Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton received little-to-no assistance scoring in Games One and Two. They needed another killer mentality at work, one that Antetokounmpo told Thon Maker in a conversation two weeks ago that had to emerge again.
Joe Prunty’s team lacked energy. Those two were going to penetrate and shoot respectively, but the matchups in Boston were decided by the depth of production only one team received.
But as Brad Stevens eyeballed the Bucks with the series turning back to Milwaukee, he became worried; not because of the low averages of his opponent’s role players, but for what they are capable of.