Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 104-102 Game 4 win over Boston Celtics

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Arguably the steadiest Buck on Sunday afternoon, as he often is, Khris Middleton added to his sterling play in the team’s first round series against the Celtics with another rock solid outing.

Middleton’s scoring contributions were made tough all throughout the day by the Celtics, but it wasn’t enough to slow down the South Carolina native as he knocked down tough shots, both on the block (including a pair of nifty up and under moves) and behind the three-point line with his assignment right within his air space.

Defensively, the sixth-year swingman tip-toed on the fine line of being physical with Marcus Morris and Jayson Tatum while avoiding the whistles that may have led him to get into foul trouble if it was a different day. Adding on to that, Middleton also forced timely turnovers to get the Bucks on the break and set up a clutch time score late with his ever present help defense.

In total, the Texas A&M product put up 23 points on 8-of-14 shooting from the field (3-for-5 from three), six rebounds, two assists, two steals, two blocks as well as two turnovers and held an even plus-minus in over 36 and a half minutes.

For all of the talk about his playoff performance in the Bucks’ past postseason trips and the overall narrative that has been bandied about by some of his biggest critics throughout fan circles, Middleton has silenced his detractors one by one with each game played in this series.

Don’t believe me, look at his numbers he’s put up this series as tweeted out by Eric Nehm of ESPN Milwaukee shortly after the game.