Pat Connaughton decided this past week would be a good one for him to get his scoring chops on. When his Milwaukee Bucks visited the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 14, he scored 14 points, his most since a 20-point outing March 22, on 5-of-10 shooting, including 4 of 8 from 3-point range. He equaled that scoring output the next night against the Atlanta Hawks while also grabbing seven rebounds.
In an April 17 home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, Connaughton scored only seven points while going 1 of 7 from beyond the arc. His .143 3-point shooting percentage was his lowest this season for games in which he made at least one 3-pointer. However, he mixed things up a bit by making a shot just inside the free-throw line, a place he hasn’t attempted too many shots from this season.
For the week, Connaughton had a nice scoring average of 11.7 and a decent rebounding average of 5.0. He shot 41.9 percent from the floor for the week and was 9 of 26 on 3-pointers.