Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Atlanta Hawks

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After taking a back seat to Michael Beasley the last couple of games, Mirza Teletovic came roaring back to give the Bucks some steady shooting Wednesday night.

Teletovic entered the game early in the first quarter after the Bucks started very sluggishly offensively, which forced head coach Jason Kidd to call timeout and reassess the team.  From there, Teletovic went to work quickly, hitting a solid pull-up jumper as well as an above the break three on the right side of the court (a Teletovic staple as Brew Hoop’s Eric Nehm points out).

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter where Teletovic reignited, adding in three more three-point makes and continuing to be a steady presence as part of a centerless lineup Kidd rolled out in hopes to complete the comeback (more on that in a little bit later).

When it was all said and done, Teletovic finished with 14 points on 5-of-10 shooting and his four three-point makes accounted for half of the team’s three-point total for the night.  On top of that, he finished with the best plus/minus for the Bucks as he was a +11 in his 25 minutes.

Certainly, Teletovic won’t be the biggest standout for the Bucks for many, if not all fans when it comes to last night’s game. But it’s nights like this, especially when he’s got it going, that show just how integral he is already for the Bucks and it was refreshing to see that after a week-plus hiatus.