When will Rivers Debut as Coach? NBA Milwaukee Loses to Portland

Lost to Portland, ranked 14th in the West, 116-119.

The effect of replacing the command tower is still.

The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), who took over the leadership of coach Doc Rivers in an effort to revamp the team, also lost to the bottom-ranked team Portland Trail Blazers.

Milwaukee lost 116-119 to Portland in a close game in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season away game held at the Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, USA on the 1st (Korean time).

Milwaukee has yet to smile once since new coach Rivers appeared on the bench as head coach. 바카라사이트

Milwaukee, which fired coach Adrian Griffin on the 24th of last month because its performance did not meet the expectations of the team's leadership despite its leading performance, brought in coach Rivers, who had extensive experience in the NBA.

Coach Rivers is a veteran leader who ranked 9th in most wins with 1,097 regular season wins and 4th in the playoffs with 111 wins, but suffered the pain of defeat from his debut match (107-113) against the Denver Nuggets on the 30th of last month.

They bowed to Denver, a strong team that was the defending champion and ranked 4th in the Western Conference this season (33 wins, 16 losses) and already had a high winning percentage (82.6%) at home, but against the next opponent, Portland, Milwaukee, which was reorganized under the Rivers coach system, won for the first time.

It seemed like they were aiming at it as a sacrifice.

Portland, whose power was greatly weakened by the transfer of star Damian Lillard to Milwaukee before the start of this season, slumped to 15 wins and 32 losses before this game, falling to 14th place in the West.

Milwaukee (32 wins, 16 losses), ranked second in the Eastern Conference in terms of performance and power, was predicted to win, but the winner was Portland.

Anfernee Simons led Portland's attack with 24 points, including four 3-pointers.

Center DeAndre Ayton, who was criticized for his passive attitude in screens, under-the-goal attacks, and rebounds, also did his part with 20 points and 11 rebounds against Milwaukee's under-the-goal defense held by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez.

Portland players showed an even performance, with forward Jeremy Grand scoring 18 points and Scoot Henderson, who was selected second overall in this season's rookie draft, scoring 15 points.

In Milwaukee, Antetokounmpo scored 27 points and 8 rebounds, and Lopez scored 19 points and 4 rebounds.

For Milwaukee, it was painful to see Lillard's poor performance against his former team, missing 14 of 23 field goals and committing 4 errors.

Milwaukee, under former coach Griffin, was considered a strong candidate for the championship this season before the start of the season after recruiting Lillard.

Expectations were high that Antetokounmpo and Lillard would work in harmony both under the goal and on the outside, but the team's leadership was deeply troubled as they were unable to resolve the decline in defensive power that was a concern as a side effect of Lillard's recruitment.

In the end, they started to reform by changing the head coach, but the effect of appointing coach Rivers does not seem to be showing yet.

The gap with the East leader Boston Celtics (37 wins, 11 losses) has widened to 5 games, and second place is also at risk.

The New York Knicks (31 wins, 17 losses), who acquired forward OG Anunoby, who is good at outside defense and 3-point shooting, through a trade, are closely following Milwaukee, boasting an upward trend of 9 wins in the last 10 games.

The gap between the two teams is one game.