G Michael Carter-Williams scored 19 points as the Bucks dropped to 12-21.

PG Michael Carter-Williams added 18 against his former Sixers team.

PG Michael Carter-Williams had 20 points for the Bucks (11-18).

PG Michael Carter-Williams had 24 points for the Bucks, who led by as many as 15 points in the third quarter before suffering the fifth loss in their last six games.

G Michael Carter-Williams scored 17 points to pace the Bucks (10-17), who lost their 11th consecutive road game.

G Michael Carter-Williams had 19 points to lead the Bucks in a loss to the Lakers on Tuesday.

PG Michael Carter-Williams had 11 points in the final quarter Saturday, including an exclamation point dunk with 32 seconds to play."Emotions were definitely high," said Carter-Williams, who finished with 17 points, five assists and five steals. "Everyone contributed and did different things down the stretch. It's a great win for us."

G Michael Carter-Williams came off the bench to score 20 points and hand out 11 assists.

PG Michael Carter-Williams took the reins Saturday, scoring 20 points with five assists to lead the Bucks to a 106-91 victory over the Knicks at the Bradley Center. "Whenever I go in there, I just try to play my hardest and compete," said Carter-Williams, who came to the Bucks last season from Philadelphia in a three-team deadline deal that shipped Brandon Knight to Phoenix. "I play with the effort the team needs me to play."

PG Michael Carter-Williams returned to Milwaukee's starting lineup after missing five games with a left ankle injury.His return gave the Bucks their full starting lineup for the first time this season.

G Michael Carter-Williams missed his fifth straight game with a sprained left ankle. Both players are expected to be ready for Saturday's game against Cleveland.

PG Michael Carter-Williams (ankle) did not dress for Milwaukee. Carter-Williams missed four straight games

G Michael Carter-Williams (strained left ankle) was out Friday night.

G Michael Carter-Williams (strained left ankle) did not play Friday.

G Michael Carter-Williams had 12 points and a game-high seven assists Sunday,

PG Michael Carter-Williams finished with 20 points but missed 11 of 17 shots Wednesday.

Carter-Williams has spent the offseason working on his outside shot, Jamieson Welsh of Believe the Hype reports.

This should come as no surprise. Over his two-year career, the point guard claims a 40-percent field-goal mark and 25 percent accuracy from behind the three-point line. His free-throw shooting vastly improved once he became a Buck, leaping from 68 percent in 111 games with the Sixers to 78 percent post-trade-deadline. Carter-Williams' development heading into his sophomore season was stymied by right shoulder surgery and attempting 3.0 three-pointers per game. With a full offseason to develop his touch, he may not convert a league-worst 29 percent of his mid-range jumpers this season. Based on the video, it appears Carter-Williams' simplified shooting motion is much more fluid and repetitious. Under coach Kidd, Carter-Williams barely attempted one three-pointer per game, instead focusing on posting up and converting in the paint. One offseason won't fix his weakness, but it should provide a solid foundation for Carter-Williams' career and improve his stock in rotisserie leagues.

Carter-Williams split the season between Philadelphia and Milwaukee, appearing in 76 total games. In 25 games for the Bucks, Carter-Williams averaged 14.1 points, 5.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 42.9 percent from the field.

Despite the trade to a better team, Carter-Williams' per-game numbers took a slight dip after he arrived in Milwaukee. That was due in part to a slight reduction in minutes nearly four fewer per game as well as a slower-paced system and more reliable supporting cast. While his counting stats took a hit, Carter-Williams posted the best field goal percentage of his career with the Bucks and recorded a 16.3 PER, up from 12.8 in 41 games with the Sixers. A frequent target for criticism, Carter-Williams must improve his outside shooting after making only 4-of-28 attempts as a member of the Bucks. With another poor three-point shooter, Giannis Antetokounmpo, poised to play a major role for the team going forward, Milwaukee, for spacing reasons, simply can't afford to have three non-shooters in the starting lineup. Entering the third year of his rookie contract, Carter-Williams is the favorite to open next season as the starting point guard.

Carter-Williams only played 18 minutes in a blowout Game 6 loss to the Bulls, and had just three points (1-6 FG, 1-2 FT), four rebounds and one assist.

This was a terrible game for everyone on the Bucks' roster, but Carter-Williams really dropped off Thursday. In the five other games in the series, he had three games with 12 or more points and had nine assists twice.

Carter-Williams downplayed the ankle injury he suffered in Game 5 against the Bulls on Monday, CF Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Carter-Williams rolled his ankle in Game 5 and briefly left the game to go back to the locker room. He was able to return a few minutes later and went on to have his best game of the playoffs, scoring 22 points to go with nine assists and eight rebounds in 38 minutes. Carter-Williams admitted that the ankle is "a little bit tight," but he told Gardner that he'll be "good to go" Thursday evening.