did not take the initiative to stand up for Antetokounmpo.

First of all, the main player of this lineup is Holiday. His defense is indeed top-notch, but he lacks some top-notch skills on the offensive end. Facing the tall and long Johnson, Holiday's efficiency is not very high.

As for his other teammates, Portis, Matthews and Grayson Allen, the three of them have even more limited ability to hold the ball, and they didn't perform very well against the Lakers' defense!
On the other hand, the Lakers are indeed playing better and better.

The Lakers with five strikers can be said to be a combination of offense and defense. Each of the five strikers has the ability to shoot three-pointers, which makes James play very comfortably. Once the five-out lineup is opened, James faces the defense of the Bucks , playing very comfortably.

Although Antetokounmpo's defense against James is good, but Antetokounmpo's other teammates are really not enough to defend James.

As long as James calls a pick-and-roll to replace Antetokounmpo, James can break through as he pleases.

If the Bucks don't switch defenses when facing the pick-and-roll, James will directly take advantage of their delays to make three-pointers and hit frequently.

If they switch defenses, James will go directly to the inside. As long as he enters the inside, whether it is a layup or attracting help defenses to score outside, James is familiar with these tasks.

As far as this set of sudden points system is simple, it is indeed the most suitable system for James. It is simple and efficient.

Almost the ball can hit the Bucks' goal.

In this way, at the middle of the second quarter, the head coach of the Bucks finally couldn't sit still, and quickly called a timeout for substitutions.

Put Middleton back on the court and replace Matthews.

Obviously, the Bucks still want to play a small five, Antetokounmpo + Middleton + Holiday, the Big Three of the Bucks, plus Portis and Grayson Allen, two more functional players.

It has to be said that as soon as Middleton came on the court, the Bucks' offensive and defensive ends instantly improved a lot. Middleton's defense is better than Matthews, and his excellent singles ability can also share some pressure for Antetokounmpo .

However, it was too late to bring Middleton to the court at this time. At this time, the Bucks were already 14 points behind!
It is really difficult for Middleton to smooth out such a difference.