Bucks' Kyle Kuzma records historically bad Game 1
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Kyle Kuzma did a whole lot of nothing for the Bucks to open up their 2025 postseason.

Kuzma, 29, had one of the worst individual playoff performances in recent history during Saturday’s 117-98 loss against the Pacers in Indiana.

In the Eastern Conference first-round matchup, Kuzma was scoreless and failed to achieve any counting stats in the first 21 minutes of the game. He went 0-for-5 from the field and missed both of his free-throw attempts.

Kuzma’s stats added up to a game-worst minus-24 in the plus/minus column from the power forward.

The eight-year veteran is just the sixth player in NBA history to not record a single counting stat while playing 20 or more minutes in a playoff game, per multiple reports.

Mike Dunleavy Jr. was the last to do so with the Bulls in 2015, with the others being Bruce Bowen (2008), Brent Barry (2005), Michael Cage (1993), and Maurice Lucas (1986).

Out of the group, Bowen played the most minutes (22:12) during the 2005 Wester Conference semifinals between the Spurs and Sonics.

Unlike Kuzma, however, Bowen’s Spurs were able to come home with the win.

Kuzma’s performance Saturday seems to echo a consistent trend since being traded to the Bucks earlier this season.

The 2020 NBA champion ranked last out of all qualified players with minus-0.024 win shares per 48 minutes.

Despite the loss in game one for the Bucks, star point guard Damian Lillard is expected to return later in the series after being sidelined for the final stretch of the regular season with deep vein thrombosis.

Doctors previously noted that Lillard’s recovery process was the fastest they have seen for someone with that diagnosis, citing early treatment before a formal diagnosis as one reason behind his speedy return.

Milwaukee head coach Doc Rivers noted that the team was prepared for Lillard to miss the remainder of the season.

“This could have been career-threatening,” Rivers said Thursday.

“Or it was. The fact there’s a very good chance he’s going to play in the playoffs for us, that’s a godsend.”

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