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Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Win Over Portland Trail Blazers

By Ti Windisch

Dec 7, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe (23) and guard Damian Lillard (0) during the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 115-107. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe (23) and guard Damian Lillard (0) during the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 115-107. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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The Milwaukee Bucks got back on track with a nice win over the Portland Trail Blazers. What did we learn in four more quarters of Bucks basketball?

Dec 7, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe (23) and guard Damian Lillard (0) during the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 115-107. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 7, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) drives for the basket between Portland Trail Blazers guard Allen Crabbe (23) and guard Damian Lillard (0) during the fourth quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 115-107. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /

The Milwaukee Bucks are actually good. It’s hard for Bucks fans to accept the team not being terrible after so many years of just that, but Milwaukee is on a roll lately.

Even the team’s close loss to the San Antonio Spurs was one wide-open three away from being a huge win for the Bucks. Milwaukee’s latest game against the Portland Trail Blazers needs no such if–the Bucks rolled late here to notch another early season win.

Jabari Parker (more on him soon) was the team’s leader in scoring this time around, although Giannis Antetokounmpo predictably found ways to shine as well. The team’s bench preformed well too, although Mirza Teletovic happened to catch a DNP-Coach’s Decision.

The Trail Blazers managed to make a lot of threes against Milwaukee, but the Bucks made enough of their own, plus a ton of two-pointers. The Bucks made 51.9 percent of their field goals, meaning the team just wasn’t missing many shots against Portland.

To further explain how Milwaukee grabbed another W on Wednesday, we’ll go through some takeaways from the game. These are a lot more fun when the Bucks win!

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