On May 2, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued, the Eastern Conference semifinals officially began, and the Celtics and bucks began to play. The Eastern Conference Semifinals G1 was played at home to the Celtics, but the Greens failed to win at home. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Green Army 101-89 and won the Opening Reds of the Eastern Conference Semifinals!
The Bucks were the champions last season and the strength is really quite good. In the face of boos from the Green Army's home fans, the Bucks won the game steadily. In this campaign, the shooting performance of the alphabet brother is relatively sluggish, only 9 goals were hit in 25 shots, and the shooting rate was 36%, but the alphabet brother still cut the triple-double data. In this game, Alphabet Brother had 24 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists, and also had 2 blocks. The plus-minus value is as high as +23, ranking first in the whole field. I have to say that The Alphabet Brother is indeed the main backbone of the bucks!
Holliday also did well, with 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. Of course, if you want to win the Eastern Conference semifinals G1 at the opponent's home stadium, it is not enough to rely on Alphabet Brother and Holliday alone. Basketball is a team sport, when the alphabet brother and Holliday have excellent offensive performance, other Bucks players do their jobs to help the Bucks to consolidate the lead, the Bucks can successfully win the opening.
On the other hand, the Green Army, which is sitting at home, is a little anxious and flustered. In fact, the green army's performance at the beginning was not bad, the first quarter of the game, Brown was directly separated alphabet brother, which also made the green army fans cheer up. However, this still did not affect the play of the alphabet brother, and the Green Army has never been able to find a way to counter the alphabet brother on the inside line. In the end, the Green Army still let the alphabet brother cut down three doubles, how to limit the alphabet brother? This is also a problem that the Green Army needs to pay attention to next.
The Green Army's loss at home is closely related to Tatum's slump. In this campaign, Tatum failed to play the dominance of the first round of the series, although he had 21 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, but Tatum shot 6 of 18 and shot only 33% from the field. When Tatum's shot failed, the other starters failed to step up. Brown shot 4-of-13 and shot 30.7 percent from the field. Smart shot 3-of-11 from the field and shot 27.2 percent from the field. It can be seen that the Green Army is really unable to lose the game.
Today, the Bucks lead the Greens 1-0. According to the schedule, the two-side series G2 will be played at 7am on May 4, when it will still be played at the home of the Green Army. The Bucks naturally want to expand the lead, and the Green Army wants to take back a city, I believe that it will be another fierce battle, depending on the adjustment ability of both sides!