Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 102-86 win over Orlando Magic
In their final regular season home game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, the Milwaukee Bucks locked down a 102-86 win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
It took some time to get there, but the Milwaukee Bucks eventually took care of business on Monday night, as they comfortably took down the Orlando Magic in their regular season sendoff for their home, the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
Once again without superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks got off to a fast and occasionally sloppy start to hold a one possession lead midway through the first. After the Magic briefly gained control of the game shortly after, the Bucks closed out the first on a 17-6 run from the 5:11 mark of the quarter to lead 31-21 after one.
Unfortunately, the Bucks followed up their strong close in the first by going on a seven-minute scoring drought to start the second quarter.
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As a result of their offensive ineffectiveness, the Magic retook the lead before the Bucks answered back to hold a 45-42 advantage heading into halftime.
The Bucks came out sluggish to start the second half, leading the Magic to take advantage by leading by as much as seven at the 5:49 mark of the third period.
Once again, however, the Bucks answered back by rattling off a 20-6 run from that mark on to go up 74-67 with 12 minutes to go.
From that point on, the Bucks continued to reinforce their control of the game, so much so that interim head coach Joe Prunty turned to his more seldom used players to close the night out with a winning result and to take full possession of the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference as well.
So without further ado, let’s take a look at what all stood out in the Bucks’ win over the Orlando Magic on Monday night.