Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Toronto Raptors
The Milwaukee Bucks have added to their ongoing losing streak with their loss to the Toronto Raptors Monday night. With that, we take a look at what stood out the most for the Bucks in the loss.
The losing streak for the Milwaukee Bucks has now risen to three games with their 122-100 loss to the Toronto Raptors Monday night.
The loss, which puts the Bucks back under .500 again, showcased the Bucks being overmatched from the jump and ended up being a rare 20-point-plus loss at this point in the season.
From the opening tip, the Raptors came out firing on the offensive end and the Bucks had little to counter them defensively. Headlined by DeMar DeRozan’s 30-point night (on just 11 shots, by the way), the Raptors were hitting shots from all areas of the floor and getting solid contributions from both their starting group as well as their prominent bench players.
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The Raptors unrelenting attack forced head coach Jason Kidd to roll out anyone that could help stop the bleeding in hopes to make the game at least competitive.
Eventually, the Bucks crawled their way back into the game, thanks to a third quarter where they outscored the Raptors 33-23 and drew their deficit as small as eight points late into the period. That wouldn’t last for long though as the Raptors put their foot on the gas pedal to open the fourth quarter and ultimately kept their lead well out of reach for the Bucks to make things remotely interesting down the stretch.
With that to set the stage, it’s time to dig a little deeper at who and what stood for the Bucks in last night’s loss.