Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Win Over Toronto Raptors
The Milwaukee Bucks came out ready to play on Thursday night, and embarrassed the Toronto Raptors 104-77
If you like watching closely contested, very competitive basketball between two teams playing their hearts out, Thursday was not the night for you. On the other hand, if you like watching the Milwaukee Bucks win games, things can’t get much better than this.
The Bucks dominated Thursday’s Game 3 for all 48 minutes, and left no room for doubt when the final buzzer sounded.
Almost every key player was clicking tonight. Khris Middleton was hitting shots, Giannis Antetokounmpo was causing problems. In short, every player on the court outshone their Raptor counterpart.
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The Raptors looked completely shook. Both members of their All-Star backcourt struggled mightily to score through Milwaukee’s defense. As a team, the Raptors shot 33.8 percent from the floor, and couldn’t seem to move the ball, finishing up with only 11 assists.
In their first game at home of the postseason, the Bucks had to be encouraged by the turnout at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. It was sold out, and filled with loud fans. Multiple Bucks mentioned post game they had never seen the arena so loud and filled with energy. The fans showed up for their team, and the Bucks didn’t disappoint.
There’s a lot of very encouraging things to unpack from this game, and I’ll attempt to do so as I go through some of the key takeaways from the night.