Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Utah Jazz
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks could not keep up their winning ways as the team allowed the Utah Jazz to cruise to an easy victory on Friday.
The Milwaukee Bucks were sitting on a three-game winning streak heading into All-Star weekend. With Malcolm Brogdon, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Thon Maker all involved in the weekend’s festivities in one way or another, it seemed like the Bucks could ride some momentum into the second half of the season.
The goal of the season for Milwaukee still seems to be the playoffs, and although the Detroit Pistons won on Thursday the Bucks could’ve gotten within one game of the Pistons with a win against the Utah Jazz on Friday.
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Instead, they dropped to two games back and generally got stomped outside of the first five or so minutes of action. The Jazz exploded in the latter portion of the first quarter and never looked back after a strong start for Milwaukee.
Two Bucks exploded on offense. The other nine who played imploded all over the BMO Harris Bradley Center’s court. It was certainly far from a great team performance for the Bucks.
Even in a rough loss, there are still things that can be learned about these Milwaukee Bucks. Here are four of the most important takeaways from the loss to Utah, starting with a scoring problem.