Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 105-89 loss to Miami Heat

An off night

Antetokounmpo’s struggles left the Bucks with an uphill climb and their collective long range struggles for the night made that uphill climb even steeper.

The Bucks finished with their second-worst 3-point shooting performance of the season Monday night as they connected on 7 of their 34 attempts from that range of the floor. And they nearly went the entire second half without a triple before Pat Connaughton knocked in his second three at the 2:06 mark of garbage time during the fourth quarter.

Milwaukee’s perimeter shooting struggles informed their 91.8 offensive rating for the night, now standing as the worst mark for the 52-9 club for this season.

That contrasted with a strong 3-point outing for the Heat as they went 18-for-37 from deep on the night, good for 48.6 percent. That’s now a combined 34 triples the Heat have compiled throughout their pair of victories over the Bucks.

Even as the second-best 3-point shooting team in the league this season, there was a level of unsustainable shooting on the Heat’s part, given the fact that it was Jae Crowder who led the team with five triples on nine attempts.

But give credit where credit is due as the Heat made any comeback attempt the Bucks sought to make that much more insurmountable with their marksmanship all throughout the night.