After winning two consecutive games and ending the road trip, the Bucks, who are second in the East, returned to home back-to-back and were challenged by the Clippers, who also played back-to-back and ranked eighth in the West.
In terms of the Bucks, alphabet brother + Holliday + Middleton are absent at the same time, and whether the Bucks, who are missing major generals in this campaign, can defend the home court will undoubtedly face a huge test.
On the other hand, on the Clippers side, Paul George + Reggie Jackson + Maurice Jr. hung up the exemption card, and whether the clippers, who were also remnants, could withstand the pressure would obviously be in a bitter battle!
However, after 4 quarters of competition, with the excellent play of Kennard + Kofi, the Clippers, who were mainly anti-guests, overpowered the Bucks in the first half and achieved an 11-point lead.
Coupled with the return of the second half, The third quarter of Covington ushered in an outbreak, and the Clippers took advantage of the momentum to expand the point difference to 26 points in one fell swoop, which also made the suspense of the final quarter early.
In the end, the Clippers also beat the Bucks 153-119 on the road, which was worth the trip and also gave the opponent Bucks a 34-point defeat!
In this game away from home, the Clippers can be described as all soldiers, playing a 6-man scoring double-double, multi-point blossoming team offensive, and winning a 34-point victory.
In the case of the main forces such as Terrance Mann + Zubac + Hardten, each performing their duties, the play of Kennard + Kofi + Covington, who jointly cut 98 points, is particularly critical!
Kennard remained steady in the game, playing 31 minutes in the opening game, and on 8-of-15 shooting, he delivered a brilliant performance of 23 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, and there was no personal error.
Among them, in the second quarter, his heroic performance of scoring 12 points in a single quarter not only helped the Clippers smoothly open up the point difference, but also laid a solid foundation for the team's big victory!
In addition, although there has been no chance before, the play of Tigers Kofi in this game also played a crucial role.
Kofi was very efficient, shooting more than 60% of the 10-out-of-16 shooting in the game, and contributed 32 points+ 6 rebounds + 7 assists + 4 steals.
At the same time, after the whole game, Kofi, who was in a hot state, did not make a mistake personally, and it can be said that with his highly efficient personal performance, he successfully affected the trend of the game!
Of course, the Clippers were able to beat the Bucks in this game, and the performance of Robert Covington, who was in danger, was also indispensable.
In this game, Covington was in full swing, starting 45 minutes, shooting 11 three-pointers on 15-of-24 shooting, and bombing a game-high 43 points, plus 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
And he scored 33 points in the entire second half, providing the Clippers with powerful firepower at the same time, but also almost single-handedly, dominating both ends of the attack and defense, and bursting the bucks' overall defense line!
More importantly, with only 8 players to play, the remnant Clippers scored 153 points in a single game, which also set a new record single-game scoring record in team history and played a record game!
On the other hand, on the Bucks side, the team collapsed at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of this game, and finally swallowed the 34-point rout of the game performance, which obviously made it difficult for the home fans to accept.
After all, in the case of Portis + Jordan Walla playing well and cutting 20+ at the same time, the team's three-point shooting of only 8 of 25 three-pointers, as well as the overall sluggish performance on the defensive end, is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory!
Rationally speaking, for the Bucks, in the absence of the main players on both sides, the Bucks' performance in the depth of the lineup, this game can be described as the Clippers' explosion.
Obviously, as a defending champion, the strength of such a game, for the Bucks, is undoubtedly to make the team suffer a big blow on the next road to defending the title!