Milwaukee Bucks: 5 players Jrue Holiday has shut down on defense
By Dalton Sell
De’Aaron Fox had his work cut out for him against Milwaukee Bucks’ Jrue Holiday
Another ascending star guard in this league, De’Aaron Fox had a fantastic game for the Sacramento Kings in their April 3 matchup against the visiting Bucks.
Fox finished the contest with 27 points on 10-for-24 shooting, including 2-for-7 from long range. While numbers like that signal that the 23-year-old had everything clicking that night, it was far from easy when he saw Jrue Holiday as his primary defender for seven and a half minutes in the matchup.
Holiday did a fantastic job of keeping Fox at bay throughout that timeframe, holding the guard to just six points on 3-of-9 shooting, including 0-of-2 from behind the arc, while also logging a turnover. Among the fastest players in the league, Fox’s high-energy play makes him a tough cover for even the best defenders, but Holiday showed his prowess by limiting him as much as possible offensively in this game.
Although it was merely a brief stretch, one could have undoubtedly argued that Holiday should have been glued to Fox for far more than just seven and a half of his 38 minutes logged that night. Nevertheless, the Bucks were able to pick up the win, thanks to some stunning two-way efforts from Holiday without Giannis Antetokounmpo in the lineup.