The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

After Brandon Knight and O.J. Mayo were traded away, the Bucks also made some adjustments to the lineup.

Oladipo moved from shooting guard to point guard, while Korver served as the team's starting shooting guard.

Oladipo also played the position of point guard when he was in college. Although he has been playing shooting guard since entering the NBA, it is more than enough to play point guard as a guest. What's more, the Bucks are not very good at the position of point guard. rely.

Even when Knight was still there, the ball was more often concentrated in the hands of Oladipo and Antetokounmpo.

Now that Knight has left the team, the ball rights that belonged to him are divided into the hands of the two, which makes them more handy.

Korver belongs to that kind of traditional shooter. Usually, when the basketball is in his hands, there are only two options, direct shooting and hand passing to others. In terms of possession, he has no conflict with Oladipo and Antetokounmpo. , or even their favorite type, after all, catch and shoot means that once the basketball is shot, it will add an assist to their data.

The two who got more possessions then played well in the game after the trade deadline.

On February 20th, the Bucks played against the Denver Nuggets at home. Antetokounmpo was in an unstoppable state. He made 9 of 20 shots and 10 of 12 free throws. He scored 28 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists. The highest rebound record in a single game in his career, and 7 of these 17 rebounds were offensive rebounds, which also refreshed his career record.

Under Antetokounmpo's unstoppable offensive, the Nuggets surrendered in only three quarters and replaced the main lineup.

Immediately afterwards, in the away game against the Eagles on February 22, Oladipo made 13 of 21 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, scored 30 points, and led the team to win the game.

In this game, both Knight and Mayo also played, but their performance was quite satisfactory. Both of them came off the bench, and their playing time was limited in the relatively neat lineup of the Eagles. Only 3 points were recorded in the field.

The Hawks exchanged for the two, on the one hand, because of the potential of the two young players, and on the other hand, they also had the idea of ​​using them to trade better bargaining chips after the summer contract extension.

After all, although the two played averagely, they also added up to 11 points, which is similar to Korver's efficiency in the Eagles. Korver's tactical position in the Eagles is not a particularly important part, at least quite It is completely unimportant compared to the transaction value it has.

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Korver, who came to the Bucks, felt that he played more smoothly in the Bucks than in the Eagles.

The Eagles are a team that focuses on positional warfare and defense. Head coach Mike Budenholzer, as a disciple of Popovich, is well versed in positional defense.

But defending the position means playing steadily and steadily. While you are stable, your opponent is also stable. There are not many opportunities for fast breaks to play more and less.

Although the Eagles' point guard is Jeff Teague who is good at breakthroughs, Korver, who is basically in the corner of the three-pointer, does not get many shots. Only then will you get a chance to make a move.

But it's a different story with the Bucks.

The Bucks' style of play is somewhat similar to the Wizards' small-ball tactics. Although the overall average height almost crushes the Wizards, the offensive and defensive transition speed on the court is not much inferior to the Wizards.

In this way, there are often opportunities for quick offensive and defensive transitions on the field, and whenever Oladipo or Antetokounmpo hits the basket with the ball, the opponent has to arrange more people to guard the basket. Korver easily got open opportunities and could easily shoot.

In the two games he came to the Bucks, Korver averaged more than 10 three-pointers per game and hit 4 goals on average, although the shooting rate was only 40%, which is better than he did before coming to the Bucks this season. The Hawks' 49.2 percent three-point shooting is a lot lower.

However, it is normal for the number of shots to increase and the shooting rate to decrease. An average of 4 three-pointers per game allowed Korver to score more than 15 points in these two games, becoming a very stable scoring point for the Bucks.

Korver's performance and the outstanding performance of Oladipo and Antetokounmpo also completely relieved the anxiety of the Bucks fans after the two generals of the team were traded away.

Now that the team has become stronger after the transaction, what else is there to say?

For Knight, the Bucks fans have always been quite critical. As the hope that the Bucks fans once regarded the team's rise, Knight, who joined the league in 11 years, has disappointed the fans for three seasons. , It's good to leave, anyway, they have Wang Xiao, so they are not afraid that the team will lack excellent players.

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Then in the remaining four games at the end of February, the Bucks achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, with a total record of 36 wins and 23 losses. They successfully surpassed the Eagles in record and officially entered the upper half of the division. The only better teams are the Wizards, Cavaliers and Nets.

After the game in February, there are only 23 games left in the entire regular season, including 15 games in March and 8 games in April. If the Deer team can win 10 of these 23 games, they can be 100% guaranteed to advance to the playoffs.

In fact, as long as the Bucks win another 5 games, it is basically impossible to miss the playoffs.

Wang Xiao's promise before the start of the new season has been fulfilled in advance, and how well the Bucks can do it is something everyone is curious about.

In the 15 games in March, the Bucks finally achieved a record of 7 wins and 8 losses, with a winning rate of only 46.66%, which is completely within Wang Xiao's acceptable range.

After all, in March, all teams have to go all out for the playoffs and rankings. Even teams with a record weaker than the Bucks are very difficult to deal with, such as the Heat, Knicks, Celtics, etc. They have to work hard for the eighth place in the Eastern Conference, and the Western Conference teams such as the Spurs and Grizzlies are also competing because of their close records and competing for a higher ranking to gain home court advantage.

In such a fierce competition, the Bucks can still win 7 games, which already makes Wang Xiao quite satisfied. After all, the Bucks players are just a group of inexperienced rookies.

The last 7 games of the Bucks in April are against the Bulls, Magic, Cavaliers, Nets, 76ers, Celtics and Pacers.

The Bucks won 4 games with the Bulls, Magic, 76ers and Pacers, lost 3 games with the Cavaliers, Nets and Celtics, and finally fixed the record at 48 wins and 34 losses .