Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 127-120 loss to LA Clippers
By William Wang
Converting off turnovers and fast breaks
Speaking of turnovers, the Bucks scored 37 points off of turnovers.
Milwaukee scored 28 of those points in the fast break, as they successfully pushed the pace to take advantage of the extra possessions gained. Bledsoe and Brandon Jennings could often be seen speeding ahead with the ball across the half-court line. Similarly, Antetokounmpo and Parker were in fearsome attack mode attacking in transition.
On one play, Parker hit his defender with a hesitation dribble followed by a right-to-left crossover into a left-to-right eurostep for the lefty finger-roll. He finished off the highlight by staring at his left hand while getting back on defense.
Muhammad put together a nice eurostep finish of his own in transition as well.
Middleton was the main catalyst picking up four steals himself, while Antetokounmpo had three nasty blocks. Despite giving up a monster game to Jordan, the Bucks did manage to force seven turnovers out of him though.
The Bucks success in forcing turnovers and converting off of turnovers and fast breaks was the biggest equalizer in giving them a shot in this game. They were significantly behind the Clippers in free-throw attempt rate, 0.337 to 0.187, and in offensive rebounding percentage, 39.0 percent to 20.5 percent.