7-0!
Davis had scored 7 points all by himself to open the game, driving and shooting from outside!
The on-site fans had already gone wild.
Davis's return game tonight had gotten off to a perfect start!
The Bucks players on the court, meanwhile, were in despair.
Budenholzer's judgment had been wrong!
Starting Davis wasn't meant to put psychological pressure on the Bucks or shatter their psychological defense. He was genuinely healthy again!
If Davis was healthy, then what about Green?
Antetokounmpo ran a pick and roll with Irving in the frontcourt, received the ball, and powered his way to the basket for a score, finally ending the Bucks' scoring drought.
Those 2 points were incredibly valuable, but on the other end, Green got open, took Tang Tian's pass, and fired an outside three-pointer.
"Swish!"
With a crisp sound, it dropped cleanly.
10-2!
Davis and Green, the injured brothers, had combined for the Pelicans' first 10 points!
It was as if they had grabbed the Bucks players by the ears and shouted, "We're back!"
That dealt a huge blow to the Bucks players' confidence.
The most obvious sign was that the Bucks made a direct mistake in their set play offense, with Hayward's pass to Redick sailing out of bounds.
Cheers from the crowd swept through the arena.
This feeling was simply incredible!
Beating someone, even utterly crushing them, wasn't nearly as satisfying as breaking their mentality like this!
The Pelicans failed to score on a frontcourt possession, but on the way back, Davis rotated over on defense and sent Hayward's shot flying again!
He had already recorded 3 blocks in less than five minutes. That blocking efficiency was downright absurd!
On the Bucks' frontcourt sideline ball, Irving's outside three-pointer missed again, and it was way off.
From that possession, it