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Lebron James leads Cavs past Bucks

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Lebron James imposed his will on the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night as the Cavaliers pulled out a 124-117 win.

With Cleveland head coach Tyronn Lue announcing earlier in the day that he would be taking a leave of absence to address health issues, James responded with his  third triple-double in the last four games, 16th of the season and 71st of his career.  James tallied 40 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists to move four games in front of the Bucks in the NBA Central Division race.

Kevin Love also returned to the Cavaliers lineup after missing six weeks with a broken left hand, scoring 18 points in 25 minutes.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and was perfect (11 for 11) at the free throw line.  Khris Middleton added 30 points on 11 of 16 shooting, but the Bucks fell into eighth place in the Eastern Conference after Miami knocked off Denver.

The Bucks once again struggled to defend the three.  Cleveland his 15 of 38 from distance, while the Bucks were just 8 of 31.

The Bucks (37-33) will return to Milwaukee to host the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night.

Thomas honored

The Cavaliers honored former Browns tackle Joe Thomas, introducing him to the crowd during a timeout.  Thomas, who held his retirement press conference on Monday, received a standing ovation.  The Wisconsin native played his college football with the Badgers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antetokounmpo scores 16 in NBA All-Star Game

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Giannis Antetokounmpo – File Photo: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo and Team Stephen were on the losing end of Sunday’s NBA All-Star game in Los Angeles, falling to Team Lebron 148-145.

The NBA All-Star game has never been anything to write home about in terms of effort.  In past years, its been nothing more than a dunk and three-point shooting contest with little or no defense being played.

While Sunday’s game was by no means a defensive clinic, there was some individual effort on display, which made the result seem a little closer to an actual NBA game.

Team Stephen, which was picked by Golden State’s Stephen Curry, led for much of the night.  They were up by as many as 15 points at one point.  But Lebron James led the comeback for Team Lebron.  He finished with 29 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists and was named the games MVP.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 16 points, seven rebounds and two assists in the loss for Team Stephen. [Read more…]

Bucks pull out big win over Cavs

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Khris Middleton drives for a reverse layup against the Cavaliers. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Milwaukee Bucks built a 20-point lead against Cleveland, then saw the Cavaliers climb into the lead before rebounding for a 119-116 win on Tuesday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

With Lebron James on the sidelines, the Cleveland reserves went on a 24-2 run to turn a big deficit into a lead.  The Bucks finally woke up to pull out the victory, ending a three-game losing streak and a five game losing skid against the Cavaliers.

With the Bucks down by one, Tony Snell buried a three-pointer to put the Bucks up two with 58.9 seconds left.

Cleveland then missed back-to-back threes by Lebron James and Kyle Korver.  The Cavaliers then elected to defend the Bucks instead of foul and it almost worked.  But Giannis Antetokounmpo beat Lebron James to a loose ball and hit a layup and was fouled with 5.9 seconds left.  Giannis made the free throw to put the Bucks up by five.

Lebron James, who led all scorers with 39 points, hit a three pointer and the Cavs fouled Khris Middleton with 1.4 seconds left.  Middleton made the first free throw to put the Bucks up by three, then missed the second intentionally.  James desperation three was well off the mark and the Bucks held on for the win.

Antetokounmpo had 27 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Bucks.  Erik Bledsoe added 26 points and Khris Middleton had 18 points and 10 assists.  Malcolm Brogdon played 30 minutes off the bench and finished with 16 points, hitting 4-of-7 from three-point range.

The Bucks (16-13) return to action on Friday night at the Bradley Center against the Charlotte Hornets (11-19).  Since their last meeting on Nov. 1 at the Bradley Center, the Hornets have struggled, going 6-16.

Antetokounmpo third in early all-star voting

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Giannis Antetokounmpo – Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is third overall among Eastern Conference players in the initial fan voting results released by the NBA today.

Antetokounmpo trails only LeBron James and Kyrie Irving of the Cleveland Cavaliers and was second among conference front court players.

Antetokounmpo totaled 500,663 votes.  James has 595,288 votes and Irving has 543,030.  At this point, the starting five for the Eastern Conference would be James, Antetokounmpo, Kevin Love, Irving and Chicago’s Dwyane Wade.

Bucks forward Jabari Parker ranked 10th among frontcourt players in the East in voting.

Antetokounmpo named NBA’s Eastern Conference Player of the Week

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Giannis Antetokounmpo - Photo Courtesy of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Giannis Antetokounmpo – Photo Courtesy of the Milwaukee Bucks.

The NBA announced Monday that Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for games played Nov. 28-Dec. 4.  It’s the second Player of the Week honor of Antetokounmpo’s career and the first for a Buck since Giannis won the award in February of 2015.

Antetokounmpo averaged 24.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 3.7 steals and 3.0 blocks per game during the week while the Bucks went a perfect 3-0.  Antetokounmpo tied his career high with 34 points and added 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals against the Cleveland Cavaliers.  He also joined LeBron James as the only two players age 21 or younger to have 30/10/5/5 in a game since 1983.

Antetokounmpo turned 22 years of age on Tuesday.

Bucks roll past defending NBA Champs

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Cavaliers had no answer for the Bucks!

Cavaliers had no answer for the Bucks!

The Milwaukee Bucks played Golden State and Toronto tough, but lost.  Tuesday night, they got over the hump by rolling to a 118-101 win over the defending NBA Champion Cleveland Cavaliers at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Giannis Antetokounmpo tied a career high with 34 points, adding 12 rebounds, five assists, five steals and two blocks with 16,559 looking on at the Bradley Center.

Jabari Parker added 18 points, Michael Beasley 17 and Greg Monroe 14 points and six points to lead the Bucks (8-8).

LeBron James had 22 points, Kyrie Irving had 20 and Kevin Love added 13 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers (13-3).

The Bucks shot 53.5% from the field and held the Cavaliers to 42.7% from the field.  The Cavs also attempted 39 three point shots, making just 14.

AUDIO: Jason Kidd on defending the Cavs :16

AUDIO: Lebron James on the loss :18

 

Bucks put out of their misery quickly

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As expected, the Milwaukee Bucks post-season last just 4-games.  The defending NBA Champion Miami Heat pulled off the 4-game sweep with an 88-77 win on Sunday at the Bradley Center.

Miami won all four games in the series by double digits and hardly broke a sweat.  The Heat pulled out a playoff sweep for the first time with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.

James scored 30 points, pulled down 8 rebounds and dished out 7 assists in the win.

The Bucks managed to keep it close for a while, but the Heat went on a 19-5 4th quarter run to break it open. [Read more…]

Heat jump out to a 3-0 lead on the Bucks

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The Milwaukee Bucks continue to be no match for the Miami Heat.  After a competitive first half Thursday night, Miami pulled away in the second half for a 104-91 victory.  Miami now leads the best of 7 series 3-0.

Larry Sanders and Brandon Jennings had 16-points to lead the Bucks.  Sanders also added 11-boards.  As for Jennings, he shot just 5 of 15 from the field and 1 of 7 from downtown.  Monta Ellis was held to single digits for the 2nd straight game.  Ellis was 2 of 9 from the field and 1 of 6 from downtown for just 7-points.

Former Bucks guard Ray Allen had a brilliant night for Miami.  Allen when 5 of 8 from downtown compiling 23-points to lead the Heat.  Lebron James added 22 for the Heat.

Game 4 is schedule for Sunday afternoon, a 2pm tip from the BMO Harris Bradley Center.  Miami can wrap up the series with a win.