The Playoffs have started, and so has the drama. The Milwaukee Bucks are up against a familiar foe right now, the Indiana Pacers. The two teams are playing in a re-match of last season’s first-round series, which the Pacers won 4-2. This time, there was optimism around Milwaukee despite Damian Lillard’s untimely blood clot injury. That’s because their franchise player, Giannis Antetokounmpo, is fit for the matchup. So, obviously, the Milwaukee faithful placed all their chips on the Greek Freak’s shoulders. Many expected Milwaukee to fire on all cylinders tonight. While that hasn’t been the case so far as we roll toward the end of the third quarter, it seems the Bucks aren’t firing at all!

Milwaukee found itself trailing by a massive 24 points at halftime against the Pacers. Other than Giannis Antetokounmpo, the rest of the roster is looking dreadful. Even the Greek sensation has struggled, as we saw during his free-throw attempts. Despite his struggles, he has managed to score 33 points along with 12 rebounds so far. But, the same cannot be said for his teammates, especially Kyle Kuzma, who’s been horrendous, to say the least. In his 21 minutes of game time, Kuzma has produced no stats whatsoever. The 29-year-old forward is yet to make a bucket in the game! Moreover, he has no assists or rebounds either. This, of course, has made him the top target for criticism from fans and media alike.

The Bucks faithful are not happy with what they’ve seen from their team so far. It’s only natural that calls would mount against Kuzma, who’s been absolutely terrible. Forbes’ Evan Sidery pointed out a worrisome stat for Milwaukee fans. “Giannis Antetokounmpo has 19 points at halftime while his teammates combined for 23 total.” It goes to show that Giannis is getting no help from his teammates out there. It’s a nightmare start to the postseason for the Milwaukee Bucks this season. While people don’t expect Kuzma to play off the charts, he certainly cannot be this bad. If this is how he’s going to show up in the playoffs, the Bucks are not going very far by the looks of it. Apart from Kuzma, Giannis Antetokounmpo hasn’t gotten much help from his rest of his teammates either.

The Greek Freak has alone closed the gap to 15 with just a couple of minutes remaining in the matchup. Meanwhile, Taurean Prince also did not score a single point, just like Kuzma. He has registered a couple of rebounds and three assists. But that just doesn’t cut it! This is nowhere near the performance required from Milwaukee to get their revenge for last season’s upset. As a result of this, fans are fuming, and Kyle Kuzma is on their radar. “He’s unplayable this series.” Wrote a Milwaukee fan. He suggested that Kuzma is not fit for playing in this high-stakes series. Well, you can’t blame him after watching tonight’s disappointing performance. However, that’s not all, Milwaukee faithful still have a lot to say about the Bucks player.

Fans are angry about Kyle Kuzma’s zero-point performance

Milwaukee was up for revenge tonight as they set foot in the Grainbridge Fieldhouse in Indiana. Despite missing Damian Lillard, fans expected the Bucks to put up a respectable performance, of not win tonight. However, despite their low expectations, they are left disappointed with Milwaukee’s performance. The Bucks have been blown out by the Pacers. A significant reason for this has been Kyle Kuzma’s poor outing. He’s produced a 0/0/0 stat line in tonight’s crucial playoff game. A fan compared Kuzma’s terrible performance to Tony Snell’s infamous zero-stat line game against the Jazz in 2017.

Meanwhile, another follower stated that, “Kyle Kuzma has to be one of the worst players in the NBA, not even bull——g.” He took to X to show his frustration over tonight’s terrible performance from the 29-year-old. The frustration is valid given that tonight Kuzma became the starter who’s played the most minutes without recording a star ever. On the other hand, a user wanted to was left thinking about the old Kyle Kuzma. “What happened to this Kyle Kuzma?” She questioned. It’s really a valid question. Kuzma is a solid player otherwise, but tonight he certainly did not turn up. Speaking of which, Kendrick Perkins also joined in with the fans. 

“Can somebody tell Kuzma that the Playoffs has started. Jesus Christ.” Perkins tweeted. Well, it has been a truly devastating performance from Kuzma. Even Perkins was left questioning, did the Bucks forward even know what was at stake in tonight’s game? If that wasn’t embarrassing enough. ESPN’s Tim Bontemps also pulled off a not-so-great stat for Kyle Kuzma. He took to X to inform Kuzma of the esteemed company he’ll be joining after tonight. Which included other names who’ve had the same stat line as him. This has been a forgetful night for Kyle Kuzma and the Bucks, who’ll have to gather themselves for game 2 against Indiana.