Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 130-95 loss to Philadelphia 76ers
With plenty at stake regarding their playoff seeding, the Milwaukee Bucks were absolutely drubbed by the Philadelphia 76ers to cap off their regular season campaign on Wednesday night.
On the final, frenzied night of the 2017-18 regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks were torn apart by the streaking Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night, losing 130-95.
The tone of the night was set early on as the Bucks got off to a flat start, which played a big part in the 76ers racing out to a double-digit lead midway through the first. It only got worse from there as the 76ers turned up the heat by hitting from beyond the arc and within the painted area to hold a 46-18 lead over the Bucks after one.
For how much the game had been pulled out from under them to that point, the Bucks followed up their first 12 minutes with an equally porous second quarter, one that finished with them trailing 80-44 heading into halftime.
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With the night having gone permanently south, Bucks head coach Joe Prunty pulled the night’s starting five not long into the second half in favor of the team’s cast of reserves to finish out the night from that point on.
Considering the circumstances, the Bucks had some interesting moments in spite of how miserable the night had been, but not enough to drastically cut into their 30-point deficit after three.
The story didn’t change in the fourth and final frame and the Bucks finished out their regular season portion of the year with their worst loss of the season, a fitting end to their unbalanced, bewildering campaign.
So without further ado, let’s dive deeper into what stood out in the Bucks’ loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night.