The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as we look at how the team is trying to solve their quest to find easy scoring chances by using their speed and athleticism.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we look at the team’s effectiveness in getting points in transition, their nagging habit of sending opposing teams to the free throw line at an unacceptable rate and much more.
While they statistically rank as one of the slowest teams in the league in terms of pace, there’s no denying the Bucks are at their most dangerous when they use their athleticism to their advantage by getting out on the break and capitalizing on easy scoring chances that come their way.
By contrast, the Bucks have often looked at their worst when they slow down their tempo or are forced to by opposing teams, and trying to find that balance is still something they’re striving for at this point in the season.
As you can each and every day, keep checking in with us here at Behind The Buck Pass as we’ll look to provide you the latest coverage and analysis that relates to both the Bucks as well as the Wisconsin Herd.
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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.
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Milwaukee Bucks: Comparing Christmas records over past 20 years (read here): Adam McGee examined where the Bucks’ current record at Christmas stacks up against past squads in the team’s recent history at this point in the season.
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Bucks use transition offense as a weapon (read here): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Matt Velazquez looked at the Bucks’ effectiveness in getting out on the break and how that contrasts to their struggles when opposing teams slow them down to play a more half-court oriented style.
The Milwaukee Buck are handing out more gifts than anyone (read here): Max Carlin over at HoopsHabit wrote about the Bucks’ defensive issues, particularly their penchant for sending opposing teams to the charity stripe an unreasonable amount of times per game.
John Henson Couldn’t Believe A Bucks Fan Actually Got His Jersey For Christmas (read here): Robby Kalland of Uproxx wrote about the funny exchange Bucks big man John Henson had on Twitter after a fan shared a photo of him wearing his newly opened jersey on Christmas morning.
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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.