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Short-handed Bucks drop third straight in Denver

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The Denver Nuggets pulled off a season sweep of the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks (53-12), pulling out a 109-95 win on Monday night in Denver.

The Bucks played without their top six scorers, including Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee).

Kyle Corver had 23 points to lead the Bucks off the bench.

Denver won both games in the two-game season series, winning 127-115 in Milwaukee back on Jan. 31.

The Bucks have now lost three straight games, all three coming on their trip out west.  They’ll return to Milwaukee and host the Boston Celtics on Thursday night.

Bucks fall to Suns, first back-to-back losses this season

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Playing without forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Phoenix Suns 140-131 on Sunday night in Phoenix.  Khris Middleton scored 39 points and Eric Bledsoe added 28, but the Bucks dropped back-to-back games for the first time this season.

Devin Booker led the Suns with 36 points, 28 of those in the first half.  Ricky Rubio added 25 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists in the victory for Phoenix.

The Bucks trailed 77-59 at halftime, but they rallied in the second half to make a game of it.  They climbed to within six-points at 134-128 before the Suns hit six-straight free throws to close out the victory.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, after undergoing an MRI on his knee, was diagnosed with a sprained knee in the Lakers game on Friday night.  He didn’t play Sunday in Phoenix and won’t play Monday night in Denver either.

The Bucks will return home to host Boston on Wednesday and his status for the game will be updated then.

The Bucks fell to 53-11 with the loss.

Bucks bounce back with win over Pacers

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The Milwaukee Bucks led a 22-point first half lead slip away, but they still managed to pull away for a 119-100 victory over the Indiana Pacers at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night.

The Bucks went cold in the second quarter, missing 10 straight three-pointers and led by just two-points at the midway point.  But things returned to form in the second half for the Bucks, who won their 53rd game (53-9) of the season.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way with 29 points, 12 rebounds and six assists, while Donte DiVincenzo tied his career high with 19 points and Eric Bledsoe added 16 points.

The Bucks head west for the next three games, starting with a matchup against Lebron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday night.

Bucks offense goes cold, fall to Heat

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The Milwaukee Bucks saw their six-game winning streak come to an end, falling to the Miami Heat 105-89.  Playing on back-to-back nights, the Bucks struggled to find their rhythm on offense and failed to reach 100 points for the second straight outing.  That, after they went 83 straight games of scoring 100 or more.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was held to 13 points on 6-of-18 shooting and Khris Middleton returned to the lineup with just 12 points on 4-of-16 shooting.

As a team, the Bucks hit just 5 of 31 (16.1%) three-point attempts.  Miami meanwhile was red hot from distance, hitting 18 of 37 (48.6%) for the game.  Jimmy Butler and Jae Crowder scored 18 points apiece.  Bam Adebayo added 14 points, 13 rebounds and five assists as the Heat became the first team this season to beat the Bucks more than once.  The Bucks are 0-2 against the Heat this season, which means they lose the 3-game season series.

Brook Lopez had 21 points to lead the Bucks offensively.

The Bucks return home to host the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum, before heading out again on a west coast trip, starting with the Lakers on Friday night.

Budenholzer, Antetokounmpo honored by NBA

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Mike Budenholzer – File Photo by Jordan Johnson/NBAE via Getty Images)

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer has been named the Eastern Conference Coach of the Month for February.  It’s the second time Budenholzer has won Coach of the Month  honors this season and the fifth time as the head coach of the Bucks.

In February, Budenholzer led the Bucks to the best record in the NBA at 10-1, which was tied for the third-best month in Bucks history and improved the team’s league-best record this season to 51-8.  The Bucks outscored its opponents by an average of 15.2 points a game last month as it led the league in scoring (120.8 ppg) and gave up the fewest points on average (105.6 ppg).  Nine of the Bucks’ 10 wins in February came by double digits, including three by 20+ points and the largest win of the season on Feb. 28 when the Bucks defeated the Thunder by 47 points.

In his second season as head coach of the Bucks, Budenholzer has led Milwaukee to the top record in the NBA at 52-8.  The Bucks are outscoring their opponents by 12.7 points per game this season, currently [Read more…]

100-point streak ends, but Bucks win streak continues

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Giannis Antetokounmpo – File Photo – Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

The Milwaukee Bucks streak of scoring 100 or more points in a game came to an end at 83 games on Sunday.  But they still won the game, 93-85 over the Charlotte Hornets at the Spectrum Center on Sunday.

The last time the Bucks failed to score at least 100 points in a game was February 23, 2019.  The only two teams with longer streaks is the 1981-82 Denver Nuggets (136 games) and the 1978-80 San Antonio Spurs (129 games).

Giannis Antetokounmpo dominated for the Bucks, scoring 40 points, pulling down 20 rebounds and dishing out six assists.  Giannis hit 17 of 28 from the field for the game.

Brook Lopez was the only other starter to score in double figures for the Bucks, finishing with 16 points, giving the Bucks their sixth straight victory.

Aside from Antetokounmpo, the day was a struggle for the Bucks, who shot 40% from the field and 22.6% from three-point range.  They turned the ball over 17 times.

The Bucks played a second straight game without Khris Middleton with neck soreness.

The Bucks improved to an NBA best 52-8 and return to action in Miami on Monday night to face the Heat.

Bucks are first to clinch playoff spot

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The Milwaukee Bucks have clinched a spot in the NBA playoffs, just one week after the All-Star game.

The Bucks became the first team in the league to clinch a berth when the Chicago Bulls knocked off the Washington Wizards on Sunday.  The Wizards are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference.

The Bucks are a league-best 48-8 on the season and 2-0 since the all-star break.  They’re coming off a 119-98 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday at Fiserv Forum and are on pace to join Golden State (2015-16) and Chicago (1995-96) as the only teams in NBA history to win 70 games.

The Bucks start a two-game road swing tonight against the Wizards in Washington D.C.  They’ll follow that with a match-up in Toronto against the Raptors on Tuesday night.

Team Giannis falls in NBA All-Star game

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Giannis Antetokounmpo (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)

A new format made things more more interesting and exciting at the NBA All-Star game in Chicago but when it was all said and done, a free throw turned out to be the deciding point as Team Lebron knocked off Team Giannis 157-155.

The target score was decided by adding 24 to the leading team’s score at the end of the third quarter, which meant 157 was the target score.  Lakers forward Anthony Davis needed to make one free throw to get there.  He missed the first but nailed the second to give Team Lebron the victory.

Kawhi Leonard led Team Lebron with 30 points, seven rebounds and two steals to win the inaugural Kobe Bryant MVP award.  LeBron James and Chris Paul each added 23 points as the team earned $400,000 for Chicago Scholars.

Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Kemba Walker added 23 points and Joel Embiid added 22 points and 10 rebounds in the loss for Team Giannis.

Team Giannis still earned $100,000 for After School Matters.

Bucks forward Khris Middleton finished with five points in the All-Star Classic.

The Bucks return to action on Thursday when they face the Pistons in Detroit.

 

Bucks drop final game before All-Star break

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The Milwaukee Bucks pride themselves on their defense, especially inside the paint.  Wednesday night, they seemed disinterested in defending the lane in a 118-111 loss to the Indiana Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

The Pacers hit 21 of 30 (70%) two-point shots in the first half.  T.J. Warren poured in a game-high 35 points to lead the Pacers.  He hit 16 of 19 from the field, including 15 of 17 on two point attempts.

The Bucks once again, played without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who stayed back in Milwaukee after the birth of his son.  But the Bucks had been 5-0 in previous games without Giannis.

But this time, the Bucks were out of sorts on the offensive end as well and trailed the Pacers 68-45 at halftime. [Read more…]

Bucks knock off Kings without Giannis

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The Milwaukee Bucks outscored the Sacramento Kings by 14 points in the fourth quarter to pull out a 123-111 win on Monday night at Fiserv Forum.

Playing without star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, who sat out after the birth of his first child, Khris Middleton led the charge.  Middleton scored 28 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and dished out eight assists as the Bucks improved to 46-7 with their fifth straight victory.

Eric Bledsoe was also in triple-double range with 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help the Bucks.

It was the fifth game that Antetokounmpo sat out this season and the Bucks are a perfect 5-0 in those games. [Read more…]