Kyle Kuzma has been struggling in the last few games and so were the Milwaukee Bucks.
The team lost again to the New York Knicks, putting them at 0-11 against the Eastern Conference’s top 3 teams. They can, however, find solace on Kuzma finding his stride again.
The 29-year-old forward scored 20 points in the game while also contributing five rebounds and three assists.
That is the most points he scored ever since the win against the Los Angeles Lakers on March 22. He also had a stretch of three straight where he scored below nine points despite logging in at least 31 minutes.
The loss against the Knicks saw what he can do if he is aggressive. He scored the team’s first six points and finished the first quarter with nine.
He credits head coach Doc Rivers game plan to get him going.
“I got like six points easy, out early, and then just through the game, in the flow of the game, got a couple rebounds, and then third quarter when we made that little run Doc made an effort to get me going, some pick-and-rolls, getting downhill,” he said.
Kyle Kuzma on impact of his aggressiveness
Bucks acquired Kuzma before the trade deadline to replace Khris Middleton as the third offensive option in the team.
He may not appear as that guy but the one-time champion insists he knows what he is capable of.
“I’m very confident in myself, I know that I can make it easy on my teammates and also put the ball in the hole. It’s something I’ve done in my career,” he said.
He also explained that the team is still in the process of incorporating his capability to the system but he is aware that time is not their friend.
“We’re figuring it out slowly but we don’t have that much time, so we gotta figure it out quicker.”
The Bucks are currently sixth in the East with nine games remaining.
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