In a hard-fought match, Kyle Kuzma's three-pointer brought the Bucks within five points of the Cavaliers late in the fourth quarter, yet the Cavaliers responded decisively. A critical play by Darius Garland, who assisted Jarrett Allen’s dunk, shifted momentum drastically and widened the Bucks' deficit. Despite the Bucks' valiant efforts in clawing back from an early 15-point deficit, they found themselves struggling to regain footing, leading to Coach Doc Rivers emptying the bench as defeat became inevitable. The article draws an analogy to cartoonish battles, highlighting the unexpected and often cruel fate in competitive sports.
The Bucks had done this a few times already, scrambled and shoved and shoulder-charged their way to within a couple buckets of the visitors, who despite their all-timer of a win percentage are just a game up on the Oklahoma City Thunder for the NBA's top overall record.
Kuzma's three, nailed with 8:55 left in regulation, seemed to keep momentum on Milwaukee's side, after they'd closed a 15-point first-half deficit to four points late in the third quarter.
A little over four minutes later, Darius Garland slipped a pass in traffic to a rolling Jarrett Allen, Allen thundered home a right-handed dunk over Brook Lopez, the crowd went absolutely silent.
I had a hard time with this! You see, as often as Wile E. Coyote is undone by an unimaginably cruel cosmos-times when his best-laid plans fail not because they are innately stupid but because a handheld spring-loaded contraption meant to propel a stick of dynamite forward into the path of the Road Runner instead propels the device's handler backward.
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