Milwaukee Bucks: Analyzing Tony Snell/DeMar DeRozan Matchup

Conclusion

It’s no secret DeMar DeRozan is more integral to the success of Toronto than Tony Snell is to Milwaukee. He’s been consistently healthy and a deadly scoring guard for which every team in the NBA would kill.

If DeRozan goes into the series and continues to put up close to 30 points per game, the Bucks will be lucky to get to a fifth game. With he and Lowry finally back together at full-strength, and a new-look defensive tandem of Tucker and Ibaka, the Raptors look about as dangerous as any team in either conference.

For the Bucks, their success will likely reflect how well they were able to contain DeMar DeRozan. Tony Snell will likely be responsible for slowing down DeRozan.

If he’s able to do that, as he has shown the ability to do in the past, and he is able to continue to knock down open threes at a high rate, the Bucks may have a fighting chance to make this an interesting series.

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Anything less than perfect play against DeRozan and the Raps, however, will likely lead to a first round exit for the Bucks.