Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways From Loss To New Orleans Pelicans
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks lost to a second consecutive winless team on Thursday, gifting the New Orleans Pelicans their first win. Here are the main takeaways.
Remember that three-game winning streak the Milwaukee Bucks were on? It’s almost hard to, after the team dropped back-to-back games to winless teams.
Both the Dallas Mavericks and New Orleans Pelicans had lost all of their games this season before they got a chance to match up with the Bucks (for the second time, in New Orleans’ case.) All losses count the same in the standings, but dropping games to winless teams is extra tough.
The Bucks played better than they did late in the game this time around. The Mavericks loss included Milwaukee scoring just one point in overtime, which is less than ideal. At least this loss included some excitement in the final period.
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Unfortunately, it was the wrong fanbase getting really excited. The Bucks could’ve been one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference Standings if they could’ve beaten two winless teams, but instead they’re back down to .500 after two rough losses.
One Buck rose up, several others fell down, and the Pelicans were lifted high enough by Anthony Davis to collect their first victory of the season. It was a Herculean effort to be sure, but here we’re focused on the Milwaukee Bucks above all else.
So with that, let’s go into what stood out the most for the Bucks in their loss to the New Orleans Pelicans.