KYLE KUZMA SAT at his locker, still wearing his white and green No. 18 jersey with his feet soaking in two buckets of ice. The Milwaukee Bucks just lost to the Orlando Magic 111-109 after Damian Lillard missed a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer. Lillard pulled up his chair at his locker beside Kuzma.
Until then, Kuzma's arrival in Milwaukee had gone smoothly. The team had stormed out of the All-Star break, winning seven of eight, and Kuzma had joked that he had won more during this stretch than his entire tenure with the Washington Wizards.