The big stars of Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers: Giannis Antetokounpo, Damian Lillard, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey had to leave this year’s NBA Playoffs early after unavoidable defeats.
After big names like the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors, and Phoenix Suns were soon eliminated, it was the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers’ turn to stop playing in the 2024 NBA Playoff after defeats to the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks respectively in the series. The match takes place this morning (May 3) Vietnam time.
As soon as news broke that the Bucks’ biggest star – Giannis Antetokounmpo – was injured and could not attend the first round of this year’s playoff series, this team had a chance to get good results against a young, even team like the Indiana Pacers. It’s not much, even though the “Herd of Deer” is still there with Damian Lillard or Khris Middleton.
Unexpectedly winning the 5th match of the series even without the services of Lillard and Antetokounmpo, the Bucks entered today’s match with high determination. However, on a day when the host Pacers threw very evenly, even the two reserve players: Obi Toppin and TJ McConnell had 21 and 20 points respectively, coach Doc Rivers’ team could not make it happen. story.
The Bucks’ main squad played not bad in this match when Lillard got 28 points, Bobby Portis and Brook Lopez also reached 20 points, but the lack of difference from the reserves forced the 2021 NBA champion had to accept a 98-120 defeat, thereby stopping in the first round of this year’s NBA playoffs against the Pacers with a total score of 2-4.
Similar to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Philadelphia 76ers suffered a big loss when Joel Embiid has not fully recovered from his injury. However, compared to the Bucks, the 76ers have less chance of making things happen because besides Embiid and Maxey, they do not have any scorers capable of “shooting bullets” regularly.
On the other side of the front line, the New York Knicks are a very uniform team, all 5 main players play very comprehensively in both attack and defense. In the last match, the 76ers failed to lock down the Knicks’ biggest star – Jalen Brunson, and even when this defender had difficulty, other satellites such as Donte DiVincenzo, Josh Hart or OG Anunoby – who once won NBA champions in the Toronto Raptors uniform know how to speak up.
No Julius Randle, no problem. New York Knicks won a dramatic 118-115 victory in game 6, thereby having a 4-2 final victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.
Thus, the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks will face each other in the semi-finals of the Western region. A match that promises to be very satisfying and exciting with fiery duels between the stars of both sides.
