Milwaukee Bucks Preview: Game 3 vs Toronto Raptors

By Ti Windisch | Apr 20, 2017

Apr 15, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Milwaukee Bucks guard Jason Terry (3) talks to forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) on the bench during a break in the action against the Toronto Raptors in game one of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Milwaukee defeated Toronto 97-83. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports /

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Apr 18, 2017; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry (7) talks with forward Serge Ibaka (9) after beating Milwaukee Bucks 106-100 in game two of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Dan Hamilton-USA TODAY Sports /

Major Key For Toronto: Generate More Corner Threes

The Raptors started passing the ball on Tuesday, and it made them more formidable than the iso-heavy ball that Toronto usually uses. The Raps recorded 24 assists in Game 2 after managing just 15 of them in Game 1.

Many of those passes led to some much-needed threes for the Raptors. Toronto started to find out that the Bucks defense often has trouble extending to the corners of the arc, as evidenced by Patrick Patterson, Serge Ibaka, Cory Joseph and DeMarre Carroll all hitting threes from the corner against the Bucks on Tuesday.

Patterson and Joseph hit two of them each, meaning 18 of Toronto’s 106 points came from the corners. That’s a small area of the floor, but the Raptors got nearly 17 percent of their total points against Milwaukee from those corner threes.

Getting more of them will be crucial for Toronto going forward. After making just five of 23 attempted threes in Game 1, the Raptors benefitted from making 14 of their 29 attempted threes in Game 2.

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