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Bucks-Timberwolves quickly becomes a battle for the basement

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The Milwaukee Bucks' 94-88 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves Tuesday night played out like a bizarro version of the Mia Hamm/Michael Jordan Gatorade commercials. Anything Milwaukee did, Minnesota did worse, and neither team could do anything consistently better than the other. Case and point: The game’s final two minutes. By Jake McCormick More Milwaukee … [Read more...] about Bucks-Timberwolves quickly becomes a battle for the basement

Bucks-Timberwolves analysis: Wins are a point of view

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It’s never a good thing when Andrew Bogut plays 23 minutes and attempts five shots in a game against a less than impressive front line. But Milwaukee Bucks coach Scott Skiles had a few interesting lineup combinations that ultimately carried the Bucks to their 94-88 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves. By Jake McCormick Read the Milwaukee Bucks/Minnesota Timberwolves game … [Read more...] about Bucks-Timberwolves analysis: Wins are a point of view

Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut dominates depleted Orlando Magic

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Normally, a Milwaukee Bucks win over the Orlando Magic would’ve been classified as signature or a great upset. But against a Magic team with Jameer Nelson, JJ Redick, Mickael Pietrus, and most importantly, Dwight Howard battling a nasty stomach flu in Florida, the Bucks 96-85 win was just a quality start to a four game home stand. By Jake McCormick … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut dominates depleted Orlando Magic

The Milwaukee Bucks’ offensive weekend of futility

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With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, the Milwaukee Bucks have a record of 5-8 and very little to be thankful for other than their third ranked scoring defense (92 points per game). Consider a few statistics from the Bucks’ weekend back-to-back against the worst team, record-wise, in the Eastern Conference (Philadelphia 76ers) and an Oklahoma City Thunder team that was … [Read more...] about The Milwaukee Bucks’ offensive weekend of futility

Preview of the Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers game

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By Jake McCormick After a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde showing in their Tuesday-Wednesday back-to-back, the Milwaukee Bucks have a good chance of building off the confidence and chemistry they showed in Wednesday's overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. The Detroit Lions are to the Green Bay Packers as the Indiana Pacers have been to the Milwaukee Bucks over the last year, and … [Read more...] about Preview of the Milwaukee Bucks-Indiana Pacers game

Analysis of the Milwaukee Bucks loss to the Portland Trail Blazers

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Editor's note: With the "Optimist, Pessimist, Realist" feature, I focus on one aspect of the game that deserves some hope for future success (Optimist), one that ellicits feelings of dread and negativity (Pessimist), and one thing that falls in the middle ground that is hard to argue against either way (Realist). There wasn't much to be celebrating from the Milwaukee Bucks' … [Read more...] about Analysis of the Milwaukee Bucks loss to the Portland Trail Blazers

Milwaukee Bucks suffer a throwback loss to the Portland Trail Blazers

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By Jake McCormick In elections, a small sample size of voters leads to accurate early projections. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for early scoring runs in NBA games. If the first six minutes of the Milwaukee Bucks 90-76 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers had decided the game, Milwaukee would've won by triple digits. But in the next 42 minutes, the Blazers … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Bucks suffer a throwback loss to the Portland Trail Blazers

Milwaukee Bucks collect solid home opening win over the Bobcats

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By Jake McCormick Fans packed the Bradley Center in costumes Saturday night hoping to see the Milwaukee Bucks turn in a performance worthy of the holiday and home opener hype against the visiting Charlotte Bobcats, and they were not disappointed in the 98-88 victory that was headlined by Bucks point guard Brandon Jennings’ first career triple double (20 points, 10 assists, … [Read more...] about Milwaukee Bucks collect solid home opening win over the Bobcats