During this stretch, Cousin had finally found his rhythm and immediately began his scoring showcase.
With his outstanding outside shooting and extreme three-point range, Lillard could initiate the Pick-and-Roll from a very high position, then complete the attack with the ball in his hands.
This put tremendous defensive pressure on the Nets Team.
Because inside, they still had to pile up resources to contain Giannis, Brook Lopez, Portis, and the others...
Clearly, it was impossible to do both perfectly.
So for a while, the Nets Team could only rob Peter to pay Paul.
When Cousin was shooting well, they widened their defensive line to block his outside shots.
When Lillard was struggling, they tightened the defense to stop Giannis from attacking the rim...
The results couldn't exactly be called great. They were merely passable~~
Fortunately, even on a night when both of the Bucks' twin stars inside and out were performing exceptionally well, the Nets Team still had enough offensive firepower to make up the deficit.
And when the second quarter entered its final stretch, Paul George joined in, scoring seven straight points. The Nets Team's situation immediately returned to how it had been at the beginning of the game.
They weren't flustered in the slightest, because they had complete confidence in their offensive ability.
As it turned out, that was exactly how things continued to develop.
When the game entered the Third Quarter, Harden teamed up with Bruce Brown and Aldridge from the bench to immediately unleash another wave of counterattacks.
Thus, the Bucks' already slim lead was quickly erased and surpassed.
After that, the Nets maintained their lead all the way until the game neared its end, until the final three minutes...
As it turned out, the players who could step up and score repeatedly in crucial moments,