Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from 104-86 loss to Indiana Pacers

The Milwaukee Bucks looked off the pace in their preseason home opener against the Indiana Pacers, but how did the players grade individually?

There were plenty of positives to take away from the Milwaukee Bucks’ performance in their loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Monday, but the same can’t be said for their Wednesday night showing.

The Bucks were blown out in front of a Bradley Center crowd by an Indiana Pacers team that was just getting their first action of the preseason in.

Milwaukee looked inept defensively, giving up wide open threes and allowing easy scores inside, while without players such as Giannis Antetokounmpo, Matthew Dellavedova and Jason Terry, the Bucks were often desperately lacking in terms of playmaking and creativity too.

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Perhaps nothing illustrated Milwaukee’s night better than the ease with which 37-year-old Damien Wilkins, a training camp invitee for Indiana who hasn’t played in the NBA since 2013, continuously found himself open and finished with 12 points.

The very few positives that there were for the Bucks generally came from the bench, as a few players with points to prove managed to deliver.

With all of that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the individual performances and grade the players, Jason Kidd and the Pacers from Wednesday’s game.