+29, +24 and +15. The Bucks take advantage of their current “road trip” to distribute the spankings, with three games against the Blazers, the Clippers and the Lakers finished with more than 130 points scored, and especially three wins.
In these three games, Milwaukee also displays an impressive 46% 3-point success, with 57 cumulative outside shots. Bobby Portis (15/22), Pat Connaughton (9/18) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (8/12) found the target particularly well, which necessarily made things easier for Milwaukee.
“Obviously, when you put the shots, the game becomes easier, and everything looks better”, confirmed the “Greek Freak”author of his first 11 shots against the Lakers, and a 17/20 in total. “I know that I’m going to find inner motivations, that I’m going to try to get in the key, that I’m going to try to involve my teammates, that I’m going to do hand-to-hands, cuts to the circle, that I’m going to try to go on the offensive rebound, on the throw line. I know I will do all of this. It takes a lot of effort but sometimes when you start shooting, you feel better and you defend better. “
Is this enormous address the only reason for the current form displayed by Milwaukee, at the heart of a strange season for the defending champions, who have struggled to chain successes?
“The key is our rhythm”assures Khris Middleton. “Already, our defense has been better lately. So being able to make those stops and get back to our habits on the counter-attack is essential for us in order to space out the field, allow our guys to attack the circle and do what they know how to do. And then we play for each other. We have so many players who can dribble and score, but who are also selfless and know who to pass the ball to at the right time. It’s hard to defend when you play like that. “
Especially since Jrue Holiday, inconstant like his team, also finds his best form.
“He’s had the ball in hand for two games in a row in the last quarter”confirms Mike Budenholzer on his leader. “He sees the right thing to do. The guys play well around him. We have Giannis who is such a threat to cut and go to the circle, Bobby in the corners, Khris and Grayson who space play in the center and all that stuff. Giving Jrue space, like Giannis and Khris, usually creates good things. “
Returning to 2nd place in the East (35 wins – 21 losses), the Bucks will see if this improvement is not only due to opponents in difficulty during their next game. Tomorrow night, the defending champions challenge the Suns, in Arizona, for a remake of the last Finals.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | 45 | 32.5 | 53.6 | 29.5 | 72.5 | 1.8 | 9.4 | 11.2 | 5.9 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 28.9 |
| Khris Middleton | 43 | 31.8 | 44.2 | 38.0 | 88.5 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 19.4 |
| Jrue Holiday | 42 | 32.7 | 50.2 | 39.6 | 76.0 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 18.0 |
| Bobby Portis | 46 | 28.7 | 48.8 | 42.2 | 77.0 | 2.6 | 6.5 | 9.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 15.4 |
| Grayson Allen | 45 | 28.2 | 42.5 | 39.3 | 87.0 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 11.7 |
| Pat Connaughton | 52 | 27.3 | 47.3 | 41.4 | 81.1 | 0.7 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 10.2 |
| Demarcus Cousins | 17 | 16.9 | 46.6 | 27.1 | 81.6 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.7 | 9.1 |
| Brook Lopez | 1 | 28.2 | 33.3 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 |
| Jordan Nwora | 42 | 19.2 | 40.8 | 36.6 | 76.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 8.0 |
| Greg Monroe | 2 | 14.8 | 53.8 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 7.5 |
| Donte Divincenzo | 16 | 20.1 | 32.4 | 28.6 | 88.0 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 7.1 |
| george hill | 41 | 25.5 | 43.6 | 31.6 | 96.0 | 0.9 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
| Wesley Matthews | 26 | 19.6 | 41.9 | 34.8 | 60.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| Sandro Mamukelashvili | 29 | 10.1 | 43.9 | 38.5 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 3.3 |
| Rodney Hood | 39 | 14.9 | 35.1 | 30.0 | 92.9 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Thanasis Antetokounmpo | 32 | 10.8 | 45.8 | 9.1 | 62.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 |
| Semi Ojeleye | 20 | 15.4 | 25.7 | 26.8 | 76.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.9 |
| justin robinson | 17 | 11.6 | 31.6 | 27.0 | 100.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| Lindell Wigginton | 5 | 4.9 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Ja’vonte Smart | 13 | 12.3 | 25.6 | 22.2 | 83.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 2.4 |
| Georgios Kalaitzakis | 9 | 5.3 | 45.5 | 50.0 | 44.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.8 |
| Langston Galloway | 3 | 16.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Javin Delaurier | 1 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Luke Kornet | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Jeff Dowtin | 1 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
