The Milwaukee Bucks had a perfect week, which is all Pat Connaughton probably cares about. However, Connaughton himself hasn’t found the bottom of the basket as much. You have to go back to the first month of the season to find the last time he wasn’t lighting up the scoring column.
Connaughton scored nine points on 3-of-12 shooting from 3-point territory Dec. 22 against the Houston Rockets. He also tied his career high with four steals. He flirted with a double-double Dec. 23 against the Dallas Mavericks with nine points (4-of-5 shooting) and eight rebounds. His contributions for the Bucks’ Christmas Day meeting with the Boston Celtics consisted of a single 3-pointer and three rebounds during a season-low 17 minutes.
For the last full week of 2021, Connaughton averaged 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds a game on 40.0 percent shooting from the field. He also had only one more steal in the two games after the four-steal outing, bringing that average for the week to 1.7.