Milwaukee Bucks: Grades From 86-75 Loss to Dallas Mavericks

C+. Machine Gun Telly had another pretty good night from behind the arc, but he also showed that when he is not shooting, he is not very effective. He continues to have lapses on the defensive end of the floor, and even in a game where the Mavericks only scored 86 points in 53 minutes, those lapses were tough to get over. Teletovic is at his best when the Bucks are working in transition with either Delly or Giannis running the offense. Those opportunities were not bountiful in this game. If he keeps shooting the ball well, then Telly will become a vital part of the Bucks for the rest of the year.. F. Milwaukee Bucks. MIRZA TELETOVIC

Milwaukee Bucks. GREG MONROE. B-. Monroe had another double-double that included a solid shooting performance (5/10 from the field), but he also had 5 turnovers. Monroe is known for being an accurate and smart passer out of the post, but that was not shown in this match-up. Seeing this kind of production out of the Bucks’ big man off the bench is a good sign moving forward, even in the loss. He still looks like a changed man on the defensive end of the floor, and snatched three steals once again. Not only is he doing a nice job playing the passing lanes, but his swipe of Bogut in the post was a sign of doing a better job in on-ball defense as well.. C

B-. It might not show up in the box score, but Malcolm Brogdon had yet another solid game for the Bucks. Both of his two makes came on nice post fadeaways, which was a positive sign moving forward. Brogdon showed that he has the ability to use his size to post-up smaller defenders and use great post moves for a guard. Personally, it would have been nice to see more of Brogdon on the offensive end, especially when he could have taken advantage of Barea’s size. Brogdon once again looked solid on defense and is showing that his lack of quickness is not hurting him, as his defensive instincts are wonderful, even in the faster NBA game.. G. Milwaukee Bucks. MALCOLM BROGDON

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C-. Henson played six minutes, and barely made an impact. It is definitely hard to grade someone for a performance that yielded very little. Still, he did manage to turn the ball over in that small period of time, hence the decrease in grade from C to C-.. C. Milwaukee Bucks. JOHN HENSON

JASON TERRY. F. So this was not good. Terry returned to Dallas in this one to face off against his former team, and it did not end well. Coach Kidd gave him an extremely long leash by letting him play an astounding 24 minutes. And the Jet did virtually nothing to repay the generosity of his coach. He was 0-6 from the floor, including 0-3 from three-point land. He was one of only two Bucks that did not turn the ball over in this game (Beasley was the other), which was a positive, but he brought nothing else important to the floor.. SG. Milwaukee Bucks