Milwaukee Bucks Daily: The problematic defensive scheme
By Adam McGee
The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here with a look at the Bucks’ problematic defense and a suggestion for how to fix it.
In today’s edition of the Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we hear about the problems created by the Bucks’ defensive scheme, Rashad Vaughn stepping into Jason Terry‘s role, and more.
The Bucks will look for the first of what will be hopefully be two wins when they start their back-to-back with a game against the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. Of course, the Mavericks and the Jazz, Saturday’s opponent, both recently got the better of the Bucks, meaning there should be no shortage of motivation.
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Back to the present, let’s take a look at today’s Bucks stories.
Best of Behind The Buck Pass From 12/7/17
Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 104-100 win over Detroit Pistons (read here): Mike Bossetti picked out his key takeaways from Wednesday’s win over the Pistons at the Bradley Center.
Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from 104-100 win over Detroit Pistons (read here): Rohan Katti also looked back on Wednesday’s victory from Detroit, as he graded the individual performances of the Bucks and Jason Kidd on the night.
Wisconsin Herd suffer blowout home loss to Delaware 87ers (read here): I recapped the action from the Wisconsin Herd’s disappointing loss on Wednesday night, as they fell to the Eastern Conference’s last placed Delaware 87ers.
Best of Bucks Across The Internet From 12/7/17
The Bucks need a more conservative defense to reach their full potential (read here): Jared Dubin of The Step Back illustrates exactly how and why the Bucks’ defense is getting picked apart by opponents, and makes the case for Milwaukee to adjust to a more conservative scheme.
Bucks guard Rashad Vaughn steps up in Jason Terry’s absence (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel spoke to Rashad Vaughn about his impressive performance on Wednesday and how he stayed ready to take advantage of the opportunity.
A new Big Three (read here): Alex Boeder of Bucks.com explores the early returns from a Bucks trio that are quickly becoming the franchise’s only true Big Three since the halcyon days of 2001.
Early NBA All-Star Game locks, debates, snubs: Towns, Drummond, Klay tough calls (read here): Matt Moore of CBS Sports makes his early picks for the All-Star Game, with Giannis Antetokounmpo considered as a lock in the Eastern Conference.
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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.