The Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the biggest surprises of the NBA season, hitting .500 and jumping into the East playoff picture much faster than anticipated. While much of their performance has depended on the sorry state of their conference, the Bucks do enough well to convince that they are not destined to fall out of postseason contention.
Yet being ahead of schedule has not changed that it's difficult to watch Milwaukee without imagining how much better this young team could look in a few years. That's in large part due to the talent of forwards Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker, both just 19 years old.
The two paired up for one of the highlights of the night in Tuesday's 98-86 win over the visiting Detroit Pistons. Antetokounmpo used his point forward skills on the break with a delicious ball fake and found Parker, who finished the rest:
Antetokounmpo wasn't particularly fantastic on the night (just two points on 1-of-13 shooting, four rebounds, two assists and two steals), but Parker had one of his best games as a pro (14 points on 7-of-10 shooting and nine rebounds). Neither of these players is a star just yet. In highlights like this, though, you can see the raw material that has the Bucks and anyone who watches the team very excited about the future.
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Eric Freeman is a writer for Ball Don't Lie on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at efreeman_ysports@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter!
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