Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Los Angeles Lakers
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks added another L to their collection when the Los Angeles Lakers rolled into town on Friday night.
The Milwaukee Bucks got smacked on Friday night. The game may look close because of the final score, but a closer look shows that this was a game the Los Angeles Lakers controlled from the beginning until a spirited Bucks comeback.
It was too little, too late for Milwaukee on Friday though. The Bucks had a chance to come out inspired and band together after losing Jabari Parker for the season. That’s not exactly what happened.
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The opposite actually is what happened, as the Lakers scored 47 points in the first quarter against Milwaukee. The Lakers, who don’t even average 53 points a half, put up 47 in a quarter. Yikes. The Bucks managed 30 themselves, but that’s not much to hang your hat on if you’re down 17 points after 12 minutes.
Thanks to a freakish effort late in the second half, Milwaukee ended the game down just eight points. It was tough to get excited by that point because the first half was just draining. The fourth quarter was fun, though, at least compared to the first quarter.
Even in dispiriting games like this one, there are lessons that can be taken away. We’ll go through four of the most important right here, followed by our Bucks player grades piece a little later on.