The Milwaukee Bucks' struggles continue after a 125-104 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, dropping Milwaukee to a 12-19 record so far this season. 

It's been a tough road for the Bucks lately, as they've won just four of their last 18 games, dating back to mid-November. They've been without their star Giannis Antetokounmpo since Dec. 3 as he's been sidelined with a calf strain, and it's become clear that the Milwaukee offense has been lost without their star leading the way. 

The issues that head coach Doc Rivers identified in Friday's was a lack of ball movement and turnovers that gave away even more chances to the hot-shooting Grizzlies. 

Rivers was particularly frustrated with the lack of ball movement around Bobby Portis. Portis finished the game with 15 points while shooting 50% from the field, but Rivers believes he could have had even more if the team around him gave him more opportunities. 

"I thought Bobby [Portis] had it going. I had to call plays just to get him the ball, where in the first quarter the ball found him organically because we were moving. That's what we talked about at halftime," Rivers said (via Bucks). 

Rivers continued, "Then I think Bobby went the first seven minutes, I think he touched it three times and those are the three times that I made a point of: let's let Bobby touch the ball. We have to recognize that better as a group."

When the team is struggling for offense as it is, any player having a hot night would do well to be prioritized with passing. That was some thing that the Bucks were unable to do in regard to Portis and that lack of movement around the court is the heart of Rivers' frustrations. 

The other major issue with the Bucks on Friday was turnovers. Milwaukee had 22 turnovers in the game compared to Memphis' 14 and the Bucks allowed the Grizzlies to steal the ball 12 times. 

The Grizzlies were having a stellar shooting night, sinking 43-85 from the field and 13-24 from three. Putting the ball in the hands of a team on a roll like that unnecessarily in the form of turnovers is a recipe for disaster, as Milwaukee found out. The Grizzlies converted 20 points directly from turnovers. 

"They shot 50%, but if we don't turn the ball over then I'd love to see what they really shot," Rivers said.