The Milwaukee Bucks are going to struggle to defend teams that have even a semblance of ball movement. That’s the first takeaway from two games to start the year against the Philadelphia 76ers and the Atlanta Hawks.
In the season opener, while the Bucks were unable to keep their foot on the neck of the Sixers, the defense ended up hanging together alright to close when the possessions went primarily through Joel Embiid or Tyrese Maxey. Philly would end with 25 team assists to Milwaukee’s 20. When the Hawks started moving the ball?