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Bucks Beat Heat 113-98

Last time the Bucks played the Heat they held Milwaukee to 8 points in the 1st quarter. Tonights game felt the same way as Miami was up on the Bucks 37-19 after the first quarter. It was starting to feel like the Heat just had our number and I was sitting here fearing what might happen if we meet the Heat in the first round of the playoffs.

The second quarter came and the Bucks played the Heat much better only being outscored 25-23 in the second quarter. That still left the Bucks going into the half down by 20 points in Miami with the Heat very much in control. When Coach Bud went into the locker room with his team he knew things had to change and his Bucks were up for the task.

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Milwaukee came out in the second half and got right to business outscoring Miami 37-18 in the 3rd quarter and swinging the game all the way into Milwaukee’s and they had made it a 1 point game at the end of the third.

In the 4th Milwaukee started down by 1 and it looked like it was going to be a tough game but the Bucks had other plans and they kept playing in the 4th the way they did in the 4th and outscored the Heat 34-18 to complete a 113-98 victory over the Miami Heat.

The Bucks now return home to Milwaukee to face the 76ers on Sunday afternoon. Milwaukee is still number one in the Eastern Conference and in control of the best record in the NBA.

Bucks Beat Heat 113-98

Bucks Beat Pelicans 130-113

The Milwaukee Bucks completed the season sweep of the New Orleans Pelicans tonight with the 130-113 victory. All Bucks starters score in double figures, 6 players in total lead by Giannis Antetokounmpo. The Greek Freak Scored 24 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and dished 5 assists.

Milwaukee now goes to Miami to face the Heat on Friday. The Bucks still hold the top spot in the Eastern Conference and also the best record in the NBA.

Bucks Beat Pelicans 130-113

Spurs Beat Bucks 121-114

Bucks lose to San Antonio in a matchup that featured the Bucks head coach playing against the organization he worked and assistant coached in for 19 years. Mike Budenholzer comes from the Gregg Popovich tree and if you didn’t know then I’m sure you suddenly understand him better now. So tonights game was teacher vs student and the teacher got the best of the duo this time around.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 27 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dished out 6 assists. Malcom Brogdon on the other end had a terrible game shooting 2-10 from the field, scoring 5 points. The Bucks were -27 with Brogdon in the game verses the +13 they were with Brook Lopez in the game who scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Pat Connaughton had maybe his best offensive game of the season tonight scoring 14 points on 5-5 shooting from the field including 4-4 from 3 point range.

The loss brings the Toronto Raptors to within 2 games of the Milwaukee Bucks who still lead the Eastern Conference and have the best record in the NBA.

Bucks Beat Hornets 131-114

Milwaukee, Wi – The Bucks came out tonight and appeared to take the Hornets lightly. Charlotte wasted no time opening up a lead on the Milwaukee Bucks at the Fiserv Forum by outscoring them 32-24 in the first quarter. The Bucks started to wakeup in the second quarter before our scoring the Hornets by 21 points in the second half.

Giannis Antetokounmpo lead the Bucks with 26 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. Brook Lopez scored 25 points to go along with 8 rebounds on 7-11 shooting from the field and 10-10 shooting from the free throw line.

Milwaukee now heads to San Antonio to face the Spurs. The Bucks still hold the best record in the league and the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

Bucks Beat Hornets 131-114

Bucks Beat Pacers 117-98

Milwaukee, Wi – The Bucks returned to the Fiserv Forum and got back on track against the Indiana Pacers tonight. The Greek Freak put on an MVP like performance with 29 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Khris Middleton was a strong co-star tonight with 27 points and strong defense that generated 3 steals.

Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Hornets come into Milwaukee on Saturday in what could end up to be a preview of the first round matchup for he Bucks. With the victory Milwaukee stays 3 games ahead of Toronto at the top of the Eastern Conference and still holds the best recored in the NBA.

Bucks Beat Pacers 117-98

Suns Beat Bucks 114-105

Milwaukee just did something that they didn’t do all season so far. The Bucks just lost 2 games in a row for the first time this season. Not only did they lose 2 games in a row but they just lost to the team with the worst record in the NBA the Phoenix Suns. To add insult to injury this is not the fist the they lost to Phoenix this year, they have now lost to the Suns each time there going to see them this year. The Suns are 14-51 on the season and 2 of those wins cam against the Bucks.

The story for the Bucks tonight was the horrible shooting. Milwaukee shot only 36.8% from the field tonight. Middleton was 1-13, Lopez was 3-11 and Mirotic was 3-14. Theres no way for the Bucks to beat anybody if those guys are gonna shot that bad. As you could see they didn’t even manage to beat the worst team in the Leauge when they shot like that.

Milwaukee now heads home to face the Pacers on Thursday from the Fiserv Forum. Milwaukee still holds onto the best record in the league but thats not for long if this type of play continues.

Suns Beat Bucks 114-105

Jazz Beat Bucks 115-111

Milwaukee pulled into Salt Lake City for the 4th game of the road trip and the second game of a back to back. The Milwaukee Bucks started a huge lineup that featured Khris, Giannis, Ersan, Nikola and Brook. Milwaukee game out and went up big to start the game but that did not last. Being short Brogdon and Bledsoe proved to be to much of a setback to maintain things and the Bucks were forced to go deep into the bench and they just didn’t have enough in the tank of the second night of a back to back to get it done.

On the positive side of things Brook Lopez started the game being a total monster. He blocked 6 shots the first 6 mins and blocked a total of 7 for the game. The Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 43 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and had 8 assists to go along with 2 steals. Khris Middleton scored 29 points and grabbed 9 rebounds but shot 8-24 from the field and that factored in with the 38.5% shooting from the field that the Bucks did as a team.

Milwaukee finishes off the 5 game road trip in Phoenix with the Suns on Monday before heading home to face the Pacers on Thursday.

Bucks Beat Lakers 131-120

The nationally televised ESPN game featuring the Milwaukee Bucks and the Los Angeles Lakers was all that you could hope for. As the must win Lakers came out playing with Fire as they hosted the team with the best record in the NBA.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is clearly still nursing that sore right knee as he seamed a little off and was not about to be as effective as normal. But that didn’t hold back or stop the Bucks from getting the victory in L.A. as Milwaukee had 7 players in double figures. Eric Bledsoe lead his team by scoring 31 points, grabbing 9 rebounds and dishing 5 assists on the day he resigned with the club signing a 4 year $70 Million dollar deal.

Milwaukee is now 3-0 on the road trip and now heads to Utah to face the Jazz tomorrow night in Salt Lake City. Milwaukee remains on top of the Eastern Conference and also still holds the best record in the NBA.

Bucks Beat Lakers 131-120

Bucks Beat Kings 141-140

Sacramento, Ca – The Milwaukee Bucks came into Sacramento to face the young and surging Kings on the second of a 5 game road trip for the Milwaukee Bucks. The Kings have won 9 of the last 10 home games coming into the game so its by far a tough place to play right now.

Milwaukee was leading most of the game until the 4th quarter when Sacramento got red hot and outscored the Bucks by 13. It felt like the game had slipped all they way away until Eric Bledsoe stole the ball from Fox as time expired as he denied the ability for the Kings to even attempt a game winning shot.

In the extra period the Bucks controlled the tip and Bledsoe and hit a 3 to start it off. Milwaukee was able to play tough and take the Kings down in their own building. Bledsoe was definitely the player of he game for the Bucks recording a triple double with 26 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds.

Milwaukee now heads to L.A. to face LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. The game is going to be nationally televised and on ESPN.

Bucks Beat Kings 141-140

Bucks Beat Bulls 117-106

Giannis Antetokounmpo was sidelined with knee soreness and the Bucks had to face the Bulls without the MVP candidate and team leading scorer and rebounder. The Bucks came out slow and the Bulls outscored the Bucks 38-25 in the first quarter. In the second quarter Milwaukee bounced back and outscored Chicago 28-16 and take control of the game and never look back.

Middleton and Brogdon scored 22 points each and Lopez had 5 blocks to to lead the Bucks to the victory. With Giannis out with the knee soreness D.J. Wilson got to hit the floor again and in 20 mins he had 7 points and 8 rebounds.

The Bucks win tonight on the first of the 5 game road trip. Milwaukee now heads out west to face the rising Sacramento Kings followed by the struggling Lakers. Milwaukee remains red hot and on top of the NBA with a couple tough west coast games ahead of them.