pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 569 Repelling Milwaukee
Thompson Jr. rested off the court for a full 8 minutes, the fiery touch has long since disappeared, and his first shot attempt when he came back ended with a strike.

As a guard whose main scoring method is shooting, touch is very important. Originally, Thompson Jr. came back with the idea of ​​saving the team, but as the Heat gradually entered a state of dominance, the Bucks seemed to be very difficult to parry.

"The game is gone." The game has just reached the second quarter, and the famous Milwaukee Bucks Giannis gave very negative remarks in the commentary. After all, the Heat have a winning rate of 98% when they are leading this season. They know how to expand their lead.

If the previous Heat team still had a certain breakthrough in the power forward position, then Crowder's return will completely make up for the Heat's only loophole.

Claude and Gaia are simply an excellent combination of insiders.

Gaia's ability to protect the frame can give the opponent the biggest threat to the penalty area, forcing the opponent to expand to a larger range to attack, and the shooting rate at positions farther from the basket will decrease accordingly.

Crowder's mobility and huge defensive spread make him the most defensive deterrent player on the Heat team, even far surpassing Gaia, because he can not only build barriers inside, but also pull out to the outside for defense. With his reaction and defensive awareness, he can completely reduce the opponent's shooting rate by at least 10 percentage points.

Under the restrictions of these two people, Thompson had no room to play at all. He only took 4 shots in the first quarter, setting a record for the lowest single-quarter shot of the season, and his 4 shots attempts were only exchanged for one goal, and his shooting percentage was only 25%.

The Thompson brothers are the benchmark for the Bucks. If neither of them perform well, the Bucks will basically lose the power to fight against their opponents.

So, the Bucks collapsed!In one quarter, the Thompson brothers only scored 5 points in total, while the Bucks only scored 13 points in the second quarter. Their opponent, the Miami Heat scored 32 points in a single quarter, establishing a nearly 30-point lead in one fell swoop.

"They're nothing short of monsters!"

The Heat's starting five all scored in double figures, and they all scored around 14 or 15 points. The scoring data is not very scary, but their horror can be fully reflected from another set of data.

The Heat scored a total of 37 goals in the half, 32 of which came from direct assists between teammates. They played more holistically and the ball flow was also very good.

The data comparison on rebounds is 31:7! ! !This data is so shocking. The Bucks only grabbed 7 rebounds in the half, and all of them were backcourt rebounds without exception, which means that they never encountered a single rebound in the Heat's half.

It's all thanks to Crowder and Gaia protecting the rebound.

"It was an extremely bad half."

The performance of the Bucks' "0" offensive rebounds makes it difficult to associate them with a team in the second round of the playoffs. While complaining about the Bucks' rebounds, people gradually realized the true horror of this Heat team.

Rebounds are like the lifeline of a team. If you control the rebounds, you can control the direction of the game. Obviously, the Bucks have lost control of the game.

And what they lost was not just this game, it is very likely that they lost the entire series.

Behind by 30 points, there is basically no hope of a comeback, but if they cannot find a way to control the rebounds in the subsequent games, this round of the series will become very difficult and will be a very tormenting process.

In the second half, the Bucks failed to organize an effective counterattack, but the Heat played an epic third quarter. Mu Chenfeng made 3 three-pointers in the third quarter, Barrett completed 4 dunks, Wade sent 7 assists, Gaia gave the opponent 4 blocks, and Claude grabbed 6 rebounds.

After the third quarter, the Heat's starting five scored 20+ points. This is an unprecedented scene in the history of the playoffs. A team has five players scoring 20+ points at the same time.

The Heat's other role players were the icing on the cake. After three quarters, the Heat took a 50-point lead. In the final quarter, all five starters sat on the bench and watched the rest of the game.

The last quarter was a good opportunity for the Bucks to chase points. However, when they were behind by 50 points, chasing points seemed meaningless, so the Bucks also replaced all the main players, and the two sides played with a lineup of all substitutes.

In the end, the Heat defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 137:84 at home, opening the series with a slaughter.

After the game, the players of the Bucks almost collapsed, and a huge conflict broke out in the locker room, which made the relationship within the team even more tense, and some players even chose to strike.

After the turmoil, the Bucks could only face the second game with a 9-man lineup.

Due to the big loss in the first game, the atmosphere in the team was almost broken, which made it difficult for the Bucks to get motivated. Although the Thompson brothers regained some touch in the second game and scored 17 points and 15 points respectively, this performance is obviously not the data that a core player should hand over. Instead, a substitute player stepped out of the bench and scored a career-high 31 points.

121:89, another rout.

The Bucks have completely lost their momentum. The Heat even rested some of their main players in the last two games, and still won easily. It was another "4-0" and swept the Bucks to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Throughout the second round, the Heat's starting five only played three games, and they all gained a lot in terms of personal data. Rondo also took advantage of this opportunity to give the players more time to adjust to deal with the upcoming games.

In the Eastern Conference finals, the Heat will meet the Nets, and a fierce battle is inevitable.

The conference finals on the Western side were also finalized, and the Lakers and the Mavericks successfully joined forces.

The Eastern Conference Finals between the Heat and the Nets is obviously more interesting, because the two teams have had a long-standing grievance, and during the transaction, the Nets also traded strong players. They recruited former MVP star Kaos from the European League.

Chaos has been playing in the European League before this season. Although he is a native American, he went to Europe early due to his family, which led to his style of play full of the toughness of European players, but there is also no lack of delicate skills.

The 31-year-old Kaos is the only "three consecutive MVP" player in the European League.

(End of this chapter)