Pat Connaughton had a very average week as March rolled into April. Whether that can be blamed on the Milwaukee Bucks’ ongoing Western road trip isn’t clear. Still, he had a decent beginning to this stretch March 29 against the Los Angeles Clippers, scoring five points and grabbing seven rebounds in almost 31 minutes. When the Bucks stayed in LA to play the Lakers two nights later, Connaughton had five points and rebounds apiece.
The Bucks traveled north to play the Portland Trail Blazers on April 2, and Connaughton totaled four points and six rebounds on a night in which he missed all five 3-point attempts. With Milwaukee playing the second of a back-to-back against the Sacramento Kings, Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out with left knee soreness, giving Connaughton his second start of the season under the exact same circumstance. He improved with a nine-point, six-rebound game but came up empty again from 3-point range on three tries. That finished a week in which averaged 5.8 points and 6.0 rebounds a game while shooting 39.1 percent from the floor.