Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To Boston Celtics

From The Depths Of Snell

From one clutch time performer to another, it’s time to turn our attention to Tony Snell.

In all of his 33 minutes, Snell did the dirty work for the Bucks as he had the hard luck of regularly defending All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas, who ran amok on the Bucks all throughout the night (Thomas scored 37 points and had eight assists). Thomas’ play aside, Snell persevered to keep Thomas in check, even though that didn’t equate to a quiet night.

Like Monroe, the timing of Snell’s contributions was what stood out the most last night.

After standing on six points (both three-point makes, by the way) for the majority of the night, Snell was the last beacon of hope for the Bucks due to his game-saving back-to-back three pointers that helped knot the game at 108 with nearly a minute to go in overtime.

Going 4-of-5 from deep on the night helped cap off Snell’s exceptional shooting from beyond the arc for January as he shot 26-of-50 from deep (52 percent) on the month.

Whether Snell can keep up that level of efficiency from now on will be a tough task, but his improvements to this point have only added to the positives he’s brought since coming to the team mere months ago.