Summer League Recap: Spurs 90, Bucks 80

The Milwaukee Bucks drop to 0-2 in Summer League following a 90-80 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Brayden Burries and Cormac Ryan were the lone Bucks players to hit double figures, with the no. 10 pick scoring 26 points and Ryan putting up 15, as the team struggled offensively, shooting 15/39 from the field (38.5%). Nate Ament struggled once again, going just 3-for-7 from the field for seven points and three turnovers. RJ Davis led the Spurs with 20 points and three assists, while four other Spurs joined him in double figures.

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Burries got the Bucks on the board early, pulling out a shot fake from three and finishing with an 11-foot mid-range jumper. Milwaukee had a hard time holding on to the ball after that, with second-year guard Kasparas Jakučionis committing three straight turnovers, but luckily, San Antonio couldn’t make them pay. The Spurs started to build a lead thanks to their three-point shooting from RJ Melendez and Ja’Kobi Gillespie, going up 13-6 with three minutes left in the quarter. Things went from bad to worse for the Bucks, who missed seven straight shots and committed three more turnovers, as the Spurs went up by 17 points before Jesse Edwards finally stopped the bleeding with back-to-back buckets in the paint. San Antonio would have the last laugh of the frame, though, as Emanuel Miller banked in a floater at the buzzer, giving them a 25-10 lead at the first break.

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The Bucks continued to struggle to find the bottom of the basket, missing their first four shots before Burries got open on a back cut to the rim. The Spurs expanded their lead during the Bucks’ dry spell, going up by as many as 21. Burries was the only Milwaukee player to find any modicum of success on offense, drilling a catch-and-shoot three-pointer amid his teammates’ struggles. Cormac Ryan and Jakučionis made the first consecutive baskets, with Jakučionis hitting a euro-step layup and Ryan drilling a transition three. Ryan hit his second three-pointer of the game, cutting the Spurs’ lead to 17 points heading into halftime, 42-25.

After a quiet first half, Ament got a bucket right out…

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