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Milwaukee Bucks 2018-19 Season Review: Sterling Brown

By Jordan Treske

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 25: Sterling Brown #23 of the Milwaukee Bucks walks to the bench during a game against the Charlotte Hornets at Fiserv Forum on January 25, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - JANUARY 25: Sterling Brown #23 of the Milwaukee Bucks walks to the bench during a game against the Charlotte Hornets at Fiserv Forum on January 25, 2019 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /
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Game of the season

In what may be remembered as one of the more unusual, yet bizarrely entertaining games from the Bucks’ 2018-19 season, Sterling Brown put in a career performance in Milwaukee’s shorthanded, buzzer beating 136-135 overtime loss to the Atlanta Hawks back on March 31.

Logging over 33 minutes of action, Brown finished with 27 points on 10-of-22 shooting from the field (5-of-10 from long distance, 2-of-2 from the line), nine rebounds, three steals, three assists, two turnovers, one block and was a -2 on that day.

Getting the nod in the starting five as only Brook Lopez was available from the regulars, Brown took matters into his own hands to give the bizarro Bucks a much needed scoring boost that Sunday morning and afternoon.

First came the barrage of triples Brown hit throughout Milwaukee’s 43-point first quarter as four of his five three-pointers for the contest came within that span. As his hot shooting start eventually cooled off, and the same certainly applied to the team in general as the tilt wore on, Brown carried the torch to manufacture buckets with the ball in his hands.

Brown took to penetrating the heart of Atlanta’s defense and came up with big clutch finishes both at the end of regulation and in overtime that put the Bucks in prime position to take an unlikely win at the first night of a back-to-back.

As fate would have it, Brown’s heroics weren’t enough as Hawks rookie point guard Trae Young put down an incredibly memorable second chance prayer as time expired in the overtime period. But it certainly didn’t diminish the opportunity Brown received that day and there’s no question he made the best of it as he told Eric Nehm of The Athletic after the fact:

"“It was huge,” Brown said. “People look past it because we lost. Tip your hat to Trae Young and the whole Atlanta squad for coming back, but for me personally and for the team, it was huge because it shows Coach believes in me and I can step up to the plate. And if need be and it happens in the playoffs, I’ll be ready. “If Coach calls my number, he knows what he’ll get from me. He knows what to expect.”"

Here’s to many showings like that in the future.

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