Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Washington Wizards

The Commander-In-Chief Steps Up (Again)

Continuing to get the starting nod even with Matthew Dellavedova returning to action, Malcolm Brogdon added another impressive performance to his impressive rookie campaign.

Delivering a career-high 22 points on 9-of-15 shooting, five assists and three steals in 36 minutes, Brogdon played brilliantly as Jabari’s right hand man, at least in terms of production.  Although he went 2-of-4 from deep, the most impressive part of Brogdon’s scoring was his ability to finish at the rim, both with and without the ball.

The bulk of Brogdon’s buckets came in the fourth quarter as he scored 14 points, which made up more than half of the team’s points in the quarter. A key aspect to Brogdon’s fourth quarter scoring was his nice two-man game with Jabari, who assisted on three of Brogdon’s six made field goals in the quarter.

As notable as his all around performance was for the majority of the game, it was not without some rough patches.

Committing four turnovers, Brogdon struggled with significant defensive pressure, mainly coming from John Wall. Those out of character mistakes even forced head coach Jason Kidd‘s hand to pull Brogdon early in the second half in favor of Delly.

All in all, though, that wasn’t enough to impact Brogdon’s overall game and with another terrific performance under his belt, the 36th overall pick continues to raise the bar.