It was a story we’ve gotten rapidly used to this season: The Bucks started off slow, the offense looked calcified, the defense even moreso, and took awhile to turn around. A 21 point halftime lead made the Bucks look insurmountable. Then the third quarter started and... they didn’t completely implode?
That’s right, the trend of giving up gigantic leads held off for at least one night as the Bucks secured a 123-91 win.
We should jump right to what made this dominant first half different from those of the past couple of games: Eric Bledsoe was driving and Sterling Brown/Donte DiVincenzo’s activity level unclogged a slow-rolling offense.