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Milwaukee Bucks Grades and Reactions From 107-89 Loss to the Toronto Raptors

By Jeff Herrmann

Mar 15, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) takes a shot against Toronto Raptors forward Luis Scola (4) in the third quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) takes a shot against Toronto Raptors forward Luis Scola (4) in the third quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports /
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Mar 15, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) takes a shot against Toronto Raptors forward Jason Thompson (1) in the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 15, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) takes a shot against Toronto Raptors forward Jason Thompson (1) in the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports /

Reactions: The Good

  • It’s almost becoming a ho-hum story-line because of it’s frequency lately, but given the dearth of positives from Tuesday’s game I’ll go with it anyway: Giannis nearly had a triple-double (again). Had the Bucks found a way to stay competitive with the Raptors he certainly would have notched his fifth triple-double. I’ll maintain that triple double hype is meaningless if the Bucks don’t win. But Giannis’ value regardless of numbers is enormous. Just take a look at the Bucks performance without him. They went from a six point first quarter lead to a five point deficit by the time he returned. He’s their anchor, rudder, and mast.
  • John Henson has returned to save the Bucks bench. Well, I don’t know about all that–but it is nice to have the big man back after missing 20 games with a back injury. He played a modest 5:45 fourth quarter minutes scoring four points and grabbing a rebound in that span.
  • This Plumlee dunk capped one of the Bucks better fast break sequences of the season. It started with Khris Middleton swiping the ball away from Terrence Ross and JOB diving to the court to recover it. JOB got the ball to Ennis who flung it up-court to Middleton who found a sprinting Plumlee for the easy two. The ball never touched the court during that sequence–a perfect fast break.

Next: Reactions: The Bad

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