The Milwaukee Bucks missed out on a great opportunity to grab a win against the Miami Heat as they fell away in the fourth quarter on Wednesday.
Having been embarrassed by the Miami Heat in a game in South Beach as recently as Sunday, for most of Wednesday’s rematch at the Bradley Center, there were positives to be taken from how the Milwaukee Bucks were matching up.
Unfortunately, the general flow of play was rendered meaningless as the Bucks fell into some of their more troubling offensive habits in the fourth quarter, leading to yet another disappointing loss at the hands of Erik Spoelstra’s team.
That was painfully summed up as with two seconds remaining in the game, Antetokounmpo missed his seventh and eighth free throws of the night, but even then Milwaukee’s problems ran deeper.
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On a night when usually reliable offensive stalwarts like Eric Bledsoe and Malcolm Brogdon were a little off, and Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn’t quite at his efficient best, the Bucks were unable to create opportunities for players who were in a better rhythm on the night.
Not for the first time, that meant that three quarters of good work were undone as Milwaukee failed to execute in a similar fashion in the game’s fourth quarter.
How did the players perform individually on Wednesday, though? Let’s take a closer look.