Milwaukee Bucks: Key Takeaways From Win Over Brooklyn Nets

The Rashad Vaughn Game

On the day of his third-year option being picked up, Rashad Vaughn certainly celebrated in style by delivering a career performance.

Playing 27 minutes off the bench, Vaughn delivered a career high 22 points, of which he went 8-of-17 from the field and most notably, 6-of-12 from three-point range.

For someone whose shooting struggles have dominated his young career, Vaughn never looked more confident in his shot than he did last night and it was evident as the game wore on.

As a result, the Nets were without any solutions to counter Vaughn’s scoring burst and he made them pay at every chance when he saw daylight to let loose (Vaughn went 6-of-12 on uncontested shots, per NBA.com/stats).

Although his offensive performance will be the biggest takeaway from his play, Vaughn managed to make a very solid impact on the defensive end as well.  Vaughn played with great activity, making very measured closeouts and even delivered a pretty emphatic block to close out the first quarter.

With all that said, it’s just one game and as we know very well already, drawing any conclusions from Vaughn’s performance would be getting way ahead of ourselves. Nonetheless, it’s very encouraging to see that Vaughn’s capable of displays like he had last night and all we can hope for is more of the same in the future.