Milwaukee Bucks: 5 stats that stand out from their seeding games

5 stats that stand out from the Milwaukee Bucks’ seeding games – 15.3 turnover percentage

The Bucks finished their run through the seeding games with a 15.3 turnover percentage, the fifth-worst mark of the 22 participating teams.

That essentially equated to the Bucks turning the ball over roughly once every seven offensive possessions over the run of seeding games, which is far from what you want when getting back into the groove of things. For context, the Bucks’ turnover percentage came in at 14.1 percent during the season before the suspension, which ranked 11th in the league.

And as a result of the many turnovers assumed, the Bucks allowed 20.4 opponent points off turnovers per 100 possessions, the third-highest mark of all 22 teams in the restart.

Sure, the difference in turnover percentage isn’t that all that large to what the Bucks did previously and they have maintained playing at such a blistering pace that they’re able to make up possessions very easily. But the small sample size and the Bucks’ roving rotation over the course of the seeding games exacerbated those self-inflicted miscues so far in the bubble.

Not to single out any one player, but this is an area where second-year guard Donte DiVincenzo greatly struggled as he accumulated as many assists to turnovers (18) over his six appearances in the seeding games. For the Bucks fans that wanted to see DiVincenzo take on more reps as a lead ball handler, it’s fair to say he’s overextended in that regard right now.

Budenholzer is fond of having all five players on the floor having the ability to take charge and initiate the team’s read-and-react offense. But as we’ve seen, not having at least a pair of capable ball-handlers can lead to the Bucks’ offense falling into stagnation or much worse, not having the ball at all.