{"id":705408,"date":"2026-04-08T15:14:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705408\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T15:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T15:14:23","slug":"player-grades-for-ousmane-dieng-taurean-prince-in-bucks-loss-vs-nets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/705408\/","title":{"rendered":"Player Grades for Ousmane Dieng, Taurean Prince in Bucks\u2019 loss vs. Nets"},"content":{"rendered":"

In what can only be described as a tank-off (though I\u2019d argue one team tried a lot more shenanigans than the other), the Milwaukee Bucks fall to the Brooklyn Nets 96-90. The loss brings the Bucks just one game behind the Bulls for the ninth-best draft odds. This win for the Nets means they lead the season series 2-1. Read our full summary of the game here<\/a> and catch a six-minute audio recap on the Bucks+ podcast, Bucks In Six Minutes<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n

26 minutes, 8 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 3\/8 FG, 1\/4 3P, -13<\/p>\n

Nance was mostly invisible in this game. Didn\u2019t have his shot going, but did somewhat of an impact through his passing.<\/p>\n

36 minutes, 16 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, 6\/15 FG, 4\/12 3P, +1<\/p>\n

Shot worse than he had been, but made some big ones down the stretch (including a tough three from the deep corner). Also contributed in other areas such as rebounding. The four assists are nice until you see the turnovers; don\u2019t quit your day job, TP.<\/p>\n

31 minutes, 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 7 turnovers, 5\/12 FG, 0\/5 3P, -5<\/p>\n

A really tough game for Ous, who seems to be hitting a wall as this season comes to a close. It\u2019s understandable, with him never playing this much before, but still, you\u2019d like for him to play better against a team like that. Having that many turnovers is unacceptable.<\/p>\n

38 minutes, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 6\/13 FG, 6\/12 3P, -4<\/p>\n

Was lukewarm for most of the game, but lit it up in the fourth, going 3\/5 from three, including a clutch triple to bring the Bucks within two with 32 seconds left. I liked his physicality on defence as well.<\/p>\n

36 minutes, 12 points, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 6\/9 FG, +7<\/p>\n

It really seems like they\u2019re making a point of using Jericho as a hub as the season winds down. His development as a DHO\/short-roll operator has been tremendous.<\/p>\n

33 minutes, 14 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 turnovers, 5\/12 FG, 3\/6 3P, -5<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t shoot the ball from two as well as he had been, but still had some moments of brilliance. In particular, Ryan had a smooth \u201cPinoy step\u201d in the second quarter (kind of like a slow euro-step with the shot fake on the first step\u2026 YouTube it if that made no sense, LOL).<\/p>\n

15 minutes, 3 points, 2 assists, 3 turnovers, 1\/3 FG, 0\/2 3P, 0<\/p>\n

We might be coming to the end of the line with AJax. Just not a functional NBA player.<\/p>\n

21 minutes, 7 points, 3\/9 FG, 1\/4 3P, -11<\/p>\n

Did some nice things\u2014including a one-legged three with the shot clock winding down in the first half\u2014but all in all, not much to report, good or bad (in typical Gary Harris fashion). Good on him for wanting to play and compete in a game like this, though.<\/p>\n

I mean, how much can you really judge Doc when the front office really took over for this one? I\u2019ll keep echoing the point that the team is \u201cplaying the right way,\u201d evidenced by having 25 assists on 45 made field goals.<\/p>\n

DNP-CD: Alex Antetokounmpo, Thanasis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n

Inactive: Kevin Porter Jr., Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner, Bobby Portis, Kyle Kuzma, Gary Trent Jr., Ryan Rollins<\/p>\n

The Bucks (31-48) have the Pistons, Nets, and 76ers (two likely losses, one that could go either way). The Bulls (30-49) have the Wizards, Magic, and Mavs (one win, one loss, and one that could go either way). If the Bulls win two of those games and the Bucks lose two, both teams will end up with the same record of 32-50, triggering a coin flip for the ninth-best odds (I think).Prior to the game, Doc answered a question about how long he sees himself continuing to coach in the NBA: \u201cI won\u2019t answer that, but I have grandkids that I want to see. I\u2019ll let you figure it out from there.\u201dDoc said the Nets getting to the line 23 times to the Bucks\u2019 eight, along with Milwaukee\u2019s 19 turnovers, were the biggest things that lost them the game. Singled out Ous as someone who has to value the ball better.Back home in New York, Cormac Ryan got a small but loud applause when he scored.The Nets were doing some shifty tanking stuff, such as not playing E.J. Liddell (their best player on the night) in the fourth quarter. Also, Nolan Traore is playing suspiciously low minutes and coming off the bench. Yes, the Bucks were also tanking (right?), but at least they played their best guys when it mattered.Milwaukee went on a 15-5 run late in the fourth, but it wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are back in action tonight in Detroit at 6:00 p.m. CDT. Catch the game on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In what can only be described as a tank-off (though I\u2019d argue one team tried a lot more…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":705409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,56844,1565,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-705408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-bucks-postgame-takeaways-player-grades","11":"tag-bucks-analysis","12":"tag-milwaukee","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","14":"tag-milwaukeebucks","15":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116369743175567505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}