Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Cleveland Cavaliers

Wayward Night For The Pine

As mentioned a few times earlier, the Bucks were without much firepower off the bench, at least when the game was in the balance.  Brogdon notwithstanding, key members of the bench brigade, the ones that have helped improve the tire fire that was last year’s unit, were largely nowhere to be found, at least when it came to contributions.

Whether it was a three-point specialist like Mirza Teletovic or Jason Terry, who both failed to hit from three-point range (or in Terry’s case, fail to have a single attempt) or a player such as Greg Monroe, the Bucks were in need of someone to step up outside of Giannis, Jabari or Brogdon when the game mattered the most.

The best contributions from the reserves didn’t come until well after the game was more or less decided, the most notable being Rashad Vaughn, who scored his first points in over a month for the Bucks (Vaughn scored eight points, six of them coming from deep).

Being without Michael Beasley for four straight games is likely an indirect result for the bench’s disappearing act and we often saw how limited the Bucks were in trying to create something when it wasn’t in the hands of Giannis, Jabari or Brogdon.

Whatever the case may be, the Bucks can’t afford nights like this in the future and hopefully Beasley can help be that spark, that is if he were to return the next time the Bucks take the court.

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Speaking of which, the Bucks will look to bounce back Friday night once they take on the Washington Wizards at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.