The NBA Finals continues today, and the Bucks continue to play at home with the Suns G4. In the last game, the Bucks beat the Suns at home by 20 points, tying the series to 1-2. For them, in this game, they are bound to tie the total score, and the Suns want to get the match point as soon as possible to avoid long nights. .
The two sides played very anxiously in this game. The score was intertwined, and it was never completely pulled apart. The Bucks did not exert their strength until the fourth quarter, and hit an offensive climax in the final stage. Lectra beat the Suns to tie the series at 2-22.
Bryant possessed, Booker bottomed out
The reason why the Suns lost the last game was Booker who should take the blame. He only scored 10 points on 4 of 13 shots in G3. As a disciple of Mamba , Booker bottomed out and exploded today! Kobe is generally possessed, and the various offensive actions on the field make people vaguely see the shadow of the old Ke.
In the first half of the game, he played 21 minutes, made 8 of 15 shots, and scored 20 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists. In the third quarter, I entered the ZONE mode offensive end to ask for anything, three-pointers, mid-range shots, breakthroughs, and free throws were all proficient in martial arts! In a single quarter, he made 7 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, and scored 18 points! Help the team lead into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter, he was on the court with 5 fouls and fought to the last minute!
Booker went shopping for 38 minutes in the whole game, made 17 of 28 shots, all two-pointers, 8 of 9 free throws, and scored the highest 42 points, but unfortunately he was powerless.
After this battle, Booker also set four records:
1, He became the fifth player under the age of 24 to score at least 30 points in the finals multiple times since 2000. The other four players are: Kobe, Wade, Durant, Irving.
2, scored 38 points in three quarters, the player with the second highest score in three quarters in the past 25 finals, the first is Curry 's 40 points.
3. Booker is the second player in the past 24 years to score 18 or more points on 100 percent shooting in a single quarter, the first being Clay .
4, players under the age of 25, 40+ in a single game in the finals, Booker is the eighth player in NBA history!
Paul sluggish state, fatal error
As a dual-core Sun outside line, Booker played well in this field, but Paul fell off the chain. Under the Bucks' targeted defense, Paul failed to play the offense like the previous two finals. In the first half, he made only 1 of 4 shots, scored 2 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists, and made 2 turnovers at the same time.
In the last 40 seconds of the fourth quarter, Paul dribbled the ball around the screen to break through, and the ball was thrown directly and made a fatal mistake. Holiday steals the fast break and gives Middleton a layup, completely killing the game.
Paul played 36 minutes in the whole game, made 5 of 13 shots, scored 10 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists, and made 5 turnovers at the same time. This is also his worst game in the playoffs this year!
Ayton Offensive struggle
Ayton, one of the Big Three Suns, also played quite depressed today. The playing time was always scattered, and the offensive end did not receive many passes from his teammates and did not eat enough. pie.
In the whole game, Dunbao made only 9 shots, made 3 of 9 shots, scored 6 points, plus 17 rebounds and 3 blocks, which was far inferior to the performance of the previous three games.
Halledy attacked and pulled his crotch and made great defensive contributions
Hao Ledi, who finally played a normal game in the last game, pulled his crotch again today. In the first quarter of the game, Holiday missed all of his first five shots and didn't score an empty basket until his sixth shot.
The audience Holiday played badly on the offensive end, scoring 4 of 20 shots and 0 of 5 three-pointers with only 13 points. Just by looking at the offense, you'd think he's not worth 40 million at all.
But the Bucks gave him 40 million, 10 million for offense, and 30 million for defense.
Holiday led the defense against Paul and Booker throughout the game. He grabbed 2 offensive rebounds in a row at a critical moment, winning a second offense for the Bucks, and completed the winning steal against Paul. Got 7 rebounds (4 offensive rebounds) and 3 steals. Win the victory for the team by making defensive contributions.
Antetokounmpo key block, stable output
Antetokounmpo, who has stably output in the first three games of the finals, continues his MVP-level performance today. In this campaign, he played 43 minutes in , made 11 of 19 shots, 4 of 8 free throws, and scored the second-highest 26 points in the team, plus 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. All-around data.
At the last critical moment of the fourth quarter, the cover of Ayton's alley-oop dunk was completed.
Against Booker, Middleton's first hero
In the face of Booker's crazy score, the Bucks can still win the game today, and the first person to be rewarded for merit is that man: Middleton!
shows the true character of a hero at the critical moment! Today, Middleton again in the fourth quarter. In the last few minutes of the game, no one else in the Bucks could score. He was the only one who stood up and scored 4 points in a row to help the team tie and overtake the score. Succeeded, and finally made two free throws to completely kill the game.
It is worth mentioning that in the last 2 minutes and 35 seconds of the game, Middleton scored 10 points by himself, while the opposing Suns only scored 4 points.
In this campaign, Middleton played 43 minutes, shot 15 of 33, 8 of 3, 7 of 8 free throws, contributed 40 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Set a career record for the playoffs.
5 hit 8, the referee 4 major disputes and penalties
Today's game referee whistled, can be said to be full of controversy, Whether it is the sun or the Bucks, there is unfair treatment. The following four major blows are the most controversial, and they all appear in the fourth quarter.
Tucker Out of bounds, Booker was furious
In the fourth quarter, Booker singled against Tucker with the ball on the left side. During the breakthrough, the ball touched Tucker and went out of bounds. As a result, the referee did not hesitate to award the ball to the Bucks. Booker was furious and demanded The challenge is played back, but Monty does not choose the challenge.
ClaudeThe real actor
The sun made an attack at the end, Claude was going to step forward to cover for Paul, Connaughton chased after the cover and made slight physical contact with him Claude stumbled directly to the backcourt The actor's -level acting skills! The referee whistled Connaughton for a push foul, which made him look incredible.
PortisOut of bounds, giving the Bucks the ball
The Bucks attacked in the fourth quarter, Antetokounmpo fought for the ball with the opponent, after jumping to the ball, put the ball into the hands of teammate Portis, and Portis was in The sun did not get the ball under the interference of the sun, and the ball was directly allocated, and the referee still gave the ball to the Bucks.
Booker fouled Holiday, the referee said nothing
At that time, Antetokounmpo made a defensive steal and fought two against Holiday on the fast break. After Holiday took off, Booker hugged him directly in the air, but the referee did not blow the whistle, so Holiday could only pass the ball backwards. , and then Antetokounmpo picked up the ball and scored!
At this time, Booker has already committed 5 fouls. If Booker fouls the ball, he will leave the field with 6 fouls. The referee is also merciful!
So this kind of whistleblower is really incomprehensible, and the audience is 5 out of 8! Did the referee want the Bucks to win? Or want the sun to win?
After the game ended today, the two sides returned to the same starting line. The best-of-7 game became a best-of-3-game game. In the next game, Tianwangshan will return to the home of the Phoenix Suns. Let's wait and see whether Paul can get back to his state and whether the Bucks can continue to win!
