The Milwaukee Bucks dropped another game, their fourth in a row,Thursday night after suffering a 109-99 loss to the Washington Wizards. 

Myles Turner had an outstanding game with 21 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks as he has continued to impress as the team's leading physical player with Giannis Antetokounmpo out with injury.

Turner was followed in scoring by Kyle Kuzma and Bobby Portis with 19 points each and Ryan Rollins, who scored 17 points before leaving the game early with cramping, per Bucks head coach Doc Rivers. 

Turner obviously stole the show for the Bucks despite the loss, but it was what Kuzma was doing in the game that ended up being the most intriguing. 

Kuzma had much more ball handling and playmaking responsibilities in Thursday's game, playing more of a point guard than anything else.

This is certainly an unconventional position for the forward, who has always been more of a score-first kind of player, but considering the deficit of players the Bucks are suffering from with both Antetokounmpo and Kevin Porter Jr. out with injuries. 

By all accounts, Kuzma has adapted well to the role, despite, by Kuzma's own admission, never really being asked to bring the ball down the court or set up plays before in his career. 

In Thursday's game Kuzma pulled down nine rebounds, eight of them defensive, and had six assists of his own after having eight assists in the game prior. 

"Kuz overall, he's been really good at it," Rivers said of Kuzma's adjusted role (via Bucks). "I like his size. I like his ability to see over defenses. So, we'll take it."

Rivers stressed the importance of taking the pressure off of the Bucks guards as the reason behind putting Kuzma in a point guard role.

He pointed to he fact that not only are they without key players due to injury, Rollins has been so overworked that he's cramping up in games and, in Rivers' own words, they "don't have enough ball-handlers."

Being a player on a struggling franchise with a thinned out roster adaptability is key and that's what Kuzma has been showing off in his adjusted role even if the team itself isn't winning games. 

He'll be more important than ever for the Bucks, in this adjusted role or a more traditional one, while the Bucks fight to salvage what they can from this season despite so many difficult stretches and the losses of key players.