It s all Lillard? The Bucks were eliminated in the first round, Rivers completely showed up in the league, and admitted a fact

On May 1, the NBA playoffs continued. In the Eastern Conference Focus Battle that ended earlier, the Pacers narrowly defeated the Bucks 119-118 at home, and advanced to the semi-finals with a score of 4-1 in the series. However, fans who have watched the game know that the Bucks have a complete hope of retaining the suspense of the series in this game. In the first 40 seconds of the final game, they still held a 7-point lead, but it was the 40 seconds that seemed to be sure to win, which completely shattered Milwaukee's dream of chasing 3 and 3, and also directly triggered a series of chain reactions.

Back to the game, AJ Green made one of two free throws, and the Bucks led the Pacers 7 points 118-111. But then Nembhard hit a key three-pointer to narrow the gap, and then Nembhard, who intercepted Tren Jr. on the defensive end to assist Halliburton to score 2+1, and the score was rewritten to 118-117. In the last attack, Terren Jr. actually made another fatal mistake of out-of-bounds. The ball was handed over to the Pacers. In the end, Halliburton scored a winning layup and successfully reversed the score 118-119. Although the game was still left for the Bucks, with Tren Jr. missing a three-pointer, the game was completely no miracle.

Success is a small exception, and failure is a small Terren. As an unexpected gain in this round of series, Tren Jr. started in this game with 12 of 25 shots, 8 of 17 three-pointers and scored a game-high 33 points. His firepower continued is the key to the Bucks being able to suppress the Pacers almost in the G5. But it was his two fatal mistakes that ultimately led to the team's failure.

However, think from another perspective. It is inevitable that players make mistakes under such high pressure. The fundamental reason for their loss is still in the Bucks coaching staff, or in head coach Rivers. He has insufficient experience in piercing the players in the playoffs off the court, and may still be ineffective after making fatal mistakes, which will eventually lead to the tragedy of losing 7 points in a row in 40 seconds.

As the champion coach who was highly expected by the Bucks, the team was reversed under him, and once dived at the bottom of the league in the early and mid-season, almost not even getting the ticket to the playoffs. If it weren't for the team's star Antetokounmpo, averaging 30 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists per game this season, the Bucks might have played like the 76ers next door to compete for Flag.

It is worth mentioning that the last team reversed by the opponent's 8 points in a row was the G5 of the Clippers against the Thunder in 2014, and Rivers was the head coach of the Clippers at the time. The same script was also a key three-pointer by his opponent, and his player made a mistake, which eventually led to a collapse, and Rivers was still unmoved. Not only that, he is also the coach with the most backshots in league playoff history 2-1 and 3-1. Even in the eyes of Celtics fans, when the Celtics ruled the East, the weakest link of the team was head coach Rivers, otherwise they would have been able to achieve three consecutive championships long ago.

However, in the face of overwhelming doubts from the outside world, Rivers disagreed with it. He completely showed off the entire league in the media interview after the game and admitted a fact. The team was eliminated by the Pacers in the first round for two consecutive years. The fundamental problem is that it is an injury problem. In the past three years, core players have been injured every year. Last year, Antetokounmpo and Lillard could hardly play. In addition, Lillard was reimbursed this year. Although he also played with injuries, he could not play in two of them. This is the basketball world, and this is the reality. I sincerely hope to have a healthy lineup for all employees, especially to keep Lillard healthy, but this year I am destined to miss us.

In other words, in Rivers' view, the Bucks were eliminated in the first round this year, and if it weren't for his injury in the middle, the team would have a chance to win the game. At the same time, when talking about Kuzma, Rivers also changed his subject and became the former who did not really integrate into the team. He will work hard to make him a player who can truly help the team in the future. In the second round of the series, Kuzma played 5 games, scoring 0 points, 12 points, 9 points, 3 points and 5 points respectively, becoming the three most popular players in the playoffs.