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Cam Thomas gives his take on what went wrong for the Milwaukee Bucks in a blowout loss to the Toronto Raptors.

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The Milwaukee Bucks saw their three-game win streak snapped on Sunday when they were run off the floor by the Toronto Raptors, 122-94. 

The Bucks got off to a good start, leading 27-22 after the first quarter, but the Raptors flipped things in the second, winning the quarter 38-24 to take a 60-51 lead into the locker room. 

Things didn't get any better for the Bucks in the third quarter, with the Raptors winning 32-22 to effectively put the game away. 

Milwaukee's scoring decreased in every quarter, finishing the fourth quarter with just 21 points. They have failed to crack 100 points in each of their last four losses. 

Cam Thomas Assesses The Loss

Speaking to the media after the game, Bucks guard Cam Thomas gave his assessment on what went wrong. 

"They did what they do. Fake pressure, just trying to speed you up. It wasn't rocket science. They didn't do nothing special. They were just speeding us up, forcing us into isolations, and then they load up and the ball gets stagnant. We get into some late clock situations and it's kind of tough, but they didn't do nothing special. It was just execution," he said. 

Thomas gave the Raptors credit for being physical and blowing up Milwaukee's actions, but said the team has to execute better. 

He also said that the ball has to keep moving and the offense has to keep flowing. 

Milwaukee finished with just 18 assists, with ten of those coming from Kevin Porter Jr. Jericho Sims was the only other player to record more than one assist on the team. 

Thomas had 15 points on 5-9 shooting and one assist in 21 minutes off the bench. 

Toronto's Shooting

The Raptors are 26th in the league in three point shooting, knocking down just 34.4% of their threes per game. They started Sunday's game 0-11 from beyond the arc. It wasn't until Sandro Mamukelashvili knocked down a three as time expired in the first that Toronto connected from long range. 

They finished the game shooting 35% from three, going 16-35 (45%) from deep after the 0-11 start. 

On the other hand, Milwaukee shot just 28% (9-32) from three. They entered the game as the secod best shooting team from three, knocking down the deep ball at a 39.1% clip. 

Speaking about the Raptors hot shooting, Thomas said the Raptors played fast and with a lot of pace, and that the Bucks need to communicate and match up better. He tipped his cap to Brandon Ingram, who finished with 22 points. 

Immanuel Quickley led the Raptors in scoring, finishing with 32 points, including 5-11 from three. 

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