The 2019 NBA playoffs had two games on Tuesday. The Milwaukee Bucks claimed a big win against the Boston Celtics 123-102 at the Fiserv Forum, tying the series 1-1 before going to the TD Garden for the next two games. The Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets again 115-109 at the Oracle Arena, expanding their lead to 2-0.

Having seen his team suffer a 22-point loss two days ago, Milwaukee's head coach Mike Budenholzer told the press that they would not change the way they play. Tuesday's game proved that he's tell the truth and he got a point. The Bucks stuck to their regular pattern in offense: Giannis Antetokounmpo assaulting the rim while the rest of the team loading themselves with three-pointers. This time, the Bucks won.

First, the team's shooters deserve some credit for burying in total 20 shots from the 3-pt line. Khris Middleton announced the return of Boston's nightmare last season by scoring 28 points and making seven three-pointers. In the first half alone, the Bucks sank 11 of their 26 attempts from the 3-pt line.

However, the Celtics only trailed by four points (59-55) after the first half-no sign of falling a part in defense. The real turning point happened in the third quarter when Milwaukee put an end to this game in advance with a 39-18 run, just like what Boston did in Q3 last game.

So what happened? The answer is that Boston's weakness was exposed and used against them, unstable jump shooting. Without effective ways of attacking the basket, the Celtics must create open shots via multiple passes in every position and had to try some tough shots in the game. Such play style became vulnerable in front of the long limbs, height and quick speed of the Bucks, leading to more turnovers (eight in Q3 alone) and missed shots. Meanwhile, the Bucks took such opportunities and launched more transition attacks in which Antetokounmpo was totally unstoppable.

The Greek Freak made his contributions to Milwaukee's victory as well though he was still uncomfortable under Boston's defense. Antetokounmpo kept attacking the paint and earned 18 free throws in the game. When the Celtics kept paying the cost of committing fouls to defend Antetokounmpo, their defense lost sustainability in the second half.

Houston were fast in adapting their game. In Game 1, the team's starting center Clint Capela only played 26 minutes to get four points and six rebounds. In order to change that, both James Harden and Chris Paul intentionally increased their passes to Capela, hoping he could find momentum soon. In a way, such tactics worked as Capela dropped 14 points and 10 rebounds in the 32 minutes he played.

However, it's hard to say whether such efforts were worth it. Since Capela lacked isolation capability in offense, the Rockets had to do more drop passes which were blunt and slow enough for Golden State to intercept. As a result, Golden State forced 12 turnovers out of Houston, had seven steals and led 20-0 in turnover points in the first half.

Even with the above disappointing performance, the Rockets only trailed by nine points in the first half (59-50) and lost by six points in the end. One of the reasons they were able to stay in touch was they buried 17 three-pointers. The team's main rotating role players did a good job of 12 for 22 in this area.

Nonetheless, that was not good enough, especially compared with what their Warrior counterparts did. From the beginning of the game, Andre Iguodala and Draymond Green, the two deadweight of the Warriors in the regular season, never hesitated to either shoot or drive towards the rim when they were left open. As a result, Iguodala had 16 points, five rebounds and four assists while Draymond Green got 15 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. By contrast, of Houston's total 17 assists, 10 came from Harden and Paul while the two also committed 10 turnovers.

The single-function problem of role players also hurt the Rockets in defense. Coach Mike D'Antoni gave Gerald Green and Kenneth Faried time on the court because Green could shoot three-pointers and Faried had the athleticism turning Harden and Paul's passes to easy points-both are D'Antoni's favorite offensive options. However, in stead of making their contributions, Gerald Green and Faried became the biggest weakness in Houston's defense-the only difference between them and air was that air is breathable but those two are totally useless.