4 Reasons Why the Indiana Pacers Can Surpass the Bucks for the 6th Seed
By Jared Wade
1. The Bucks Have Been Awful Since Brandon Knight Left
The Milwaukee Bucks have gone just 3-7 since trading away Brandon Knight. The only teams they’ve beaten are the Denver Nuggets (which have a 23-41 record), the Philadelphia 76ers (14-49), and Washington Wizards (an ongoing dumpster fire).
Meanwhile, they’ve lost to the Lakers, Jazz, and the aforementioned Nuggets.
They are struggling to beat even bad teams. Since the All-Star break, they are scoring a league-worst 90 points per game, committing a league-worst 17.6 turnovers per game, and getting outscored by 4.6 points per 100 possessions.
They miss Brandon Knight.
Badly.
And there isn’t a lot of evidence that they are still a good team. They played well last night against the Pelicans and The Greek Freak scored a career high. But Anthony Davis ripped their heart out with some clutch hoops, and they could only muster 19 points in the fourth quarter — including ZERO in the final two minutes.
They simply cannot score anymore. And it’s hard to win basketball games that way.
The Bucks were a great story early in the season, and they looked like a lock to win 45 games. Now, they will need to go 8-11 over their final 19 games just to finish the season at .500 — and it no longer looks likely to happen.
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