Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Nov. 7 at Cleveland Cavaliers
By Adam McGee
Major key for Milwaukee – Defend the three-point line
The Milwaukee Bucks lost the previous meeting between these two teams this season by 19 points, but the game was much closer than that until a three-point shooting outburst from Kyle Korver in the third quarter did the damage.
The loss of Kyrie Irving and additions of Dwyane Wade and Derrick Rose have hurt the Cavaliers as a three-point shooting team, but the Cavs still have more than their fair share of sharpshooters, and in LeBron James they have someone who can both create space for them and find them with the perfect pass.
With a record of 4-6 to start the season, Cleveland has a wide variety of problems at present, and yet their results are still being influenced heavily by their performance from distance.
The Cavaliers are shooting a more than respectable 38.9 percent from three-point range in wins, while that number drops significantly to 30.2 percent in losses.
The Bucks have been giving up 39.8 percent from deep to opposing teams so far this season, a mark that only the Cavaliers are currently worse than (41.7 percent).
Korver is the only Cavalier shooting over 40 percent on a meaningful number of attempts, knocking down 47.3 percent of his long balls on 5.5 attempts per game. The Bucks have already been burned by Korver once this season, they’d be well-advised not to let it happen again.