Milwaukee Bucks: 3 trends that need to cease in Game 4 against Nets

The Milwaukee Bucks need to head back to the drawing board offensively

Scoring has been hard to come by for the Bucks throughout the first three games of this series, as they are averaging just 93 points per game. Take into account that they were the highest-scoring regular season team this year at 120.1 points and the problem is clear as this team has lost their identity on the offensive end.

A massive factor in this standstill offensively has been Milwaukee’s ever-growing pile of turnovers. They have logged 40 giveaways over these first three games as their carelessness with the basketball has been on full display and continues to hurt this team. To make matters worse, the Bucks have tallied just 47 assists in contrast to these 40 turnovers as a team, highlighting that this team cannot get the ball moving, which is forcing them to get creative on the fly.

Antetokounmpo has primarily assumed ballhandling responsibilities here and the Nets have done their part to figure out his next move. When Giannis tries to get unpredictable and hoist a pull-up triple in transition or on the fly, the Nets are more than satisfied to let him heave away. When he isolates, oftentimes right at the top of the key, Milwaukee’s high-octane offense is stalled.

Something to switch things up would be having Antetokounmpo play more off-ball on offense and have Khris Middleton or Jrue Holiday orchestrate more offense. The pick-and-roll has proven impactful several times during the series thus far, and getting Antetokounmpo more looks in the roll would create a better look than a 3-pointer would almost 10 times out of 10. It would make Milwaukee’s offense less predictable in an effort to get them back into the swing of things.