Damian Lillard laments the Milwaukee Bucks' efforts on both ends of the floor

The Milwaukee Bucks went to the Golden 1 Center not as sharp as they should have been and got blown out by the Sacramento Kings, 129-94, to end their road trip with a dismal 1-3 record. After the game, Bucks superstar guard Damian Lillard assessed that they didn’t play well enough on both ends of the floor, which resulted in a lopsided result.

Couldn’t execute on offense

In the first quarter, the Bucks played like they had just gotten out of bed and let the Kings build momentum. Sacramento made eight three-pointers in the first alone, and though they held only a 38-30 lead after that stretch, their confidence was evident.

They tacked on 37 points in the second quarter and never looked back. Lillard noted that the Bucks’ inability to make shots paved the way for the Kings to get easy buckets in transition where Milwaukee’s defense wasn’t set.

“We just weren’t sharp enough, so they got off to a good start,” Lillard said.

“We also knew that to kind of take them out of transition and being able to play with that pace that they play with, we had to play good offense and execute so they weren’t just getting it off the rim, pushing it at us and our defense was kind of off balance.”