Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from 97-95 win over Oklahoma City Thunder

The Milwaukee Bucks put an end to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s streak in controversial fashion, but how did the players perform individually?

Following losses to Eastern Conference cellar-dwellers like the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls, it felt perfectly in keeping with the strangeness that often surrounds the Milwaukee Bucks for the team to follow up a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves with another against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

For as strange as Thursday’s win against Minnesota actually was, the manner in which the Bucks came back to win likely helped them coming in to this win too.

Milwaukee carried over real positive momentum to the Chesapeake Arena, and produced a confident and competent start to build up a commanding lead in the first quarter.

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Having watched an opponent blow a 20 point lead against them on the second night of a back-to-back the night before, the Bucks then witnessed their own 22-point lead eventually whittle down to a tie game with just five seconds remaining.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo was able to power his way to the rim for a dunk and the winning basket, the game finished with Thunder players and coaches remonstrating to officials on the court as replays had shown that Antetokounmpo had stepped out of bounds on the drive.

As the play wasn’t officially reviewable, the complaints counted for nothing, though.

The Bucks hung on to steal the win, but how did the players and Jason Kidd grade individually on the night? Let’s take a deeper dive into the action to find out.