As the Milwaukee Bucks came away with a victory against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night in their first game since Khris Middleton was sidelined for three-to-four weeks with a left thigh contusion, there were certainly major kinks to be worked out in terms of how the offense functioned.
The Bucks may have scored 124 points, but they turned the ball over 22 times, and struggled mightily from three-point range.
A relentless attack of the Bulls’ painted area covered over many of those cracks — as did the individual brilliance of both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Eric Bledsoe — helping the Bucks to not only score 70 points in the paint, but also to attempt an incredible 47 free throws over the course of the night.