Milwaukee Bucks News and Analysis Since 2007
There’s a surprise inclusion on the Bucks’ initial injury report ahead of tomorrow night’s matchup with the Suns: forward Taurean Prince is questionable to play. Prince has missed the last four months after appearing in Milwaukee’s first eight contests off the bench. That’s 55 games in total. You’ll recall that TP, a major fixture of […]
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The Bucks get up in Volume 8, new recruits Cam Thomas and Ousmane Dieng making immediate impressions in Milwaukee and claiming their first momentum moments. But sometimes you can fly too high, too quick. Icarus and all that. Relive the last thirteen games—the sun, the sea—and the moments that defined them. @ Magic Sometimes it’s […]
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Down Giannis, Kyle Kuzma, and Kevin Porter Jr., the Milwaukee Bucks lost to the Orlando Magic 130-91 in yet another blowout. Without the aforementioned creators, the Bucks just didn’t have enough juice to go with the Magic, who have now taken the season series 2-1. Read our full summary of the game here and catch […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks lost 130-91 to the Orlando Magic on the second night of a back-to-back for the home team, who played shorthanded without Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Porter, Jr. Bobby Portis led the Bucks’ attack with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Paolo Banchero cooked the Bucks with a game-high 33 points for the Magic. […]
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Two titans walk into a ring: the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic. Having split the season series thus far, who will win the season series?? Where We’re At To All Who Are Concerned about the Bucks’ recent woes: Look, Van is absolutely right: it will be hard for the Bucks to “catch” anyone below […]
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It wasn’t pretty, but the Bucks snapped out of their four-game skid last night at Fiserv with a victory over the Jazz. Read our full summary of the game here and catch a six-minute audio recap on the Bucks+ podcast, Bucks In Six Minutes, below. Player Grades Giannis Antetokounmpo 27 minutes, 27 points, 9 rebounds, […]
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In the first half of a weekend back-to-back at Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a four-game losing streak, taking out perhaps the most unabashed tankers in NBA history, the Utah Jazz. In his most extensive action since returning Monday from a calf strain (27 minutes), Giannis Antetokounmpo poured in a game-high 27 for the […]
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While a deliberately tanking opponent is in town tonight that may end it, the Bucks’ highly dispiriting four-game losing streak has put a series damper on fan enthusiasm, despite the eight-wins-in-10-games stretch that came before. Two weeks ago, in the midst of that stretch, nearly 70% of voters on our Tuesday Tracker wanted Milwaukee to […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks play the Utah Jazz in what should be a relatively simple game for the Bucks. They’ll search for their first win in five games as the gap between the tenth seed and the Bucks continues to widen. With a tanking team like the Jazz offering weak resistance to the Bucks, this game […]
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After each game, Brew Hoop evaluates each Buck’s individual performance with a letter grade. At this season’s 25% mark, we decided to check the Bucks’ grades as a progress report. We also had a midseason report, but now that we have hit the 75% point of this slow torture that is the season, it’s time to see […]
3 days ago | 2 reads
In this week’s Tuesday Tracker, we asked about the Bucks’ projected finish in the East and the starting lineup now that Giannis is back. Here are the highlights: Thanks again for voting! Check back on Tuesday for another slate of questions.
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The Wisconsin Herd went 1-2 over last week’s slate of games as the Bucks filled their final two-way slot. With just ten games remaining in the season, the Herd is 5.5 games out of a playoff spot. Wisconsin Herd 104, Windy City Bulls 112 Cormac Ryan: 43 minutes, 36 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 12/19 […]
4 days ago | 1 read
Another bad loss where the Milwaukee Bucks had immense trouble scoring in the second half, but against the Atlanta Hawks—who have now tied their season series at a game apiece—defense was probably the larger issue. With 21 games remaining, the Bucks fall to five games back of the Hawks for the East’s 10th seed. Read […]
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For the second time this week, the Milwaukee Bucks blew a 16-point first-half lead and ended up getting blown out, this time to the Atlanta Hawks at Fiserv Forum, dealing a serious blow to their play-in hopes. Their losing streak is now at four games, and their average margin of defeat has been 24.2. Giannis […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks face off with the Atlanta Hawks tonight as both teams battle for play-in positioning. The Bucks (four games back) sit at 11th, while the Hawks are tied with the Hornets for 10th; a Bucks win means they would gain a full game on the Hawks. This will be the second matchup between […]
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A sneaky part of the Bucks’ now-dead hot streak that Kevin Porter Jr. and Ryan Rollins seemingly clicked better together than earlier in the season. During Giannis’ last injury layoff in December, Doc Rivers talked about how he preferred to split the two up: “I like [Rollins] and Scoot together when Giannis plays. But when […]
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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Bucks fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Giannis returned to the Bucks’ lineup last night, but it wasn’t enough to take down the […]
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Even with Giannis returning and the Boston Celtics being without Jaylen Brown, the Milwaukee Bucks dropped their third straight game, losing in ugly fashion, 108-81. It’s the second straight game that the Celtics have held the Bucks to 81 or fewer points, after Milwaukee scored 79 on February 1 in Boston. Read our full summary […]
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The return of Giannis wasn’t enough to propel the Milwaukee Bucks over the Boston Celtics (who were missing All-Star wing Jaylen Brown and starting center Neemias Queta), losing 108-91. It’s the third straight loss by 20 or more for the Bucks. Payton Pritchard led the Celtics with 25 points on 5/10 shooting from beyond the […]
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I’d like to preface this by saying that while I know my sarcasm in this article might suggest otherwise, I don’t take any of the salty comments you’ll read below that Rivers addressed towards me personally. His team had just been embarrassed by another team that had just lost 11 straight games. He wasn’t in […]
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The Bucks got the news they’ve been waiting for, as per Shams Charania, Giannis Antetokounmpo is expected to return to the court from a right calf strain tonight against the Celtics. Giannis has been out since January 23, after sustaining the injury late in the fourth quarter against the Nuggets. This calf injury took much […]
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Following an abysmal fourth quarter performance that saw them come out 120-97 losers against the Chicago Bulls last night, the Bucks get an immediate shot at redemption tonight against the Boston Celtics. It will be the sides’ third matchup of the season, with the Bucks winning their December meeting 116-101 on the back of 31 […]
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March came in like a lamb for the Bucks at the United Center today: a 16-point first-half lead turned into a 120-97 laugher, thanks to a catastrophic 27-0 Bulls run and a 33-8 fourth quarter in the home team’s favor. Still, the Bucks finished the season series 3-1 over the Bulls. Read our full summary […]
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An absolutely, unequivocally, monstrously disastrous—which still might be putting it mildly—second half by the Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Chicago Bulls’ 11-game losing streak Sunday afternoon at the United Center. The Bucks scored eight points in the fourth quarter. Eight. It’s the first win for Chicago since January 31. They went 0-for-February, for crying out loud! […]
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The Milwaukee Bucks leave home briefly to take on the struggling Chicago Bulls in the Windy City this afternoon. The Bucks have won each of the three matchups this season, with this one wrapping up the season series. On its face, this game looks like a gimme for Milwaukee, but Chicago is on a huge […]
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