Milwaukee Bucks Grades, Reactions From 123-98 Blowout Loss To The San Antonio Spurs

Reactions: The Good

• As is often the case with this young team (now the NBA’s youngest with the 76er’s addition of Elton Brand), the Bucks raced out to a hot start. Not only did they execute the offense with aplomb, but held the Spurs attack in check, forcing a 1-9 shooting clip to start the game. That sort of start is clearly unsustainable, but it was great to see the Bucks demonstrate what they’re capable of doing against a league power. Now the trick is maintaining that intensity for 48 minutes.

• This is everything I love about John Henson all wound up into one tidy vine. He had a casual eight point, four rebound performance, laced with a standard lefty hook or two.

• Jabari Parker was matched up defensively with Kawhi Leonard…yes, you read that right. That marks three games straight where Parker was placed against the opponents most dangerous scoring threat (Paul George, Andrew Wiggins, and Leonard). How did he do? Not very well, to be honest. But also not abysmal either. Leonard was 4-6 in the first quarter, with eleven points. Parker gave up a few of those makes, but rest assured that there was a hand in Leonard’s face for each one of those shots. That, my friends, is progress.

• MCW threw an alley-oop! And it even found its intended recipient. MCW played a very strong game going for 16 points (6-10) with four rebounds, six assists, and ZERO turnovers (woot!).

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