MILWAUKEE — Thon Maker is having his biggest games at the biggest time of the year.
Not bad for a bench guy and someone who, as recently as last week, was a roster afterthought.
Maker had never blocked five shots in any NBA game before this postseason began — and now he’s blocked that many in each of the last two playoff contests for the Milwaukee Bucks. There’s an old coaching adage that tells players to stay ready, because they never know when their chance to make an impact has arrived.
Maker is proving that axiom to be correct.