Through the first 65 games of the regular season, AKA pre-bubble, the Milwaukee Bucks played far and away the fewest clutch minutes of any NBA team (defined as a five-point game within the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime). At just 50 minutes, they accrued 32 fewer than the 29th-ranked Memphis Grizzlies and 121 fewer than the first-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder. It’s also the fewest crunch-time minutes of any NBA team since the league began tracking the stat in 1996-97. Despite the small sample size, they were straight dominant during those minutes, posting a whopping 22.
Bucks Film Room: Crunch-Time Haunts Milwaukee in the Bubble
