“” Listen, if a team can come back from a 3-1, that's it. It is clearly far from over. At the end of the meeting, Kevin Porter Jr. is one of the few to display such a conviction Bucks side. Because the atmosphere is rather collective gloom after a difficult evening against Pacers on several levels.
The first statements logically go to Damian Lillard, whose possible rupture of the Achilles tendon after a few minutes of play, a lot of minds. And then there is above all this defeat, this heavy defeat, the third conceded in this series which plunges the local team by the precipice.
Last night, the men of Doc Rivers were helpless in the face of the offensive striking force opposite. “” You cannot leave a shooting team at 60% on shots and 46% at 3-point. It doesn't matter who is on the ground. We can (Also) Being a better attack team. It was hard to look at what happened (Lillard)but these things cannot happen either “, The coach is annoyed whose training seemed to be outdated defensively.
Better spacing wanted
Lillard's injury should induce to readjust his five. Rivers says he ” confidence in all guys “, But with regard to the series, Kevin Porter Jr. would make a natural candidate to recover a place in the five. “” We have to find the right rotation for this group “Note the coach, insisting on generating a” best spacing “, While respecting” a better defensive plan ».
Highlighting the resilience of his group, the technician recalls obviousness: “ We have an exceptional player with Giannis (Antetokounmpo), We're going to play around him. We will adapt the system around it. A necessity with regard to this series during which Greek runs at 34 points on average, but receives little support overall.
After caught fire in the previous match, Gary Trent Jr. did not confirm this night (6 points) at all. Porter Jr. and Bobby Portis were rare to bring something on the bench, while the other holders almost did not bring. “” We must remain faithful to our principles, to our game plan. I know that our coaches have good resources to develop a good game plan so that we are the best possible », Hope Portis.
Bucks no longer have the choice to be during this trip to Indiana. In the event of defeat on Tuesday, it will be an early elimination likely to generate an eventful off -season in Milwaukee.
| Shots | Rebound | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | Lf | Off | Def | Early | PD | COP | Int | Ct | Fte | Pts |
| Giannis antetokounmpo | 67 | 34.2 | 60.1 | 22.2 | 61.7 | 2.2 | 9.7 | 11.9 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 30.4 |
| Damian Lillard | 58 | 36.1 | 44.8 | 37.6 | 92.1 | 0.5 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 7.1 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 24.9 |
| Kyle Kuzma | 33 | 31.8 | 45.5 | 33.3 | 66.3 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 14.5 |
| Bobby Portis | 49 | 25.4 | 46.6 | 36.5 | 83.6 | 1.8 | 6.6 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 13.9 |
| Brook Lopez | 80 | 31.8 | 50.9 | 37.3 | 82.6 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 13.0 |
| Khris Middleton | 23 | 23.2 | 51.2 | 40.7 | 84.8 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 12.6 |
| Kevin Porter, Jr. | 30 | 19.9 | 49.4 | 40.8 | 87.1 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 11.7 |
| Gary Trent, Jr. | 74 | 25.6 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 84.8 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 11.1 |
| Taurean Prince | 80 | 27.1 | 45.7 | 43.9 | 81.3 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 8.2 |
| AJ Green | 73 | 22.7 | 42.9 | 42.7 | 81.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 7.4 |
| Ryan Rollins | 56 | 14.6 | 48.7 | 40.8 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.2 |
| Pat Connaughton | 41 | 14.7 | 46.9 | 32.1 | 77.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 5.3 |
| Pete nance | 6 | 11.6 | 52.9 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 3.8 |
| Andre Jackson, Jr. | 67 | 14.6 | 47.7 | 39.5 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.4 |
| Jamaree Bouyea | 5 | 12.3 | 50.0 | 20.0 | 66.7 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Tyler Smith | 23 | 5.3 | 48.0 | 43.3 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| AJ Johnson | 7 | 6.3 | 42.1 | 60.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| Delon Wright | 26 | 15.6 | 26.8 | 24.5 | 56.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Jericho Sims | 14 | 15.0 | 68.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
| Marjon Beauchamp | 26 | 4.7 | 38.3 | 33.3 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| Chris Livingston | 21 | 5.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1.4 |
| Liam Robbins | 13 | 4.4 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Stanley Umude | 22 | 3.9 | 19.2 | 20.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
