For the Bucks, the Charlotte Hornets are a very suitable opponent because this team is not strong.

Last season, the Hornets finished 10th in the East, and although they only narrowly lost the playoff spot in the face of a three-team competition, they still can't escape the definition of a weak team, because the East is far less competitive than the West.

Although the Wizards and the Super Big Four Cavaliers in the East last season broke the regular season win record, it is still better than the strong West, and the fact that the Hornets still can't make the playoffs in that situation is enough to prove the weakness of this team.

Coincidentally, the current Bucks are also weak.

Although Wang Xiao hoarded some of the victory points for the Bucks players, he only practiced for less than half a month, and the players' potential and mutual cooperation were far from up to standard.

Judging from the current situation, the Bucks, with obvious shortcomings and flaws, will basically be slaughtered when they encounter those experienced strong teams in the league.

It's not the same against the Hornets.

In the face of the strong, I am submissive, and in the face of the weak, I strike hard.

Brother Alphabet frequently enters the interior line to create damage, like a superstar-like performance.

Hornets center Al Eyre. Jefferson followed the head coach's arrangement, guarding the inside and trying to defend Brother Alphabet, but Jefferson is not good at defense, especially in the face of Brother Alphabet's strange height and arm span that is anti-human.

Accidentally, he ate two fouls in a row, and obediently sat on the sidelines to watch the excitement.

In the first quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet shot 5 of 7 and 5 of 6 free throws, scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and played explosively!

"Oh my gosh, is this really a rookie who averaged less than 10 points per game last season?" Barkley was dumbfounded, "If others don't say it, I thought he was a strong candidate for the regular season MVP!" Does Wang Xiao really have magical powers? Why did every player who played under him be reborn in a short period of time? ”

"Antetokounmpo was basically on the inside last season and didn't have a lot of time to touch the ball." Kenny. Smith analyzed: "And with his weight, it's hard to have the upper hand against strong interior players. ”

"But after Wang Xiao arrived, he immediately changed his style of play, liberating it from the inside to the outside, and the situation was reversed in an instant, this kid is too tall, ordinary defenders are difficult to defend, and the inside players can't keep up with his speed, when he is attacking with the ball on the outside, one-on-one defense has no effect at all."

"This just shows Wang Xiao's vision, after all, not any coach has the courage to let a big man of 2.11 meters try to play with the method of a defender."

The other is in the air, Antetokounmpo did not play well in the first two years of the Bucks, averaging 6.8 points and 4.4 rebounds per game in the first season of his career, mostly off the bench, and becoming a starter in the second season, playing more time but averaging only 12.7 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.

It wasn't until the third season that the Bucks head coach was replaced by Jason. Kidd, the situation has changed.

As the league's all-time top point guard, Kidd keenly recognized Antetokounmpo's potential as a point guard, and began to let Antetokounmpo try his hand at point guarding, and as a result, Antetokounmpo's average per game increased to 16.9 points, 7.7 assists and 4.3 assists in his third season.

If the third season was still the time for Antetokounmpo to grow and practice, then the fourth season, which was the 16-17 season, Antetokounmpo ushered in an explosion.

With an average of 22.9 points, 8.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, the all-around statistics are like a James II, and his inexplicable breakthrough has caused headaches for the forwards of the whole league, and the Greek monster has completely risen.

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The current alphabet brother, of course, is not as terrifying as the Greek monster in the future, both physically and technically, has great deficiencies, but if he gives full play to his advantages, it is enough to play an all-star level performance against a third-rate team like the Hornets.

In the second quarter, Antetokounmpo went off the court and the Bucks' tactics began to revolve around Oladipo, but the effect was not satisfactory.

Oladipo has shown good talent in this time period, and the other is that he has averaged 17.9 points per game this season, but his shooting percentage is only about 43.6%.

And the Hornets' point guard is Lance. Stephenson, a defender who has a very good defensive ability.

Most of the impact people have on Stephenson is probably fixed in the 14 playoff game between the Heat and the Pacers, and the image of this thing blowing into James' ears seems to be a bad brain.

However, one thing to say, Stephenson's physical fitness is very strong among defenders, as can be seen from the fact that he can even mark James, and his defensive attitude is very positive, completely a kraft candy defense, at this time even if his defensive skills are not the top in the league, but he can still cause headaches for many players.

Oladipo has a headache at this time, he is a player who is good at breaking through, but it is difficult for him to get rid of Stephenson.

If it is changed to two years, the skilled Oladipo can blow up the opponent 100%, but not yet.

As a result, the Bucks' offense came to a standstill, and the score was quickly closer, if it weren't for Middleton's occasional play, hitting three-point shots and mid-range shots one after another, the scores of the two teams might have been overtaken in the first half of the second quarter.

The game continued, and as Antetokounmpo returned to the court from the new game, the situation gradually stabilized, but after returning Antetokounmpo's hand dropped a little, the offensive efficiency was not as efficient as the first quarter of the game, and the Hornets gradually began to limit his breakthrough space, once he has a tendency to break through with the ball, there will be players who quickly form a trap around him.

At this time, Antetokounmpo's physical fitness was not enough to force his way out of the encirclement under the bag of several people, and the timing of distributing the ball to his point guard teammates was not particularly good.

From the second quarter to the fourth quarter, until there were about 2 minutes left before the end of the game, the Bucks relied on a three-pointer from Oladipo's nerve knife to expand the score gap, and then used the defensive stability advantage to win the game thrillingly.

At 88:82, the Bucks got off to a good start at home, defeating the Hornets for their first win of the new season.

Antetokounmpo scored a game-high 22 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 8-of-11 free throws, seven rebounds and three assists.

In addition to Antetokounmpo, the Bucks also had three players in double figures: Oladipo with 12 points, Middleton with 15 points, and OJ Mayo with 11 points off the bench.

Although he won the game and Antetokounmpo's performance amazed many people, there were more doubts about the Bucks and Wang Xiao.

Because this game was too tough for the Bucks to win.