Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 103-100 loss to Utah Jazz

What can Brown do for you?

As Bucks fans sift through the heartbreaking defeat to the Jazz, one positive they’ll be able to fall back on was the promising play of third-year wing Sterling Brown.

It was clear that Brown’s number was called by Budenholzer to give the Bucks a spark and his play throughout the first half was consistent with the team’s dreadful play overall. But as the Bucks’ fortunes during the second half turned around, so did Brown’s and he made critical contributions for the Bucks mostly doing grunt work on the offensive glass or hustling to make plays.

Considering the Bucks spent the majority of the second half playing small, due to the foul trouble for starting Bucks big man Brook Lopez, Brown’s work on the boards on both ends was even more impressive in that regard, and he did all of that while drawing the assignment of having to guard third-year Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell for extended stretches.

Brown’s big moment came late as the Bucks made their final push when he burst past Bojan Bogdanovic to put down a huge layup to came within two points of the Jazz with under 30 seconds to go

All in all, Brown finished with seven points on 3-of-8 shooting from the field (0-for-3 from downtown,1-for-2 from the foul line), eight rebounds (three offensive), two steals, one block and one assist and was a +1 in over 22 and a half minutes off the bench.

Now we’ll see if a performance like this, and the work he put in to give the Bucks a chance to snag a potential comeback victory late on the road, will give way to Brown getting consistent looks in the rotation.

The Bucks will close out their four-game road trip with a meeting with the Oklahoma City Thunder Sunday night for a 6 p.m. central time tilt.