Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Win Over Los Angeles Lakers
By Ti Windisch
No Aerial Attack
Only one factor prevented the Bucks from blowing out the Lakers on Friday night: three-point shooting. Milwaukee shot a ghastly four-of-24 from deep, which comes out to just under 17 percent on the evening.
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The Lakers, on the other hand, made 11 of their 29 attempted threes. If Los Angeles shot as poorly as the Bucks did, this game might’ve been effectively over before the scuffle ever broke out. The Lakers made nearly 38 percent of their threes though.
The Bucks actually lucked out that that altercation happened. Russell and Young combined for six of the Lakers 11 threes on the night, and neither of them played in the fourth quarter. The game might’ve been even tighter had L.A. kept two of their best shooters.
On the Bucks side of things, Brogdon, Middleton and Dellavedova all missed all of their attempted threes. That essentially explains why things didn’t go too well for Milwaukee from deep–those three are all in the top six Bucks in terms of made threes per game.