In the initial tactical layout, Wang Xiao was obviously one step ahead of Budenholzer and had a slight upper hand.

However, this is only a temporary advantage.

After the timeout, Budenholzer made some adjustments to the Hawks' tactics and began to strengthen Jokic's defense, preventing him from getting to the free-throw line so easily.

However, in the event that the joint defenders are stripped of one manpower, they will have to choose between defending the perimeter and keeping an eye on the interior.

Budenholzer's option is to defend the perimeter.

Korver came out of the Hawks, and no one knows better than Budenholzer how accurate this guy's three-point shot is, and there's no way he's going to let Korver have an open shot for an easy shot.

Comparatively, both Oladipo and Antetokounmpo are slightly more lethal in terms of breakthroughs.

At least in his opinion, although Oladipo and Antetokounmpo had good breakthrough ability in the regular season, they were definitely not a huge threat, after all, both scored less than 20 points in the regular season, and as a player who used a breakthrough as the main offensive method, the score was too little.

This is the limitation of ordinary people, even if the coach is capable, when he sees Antetokounmpo, he will only feel that this is a very potential player, and his future achievements may be very high, they would never have thought that he would be able to average 29.7 points, 13.7 points and 5.8 assists per game in the future, and would never have thought that he could lift the regular season MVP trophy.

As a traverser, Wang Xiao knows that Antetokounmpo has such potential, and has always guided him to develop in the direction of the future, so up to now, although Brother Alphabet is far from having the strength of the future MVP level, but simply talking about a certain skill, it has begun to take shape when he is fully exerted!

……

The ball began to pass into the hands of Brother Alphabet one after another, and facing his new All-Star level power forward Paul Brown, who was defending him. Millsap, he didn't have the slightest timidity.

Millsap is a well-positioned floor-flowing interior with a strong body and an extremely flexible footwork, which makes him much easier defending his brother than the slower-paced interior players.

At the same time, Millsap will be selected to the All-Defensive Team 2 in the 15-16 season, and his own defensive ability is also excellent.

In Budenholzer's thoughts, Millsap can effectively limit the opponent's breakthrough even if he can't prevent Antetokounmpo.

But just like Jokic, Brother Alphabet surprised him again.

Breaking through with the ball on the outside, Brother Alphabet passed Millsap like a tree stump!

Fast! It's so fast! Antetokounmpo's breakthrough speed is not at all like a big man of 2.11 meters, but like a defender who is only 1.9 meters tall!

It was just a simple worship of the Buddha, and in the interval between Millsap's movements, Brother Alphabet passed Millsap in one step, and then took two steps, and after two big steps, the others had already come to the basket.

With a flick of your fingertips, the basketball is already in the hoop.

"Giannis! Antetokounmpo!! ”

The scene was in cheers, and what they like to watch most now is Brother Alphabet's breakthrough, which only needs to take two steps to get from the three-point line to the basket, which is extremely rare and looks quite exaggerated.

Of course, such a breakthrough is also flawed, if there is someone standing under the opponent's basket, there will be no space for Brother Alphabet to break through in such an unscrupulous straight line.

Looking at Jokic's position around the free throw line, and Budenholzer couldn't let go of Korver, there was no one on the interior who could stop Brother Alphabet in time, which caused the current situation.

……

The first quarter ended quickly, and with Jokic and Antetokounmpo playing together, the Bucks led the Hawks by 12 points at 33-21.

In the second quarter of the game, Budenholzer didn't think of a particularly good way to deal with it, but he made some attempts when he was waiting for the bench lineup, wanting to let the Bucks' veterans, Knight and Mayo help the Hawks recover some scores in the bench time, but such an attempt did not work, Knight seemed very active, constantly trying to impact the Bucks' interior, but he was a little too urgent, but disrupted his rhythm, and the offensive efficiency was not high.

Wang Xiao can understand his behavior, after all, as a player who was regarded as a rising hope by the Bucks, Knight was highly regarded in the Bucks, but after Wang Xiao came, everything changed, not only was the position of the main core taken away by Antetokounmpo and Oladipo, but he was traded away from the team in the middle of the season.

When he came to the Hawks, he didn't get along at all, and his starting position was gone, so he had to play Teague on the bench, and his playing time and statistics were further reduced.

Now that he has seen his old boss on the playoff stage, Knight is eager to prove himself in front of the Bucks and make them regret their choice to trade him.

However, the reason why Wang Xiao traded Knight was because he knew what Knight's future would look like.

Injuries and technical characteristics limited his development and predestined him to become an All-Star caliber player.

Just like now, Knight, who frequently attacks the basket, is inefficient, although he can score, but he wastes a lot of shots, which also leads to the Hawks' bench Although they have been pressing the Bucks bench line, they have been unable to recover the score gap until Budenholzer can't bear it anymore and replaces Knight.

In the first half of the game, the Bucks maintained a point difference of about ten points, and in the third quarter of the second half, taking advantage of a gap in the Hawks' reaction, Korver suddenly went crazy without warning.

First, after a break, Korver, who received a pass at the bottom corner three-point line, hit a three-pointer, and then in a fast break that transitioned to the three-point line, Korver quickly fell to the 45% corner of the three-point line, received a pass from Oladipo and pretended to shoot to deceive the defenders, and then jumped up again to hit the second three-pointer.

While scoring six points in a row, Korver also assisted Middleton to hit a three-pointer through a passing opportunity!

Three three-pointers and 9 points instantly widened the score gap on the court to more than 20 points.

Budenholzer called two timeouts in a row and it was difficult to stop the momentum, and the game was already out of suspense.

There were no ups and downs in the fourth quarter, and when the final whistle blew, the score was fixed at 109:84, and the Hawks lost the first playoff game by 25 points, much to the surprise of many spectators.

However, the traditional powerhouse in the East, which has never missed the playoffs since 07, has a rich experience and tough style, compared to the Bucks is a very young team, although it briefly returned to the playoffs in 10 years, but the main player of the team at that time, Andrew. Bogut, Brandon. Jennings and other players have long since left the team, and they have nothing to do with any of the current Bucks players.

I thought that after these two teams met, it would be the Hawks who would have the upper hand, but I didn't expect the Hawks to lose by 25 points in the first game, and they were pressed by the Bucks from the beginning of the game, and the score has always been behind.

Clear-eyed people who know the ball can see that the Hawks seem to be completely unable to cope with the tactical system laid out by the Bucks.

At the post-match press conference, a reporter also asked this question.

Budenholzer's face was a little ugly.

"Yes, Wang Xiao is an experienced coach, he has three championship rings, he knows how to win in the playoffs, but my team and I also have a lot of experience, we will not surrender, we will go back and carefully analyze the game footage, find the right tactics against the Bucks, and win the next victory."

Budenholzer's words were released, but it is difficult to say whether it can be done or not.