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Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week (Feb. 28th – Mar. 5th)

By John Heffernon

Mar 2, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Indiana Pacers forward Chase Budinger (10) and forward Solomon Hill (44) during the second quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 2, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Indiana Pacers forward Chase Budinger (10) and forward Solomon Hill (44) during the second quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week Rankings
1. ???
2. Khris Middleton
3. Jabari Parker

Khash played in all three games this week and averaged 38.8 minutes, 28.3 points (64.7 percent shooting from three), 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 3.0 steals per game. He led the Bucks in points and steals and tied for second in assists. He had the third best field goal percentage and plus/minus on the team, 55.6 and +8.3 respectively.

Khris Middleton was scorching hot when it came to scoring points this week. He scored 30 or more in two of three games. He did this while shooting a good percentage from the field and a great percentage from three.

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Khash earned his nickname in the final game of the week against the Timberwolves. He hit his first eight three pointers and ended up going eight of nine from deep. That is straight up sniping. In fact, Middleton was the only player in the NBA to hit over 60 percent from three while shooting a minimum of five attempts per game over the last three games.

Another offensive contribution Khris made this week was earning and converting free throws. He was second on the Bucks in both free throw attempts per game and free throw percentage, 8.7 and 92.3 respectively. In the last three games only two other NBA players joined Khris in attempting at least eight free throw attempts per game and making over 90 percent of them. Those two players were James Harden and Damian Lillard.

All of his offensive contributions were the reasons why he led the Bucks in offensive rating, 117.6, this week. Middleton was the most efficient scorer this week and it was not really close. He was first on the team in scoring but only third in shot attempts, 15.0 per game.

If you remove the fact that Khris led the Bucks in steals this week he would still be second on the player of the week rankings. His offensive numbers were just that good. He was filthy from three-point land and it seemed like he couldn’t miss at times.

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