The Milwaukee Bucks returned to action with a signature win as they hung on to best the Toronto Raptors in overtime on Friday night.
With the benefit of hindsight, 24 games from now it may seem obvious to say the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t have had a better possible opponent to face on their return from the All-Star break than the Toronto Raptors.
In a rematch of last season’s hotly contested first round playoff series, the Bucks and Raptors went to overtime for the second time this season at Air Canada Centre, yet on this occasion it was the Bucks who prevailed with the win.
Clearly motivated and determined to get a win against a team that has regularly beaten them in spite of a variety of factors shaping it into one of the East’s most exciting rivalries, the Bucks meant business on Friday night.
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Against a team playing as well as the Raptors have this season, down moments were almost inevitable on Friday night, and instead the question was going to be could Milwaukee rally through them.
The Bucks managed to do that and then some, particularly after Toronto forced the game into overtime before running off a 5-0 run to start the additional period too.
With heroics from Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jason Terry, and more, the Bucks were just always up to the challenges thrown at them by Toronto on this occasion.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at how all of Milwaukee’s players graded individually in Friday’s win.