Milwaukee Bucks: 3 changes that must be made for the playoffs

Milwaukee Bucks: 3 changes that must be made for the playoffs – Motivation

The Bucks players, along with everyone else, have had the tough task of playing in a bubble without fans. At this point, it’s tough to say definitively which teams will benefit or suffer most from this change, but the Bucks certainly haven’t been one of the early beneficiaries.

Giannis Antetokounmpo addressed the below average performances of the Bucks when speaking to the media in recent days, as relayed by Eric Woodyard of ESPN:

"It wasn’t frustrating because we were losing. Like, losing is part of basketball, losing is part of the game, but, obviously, what was frustrating because at times I think we wasn’t ourselves. We wasn’t moving the ball as much as I wanted to move the ball or as much as [coach Mike Budenholzer] wants us to move the ball. We wasn’t defending as hard. As I said, there was times that we were ourselves, where we were the No. 1 team in the league on defense, but there were times that we showed that and there was times that we didn’t."

The truth is a lack of motivation might be the real reason the Bucks were lacking in defense and giving up more turnovers. The fact that Milwaukee just needed two wins to get the No. 1 seed in the eight-game seeding schedule certainly didn’t help on that front either.

Now that the playoffs are about to begin, will the Milwaukee Bucks be able to rise to the occasion? Hopefully, the Milwaukee Bucks have a second gear ready because other teams are vying to be the Eastern Conference representative in the long awaited NBA Finals.

The Milwaukee Bucks better be ready for a fight.