Milwaukee Bucks: 3 crucial things to watch for against Utah Jazz
The Milwaukee Bucks can’t let the Utah Jazz get hot from 3-point range
Although they have started the season at 4-1 and only lost their first game of the season last night, the Jazz still haven’t quite found their groove from 3-point range. That was their bread and butter last season, blowing the doors off the rest of the league with a lethal drive and kick game.
This season, the Jazz are still torching teams at the offensive end but haven’t converted their easy 3-point looks, despite still generating a ton of them.
The Utah Jazz have the NBA's best offensive rating.
— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) October 30, 2021
Nearly 14% of their shots have been corner 3s, easily the best mark in the NBA.
They are shooting 28.6% on those looks, 4th worst mark in the league.
Y'all should be terrified.
The Bucks can’t let the Jazz get easy corner 3 looks and allow them to get hot from there, after struggling through their first five games. It won’t be easy as the Jazz are one of the best teams, if not the best, at creating open 3-point looks, especially from the corner.
They have five players who take over five 3-point attempts per game, with two of them taking over nine a night. Between those five players, only two of them are shooting above 32 percent on their 3-pointers and one of them is below 30 percent (Jordan Clarkson, 26.3 percent).
Through six games, the biggest problem for the Bucks has been their rebounding so it will be imperative that if they can force the Jazz to miss more 3-pointers, to clean up the glass and not let Rudy Gobert dominate the paint on missed shots. That’s easier said than done, of course.