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Bucks Beat Knicks 112-96; Giannis & Wilson 14 Rebounds Each!

Milwaukee, Wi – Bucks returned home to the Fiserv Forum to face New York Knicks for the second time in 3 days. The Bucks came out sporting the “Earned Edition” Jerseys for the second of 5 times they plan to wear them this season.

The Knicks came out strong in the 1st quarter to take a strong lead. But a 18-2 run in the second quarter left the Bucks up 5 at the half. Brook Lopez hit a couple 3’s and powered home a Giannis like Dunk as his arm went sweeping around his body before bringing to back and slamming it over the Knicks defender. Middleton had 16 at the half on 7-11 shooting to lead the Bucks in the first half as he bounced back from a shooting slump and started to get back on track.

Bucks Beat Knicks 112-96; Giannis & Wilson 14 Rebounds Each! — @Bucks – Instagram

Middleton added 9 more points in the 3rd quarter to finish with 25 points. And 31 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 blocks from the Greek Freak helped lift the Bucks to a 112-96 victory over the Knicks. D.J. Wilson in 21 mins scored 10 points to go along with 14 rebounds and 2 blocks. Wilson continues to make the most of his mins with Ersan out with injury.

Brooklyn comes into town Saturday to face the Bucks in the 2nd of a 6 game home stand. Gametime is 4pm from the Fiserv Forum.

Bucks Beat Knicks 112-96; Giannis & Wilson 14 Rebounds Each!

Bucks Beat Knicks 109-95 On Christmas Day

Milwaukee Bucks played on Christmas Day for the first time since 1977. The Bucks were in New York to face the Knicks at Madison Square Garden. Giannis Antetokounmpo showed up big in front on the big stage. The Greek Freak scored 30 points to go along with 14 rebounds and 4 steals. Giannis was the first Bucks player to score 30 points on Christmas Day since Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Khris Middleton fell right on his face shooting 2-12 from the field and only producing 6 points in 29 mins of play. Middleton continues to be inconsistant on and not do himself justice if he hopes to get a big contract on the open market and push the Bucks towards a max deal.

Bucks now return home from Milwaukee to face the New York Knicks again on Thursday from the Fiserv Forum at 7pm.

Bucks Beat Knicks 109-95 On Christmas Day!

Heat Beat Bucks 94-87

Milwaukee headed down to South Beach to play the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Malcom Brogdon was off for the night and resting. But This was the type of game that you would and should be able to expect the Bucks to win. But in typical Bucks fashion they lose to average teams and beat great teams. I never can understand how they fail to perform so often in games like this.

Giannis was 3-12 from the field with only 9 points and his worst game on the offensive end in a long time. Lopez was 4-11 from the field and Bledsoe was 4-12.The Bucks shot 37% from the field. There was minimal ball movement and low quality possessions time after time. The Bucks shot 9-43 from the three point line and seamed at times to just be throwing shots up.

The Bucks now head to the Big Apple to face the New York Knicks on Tuesday before returning to play the Knicks in Milwaukee on Thursday. Lets hope the Bucks handle business and win these games against a struggling Knicks team!

Heat Beat Bucks 94-87

Bucks Beat Celtics 120-107

Tonight’s game matched the Milwaukee Bucks against the Boston Celtics team that knocked them out of the playoffs last year. If you include the 4 games the Bucks lost in Boston in last years playoffs and the first loss of the season after the 7-0 start to this season the Bucks have lost 6 in a row in Boston coming into tonight’s game.

The game started with a timeout called by the Bucks after Boston started the game up 10-1. The Bucks came out of that timeout and completely turned things around. The Bucks took that all the way to a 120-107 victory. The Bucks are now 22-9 and have the clubs best start to the season since the 1981-1982 season.

The Bucks now head to Miami to face DeWayne Wade and the Miami Heat. The game can be seen on Fox Sports Wisconsin at 7pm tomorrow. Lets see if the Bucks can continue their best start in over 35 years!

Bucks Beat Celtics 120-107

Bucks Beat Pelicans 123-115

Milwaukee, Wi – Giannis Antetokounmpo or Anthony Davis? Who’s the best young player in the league, who would you start a team around, who’s the future of the NBA? These are the questions and conversations the national media had today in preperation for tonights game. The game featured the New Orleans Pelicans coming into the Fiserv Forum to face the Milwaukee Bucks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo did what he always does scoring 25 points to go along with 8 rebounds and 8 assists. The Greek Freaks team got the victory in Milwaukee over the MVP candidate Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans. Khris Middleton struggled scoring 14 points on 5-13 from the field shooting and 0-5 on three point shots.

Malcom Brogdon came back after missing two games and scored 16 points to go along with 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. But the suprise was D.J. Wilson who again came off the bench to score 9 points and added 10 rebounds well playing solid defense at time against Anthony Davis.

Bucks Beat Pelicans 123-115

Bucks Beat Pistons 107-104

Milwaukee played in the Motor City tonight and it turned into a Midwest, Central Division showdown. The Bucks seamed to be in control of the in the second quarter when they stormed out to a solid lead. But in the 3rd quarter the Pistons started to get back into the game and by the end of the game it was down to the wire. Milwaukee won by 3 points and survived partly in thanks to Sterling Brown who added 9 points and valuable mins off the bench.

The Greek Freak scored 32 points, grabbed 12 points and dished 5 assists. Bledsoe scored 17 points and had 9 assists and Middleton also had 22 points. Tony Snell started, scored 12 points and grabbed 6 rebounds. D.J. Wilson played 26 mins and scored 9 points on 4-5 shooting from the field.

Bucks Beat Pistons 107-104 — @Bucks – Instagram

On the Detroit side of things Blake Griffin recorded a triple double with 19 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. The negative side of his stat line is the 10 turn overs that definitely didn’t help the Pistons chances of a victory.

The Bucks now travel back home to Milwaukee to face the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night at 7pm at the Fiserv Forum. The game can be seen on Fox Sports Wisconsin.

Bucks Beat Pistons 107-104

Bucks Beat Cavs 114-102; Giannis 44 Points, 14 Rebounds

The Bucks went into Cleveland tonight to face the Cavs and visit Delly and the Hook in their new home town. Milwaukee came in short handed as Middleton is out with a sprained right finger and Brogdon with a sore left hamstring. Wednesday in Indiana the Pacers completely shut down the Bucks and made them look basically as bad as they could possibly look.

With Middleton and Brogdon out with injury, Pat Connaughton and Tony Snell got the start. The Bucks came out from the jump and handed business against a bottom dwelling team in the Cleveland Cavs. A strong 1st quarter set the done and the Bucks never looked back.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 44 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and dished out 8 assists and he makes more and more MVP noise. Lopez added 19 and Bledsoe was again solid with 16 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.

The Bucks head to Detroit on Monday to face the Pistons at 6pm. The game can be seen on FSWI so grab your popcorn for this Central division match up!

Bucks Beat Cavs 114-102

Pacers Beat Bucks 113-97

The Bucks matched up with central division rival Indiana Pacers tonight and things didn’t go as planned. Milwaukee came into the game seeded 2nd in the East and looking to work gain ground on the Raptors but that didn’t happen.

With the exception of Eric Bledsoe’s 26 points the Milwaukee Bucks were completely shut down! Giannis was held to 12 points and the even more puzzling part is he only got 7 shots up. Middleton continued to struggle and was 4-18 from the field, Brogdon was 4-11 and Lopez was 5-16. There’s just no way your can win a game when your starters are that bad offensively.

Pacers Beat Bucks 113-97 — @Bucks – Instagram

George Hill got 22 mins of action in his return to his home state, the place he played High School, College and Pro Ball a couple years ago for the Pacers. He only managed to put up 4 points and 1 assist in that time.

The Bucks head to Cleveland on Friday to face the Cavs. The game time is 6:30 and can be seen on FS1.

Pacers Beat Bucks 113-97

Bucks Beat Cavs 108-92

Milwaukee, Wi – Today’s game featured the Bucks vs The struggling and learning to live without LeBron James, Cavs. The Greek Freak didn’t play tonight as he was resting his neck and with Cleveland coming into town the timing was perfect. So tonight for the second time this year the Bucks played without Giannis.

The thing that made tonight’s game interesting and special at the same time was is was the debut of new Milwaukee Bucks players George Hill and Jason Smith. It also featured the return of Matthew Dellavedova and John Henson to Milwaukee in his fist game since the trade on Friday.

Milwaukee came out and handled business from the start. Eric Bledsoe lead the Bucks with 20 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists. Brogdon had 18, Middleton 16 and Brown and Lopez each scored 12.

The Bucks now head to Indiana to face the Pacers on Wednesday night. The game can be seen on FS1 at 6pm.

Bucks Beat Cavs 108-92

Bucks Beat Raptors 104-99

Milwaukee crossed the border today to play the number one in the East seeded Toronto Raptors. Last time they played the Bucks didn’t have Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Raptors didn’t have Kawhi Leonard. In that game the Bucks won 124-109. These two players were currently viewed by most experts as the leading MVP candidates so far this season. So with each of the Super Stars playing tonight it was a real test for each teams.

Tonights game did not disappoint as the top teams in the East went down to the wire at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. Malcom Brogdon hit 2 huge three point shots down the wire to tie the game and give the Bucks the lead. Milwaukee help on to get the win and move one game out of Toronto for the number one seed in the east!

Buck return to Milwaukee Monday to face the Cavs and see John Henson and Matthew Dellavedova for the first time since they traded them on Friday!