Milwaukee Bucks: Player grades from 140-131 loss to Phoenix Suns
The Milwaukee Bucks suffered a rare back-to-back defeat Sunday night as they were outdueled by the Phoenix Suns.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ West coast trip continues to be a nightmare as they fell to the Phoenix Suns Sunday night in a 140-131 defeat at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
Taking the floor without their superstar, Giannis Antetokounmpo, who’s recuperating from a minor knee sprain, the Bucks could not have gotten off to a worse start Sunday, making their challenge of being without their leader that much greater.
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The Bucks were forced to rally practically from the opening jump and while their comeback could be seen as valiant at times, they still failed to make up for their early sizeable deficit, leading to their 11th loss of the season.
Phoenix, meanwhile, followed the rubric of how to take down the Bucks this season, thanks to an offensive performance that unsurprisingly ranks as one of their best in their 26-win season at the moment.
Now the Bucks are forced to figure things out heading into their final game of their trip out West when they go into Denver to take on a Nuggets team that is playing far from their best basketball coming out of the All-Star break.
So without further ado, let’s grade out each and every individual performance from the Bucks’ loss to the Phoenix Suns from Sunday night, shall we?