The East and West Champions and Runners-up meet
The Milwaukee Bucks, who have won just one of the last four games and lost five of the last seven, show just how important Holliday is to this Bucks. However, this game, the Bucks have ushered in a good opponent, that is, last season's Eastern Conference Finals opponent Atlanta Hawks. As the dark horse of the East last season, the Hawks have not been in good shape this season, and recently suffered five consecutive defeats, ranking twelfth in the East.
Capela and Bogdanovic are both unable to play due to injuries, which undoubtedly makes the Hawks worse. In order to beat the Milwaukee Bucks led by Alphabet Brother, Trae Young must play a superstar performance, or the team blossoms more, only in this way can help the team end the losing streak, but the Bucks will not be so easy to defeat the opponent.
The Bucks are weak in their future
The Hawks, who played at home, felt very bad, Trae Young scored 7 points in the first quarter of 5 shots 3, without an assist, very rare, the whole team naturally only had 17 points to score, while the Bucks scored 26 points, of which Middleton had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Alphabet Brother 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. After returning from the second quarter, the Eagles finally found their touch, Trae Young sent 6 assists in a single quarter, and the team also scored 33 points, but the point difference between the two teams is still expanding relentlessly.
Middleton had another 7 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, and Alphabet Brother had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and under the leadership of the two cores, the Bucks exploded 36 points in a single quarter, leading the Hawks by 12 points at the end of the half. In the second half, the Eagles blossomed more points, Hunter and Collins both scored 9 points, leading the team to 33 points in a single quarter, while the Bucks Middleton had 11 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist, but alphabet brother 2 shots 0, only relying on free throws to get 5 points and 2 assists, the Eagles successfully narrowed the point difference to 5 points.
In the final quarter of the game, the Eagles continued to chase points, Trae Young threw a shot to narrow the gap to 3 points, and then Gallinari scored two free throws and a three-pointer, scoring five consecutive points to successfully surpass. Then the Hawks gained the upper hand and continued to extend the lead, and Trae Young also hit a three-pointer, but Portis immediately returned the color. With the team trailing by 7 points, Brother Alphabet chose to go to the basket to get 2 points, obviously, to no avail. The Hawks eventually reversed the Bucks 121-114 to end a five-game losing streak.
The Hawks ended a 5-game losing streak
As the Second Place in the East last season, the Hawks have been very bad this season, but fortunately this victory did not come late, helping them end a 5-game losing streak and regain their confidence. Six members of the team scored in double figures, and Trae Young had 30 points, 2 rebounds and 11 assists, which is still a star-level performance. Hunter also had 20 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, Collins 16 points and 12 rebounds, Okonwu 12 points and 8 rebounds, Hult 13 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, gallinari on the bench, 16 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, very efficient.
The Bucks lost again, the last loss to the Toronto Raptors, this one to the Atlanta Hawks, or reversed by the opponent, it is really regrettable. Alphabet brother rare crotch, facing the Eagles' forward group, appeared powerless, only 27 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-20 shooting, as well as 5 turnovers and 4 fouls, plus-minus -17 the team's first to last. In the last game against the Raptors, the alphabet brother only shot 6 of 17, and it is obvious that he who did not shoot was afraid of this team with many forward players.
In the face of such a game, it is also necessary to look at the technical flow of Middleton, who has 34 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists on 11 of 22 shooting, unfortunately, he is still powerless to return to the sky. Portis had 13 points and 13 rebounds, while Connaughton had 14 points, six rebounds and two assists on 5-of-6 shooting. After losing the game, the Bucks fell to fifth place in the East, just 0.5 wins ahead of the 76ers.