【2021/7/4】Eastern Championship G6
Bucks 118 [win] 107 Eagles
★Bobby Portis｜12 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists
【2021/7/2】Eastern Championship G5
Bucks 123 [win] 112 Eagles
★Bobby Portis｜22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals
Half a year ago, he was just an emergency player. Half a year later, he became the favorite of Bucks fans. In today's fifth game of the series against the Hawks, Bobby Portis replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo's starting position and scored a career playoff high of 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 steals, allowing the Bucks to easily defeat the Hawks. Receive a series draw.
Last summer, Bucks general manager Jon Horst's Plan A was originally to sign Bogdan Bogdanovic, but unexpectedly, he missed out due to procedural issues. In the end, Bogdanovic was put on an Eagles jersey. A few days ago, he was attacking in the fourth game of the series. After scoring 20 points, the Bucks couldn't even beat the Hawks without Trae Young.
Fortunately, this time, Portis once again saved the dignity of the buck and Horst.
At that time, a week after the Bogdanovic trade collapsed, Portis joined the Bucks for 7.4 million in two years, allowing them to at least strengthen their bench depth and competitiveness in the penalty area after losing the opportunity to strengthen their outside firepower and ball-handling points. Since this season, Portis has also become an important and stable substitute firepower on the bench, averaging 11.4 points and 7.1 rebounds per game in the regular season.
Although he was DNPed in three games in the series against the Nets, Portis gained favor again after facing the Hawks. In five games, he averaged 12.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 1.2 steals per game. When Giannis was absent due to injury, In the game, Portis was obliged to start. Although this was the first time in his career that he started in the playoffs, he immediately repaid the Bucks' appreciation with a new high score in the playoffs.
Prior to this, when did Portis' new playoff high occur? In fact, it was his playoff debut, scoring 19 points while playing for the Bulls in 2017. From then to now, Portis has experienced too many twists and turns: he punched his teammates several times, was suspended for eight games, was sent to the Development League, and was traded to the Wizards. Although he was poached by the Knicks with an annual salary of tens of millions, he played because of kunai. The opportunity caused the value to plummet.
Until I came to the Bucks this year, "Thank God, I finally found peace in my heart," Portis said. "I feel at peace with myself, with my life, and with everything that is going to happen in the future. .”
With his tough style and uncompromising attitude on the court, Portis won the hearts of Bucks fans in just a few months. When the Bucks beat the Hawks with 34 points in Game 2, they shouted, "Bobb-y! Bobb-y!" "The cheers resounded throughout the Bucks Stadium. When he helped the team win again today, he once again received praise and recognition from the fans.
"Milwaukee is a strong city. When I was preparing to move here at the beginning of the season, many people told me how difficult it would be to live here, but I understand because this city has gone through so much," Portis said. "And because of this, because this is a hard-working, hard-working, genuine blue-collar city, when they see someone giving everything on the court and giving 100 percent for the city in front of the jersey, like me A blue-collar player, they're going to fall in love with this player."
"Coming to the Bucks is the best decision I have ever made in my career. Being able to have seniors like Giannis and Brook by my side, learning from them how to contribute on both offense and defense, and being able to have scoring masters like Khris and Jrue. Being a teammate and having their trust to put the ball in my hands, having a coach like Coach Bud and certainly our entire coaching staff... it was hands down the best decision."
