Saturday was a bad day for the Milwaukee Bucks. It was even more for striker Kyle Kuzma.
The Bucks opened the NBA qualifying calendar with A defeat of 117-98 against the Pacers of Indiana. Kuzma experienced one of the worst individual performances of the eliminations in the history of the League in the losing effort.
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Kuzma started and played 21 minutes for a team of Bucks playing in digital disadvantage without the Damian Lillard stars. He did not record a single counting statistics.
Here is Kuzma's line for the game:
0-5 of the land
0-2 of 3
0-2 of the FT line
0 points
0 rebounds
0 aid.
0 flights
0 blocks
0 reversal
He increased to UN-24 in the more / less column and a brutal day for the eighth year veteran of the NBA making his first appearance in the playoffs for the bucks since he joined them in the mid-season trade which sent Khris Middleton to the Wizards. At least he did not return the ball.
Kyle Kuzma, on the left, had an accident Saturday against the Pacers. (Images of Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn)
(Imagn Images via Reuters Connect / Reuters)
Kuzma's place in the history of ignominious qualifying series
According to several accounts, Kuzma is only the sixth player in NBA history to record zero counting statistics while playing 20 minutes or more in a eliminatory match. Mike Dunleavy Jr. (2015), Bruce Bowen (2008), Brent Barry (2005), Michael Cage (1993) and Maurice Lucas (1986) are the others.
Barry is part of Kuzma for the largest report of the playoffs without contribution recorded in an appearance of 22:12 for the San Antonio Spurs against the Supersonics of Seattle in 2005.
But unlike the Kuzma bucks, Barry's Spurs won that day.
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And unfortunately for Kuzma, his efforts continue a trend of a season. According to a statistical measure, Kuzma was one of the worst players in the NBA regular season.
Kuzma ended the season with -0,024 victory actions with 48 minutes, which ranks 519th on all NBA players and 179th out of 179 players to play enough minutes to qualify for statistics On basketball reference.
The good news for the bucks is that Lillard should come back for match 2 or match 3 of the series of thrombosis of the deep vein which has svertak it since March 18. But the Doc Rivers head coach may need to adjust the way he deploys Kuzma for the rest of the series.
