Giannis hopes the Bucks will improve their double-teaming defence tactics.

 

Giannis Antetokounmpo was well aware of the reasons behind the Milwaukee Bucks’ crushing 94-129 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.

Giannis suggested the Bucks’ inability to move the ball effectively was the reason behind their collapse, claiming they failed to adequately respond to the Kings’ double-teaming defence.

Milwaukee needs to be adept at reading the defence.

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This season, it has been common to see Giannis draw several defenders in the post or Damian Lillard being blitzed. According to Antetokounmpo, the Bucks need to improve their attack on the double-teaming defence of the opposition.

“Gotta move the ball, but…I get it. I get why it’s happening. Especially, for example, when you get double-teamed every single time in the post, you want to play. You want to impact the game. You cannot just be passive and just passing the ball. You gotta impact the game in a way. Sometimes you gotta beat the double team. Sometimes, you gotta make something happen. When they’re blitzing Dame every single time, sometimes he’s going to hold the ball, try to see if he can find a crack, try to make something happen. I get why it’s happening,” said Giannis.

Milwaukee’s poor ball movement was evident in the stats, as it only had 23 assists, compared to 34 for Sacramento. This bad shooting resulted to the team’s overwhelming defeat. Additionally, Milwaukee missed their shots and did not force Sacramento to pay for sending two defenders to its two superstars. The Kings shot 53% from the field after finishing 49-for-92, while the Bucks only hit 30 of their 82 tries.

Giannis is hoping that in the upcoming games, the Bucks will make the required corrections. After a disappointing three-game journey to California, they will play the Philadelphia Sixers at home on Thursday.

“We’re going to see to see that in the next game, we’re gonna play in the playoffs. We gotta be able to beat the teams from the post when they double-team us. We gotta be able to beat teams when they blitz us. Find the right outlets, guys get to the middle of the floor, try to spray it out to the corners, guys making shots. You have to find ways to be effective no matter what the defense does,” Giannis said.