Milwaukee Bucks: Player of the Week (Jan 22 – 28)
The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t fare well in week 14. They participated in four games, losing three of them. A variety of Bucks had good performances but only three deserve serious recognition.
Another week, another losing skid. The Milwaukee Bucks actually started week 14 off admirably, beating the very good Houston Rockets. The drop off came swiftly, however. Milwaukee dropped their final three games to the Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers, and Boston Celtics.
The losses didn’t drop the Bucks further out of the playoff race seed-wise, they are still the ninth seed, but it did move them a few games back from the teams holding down the lower seeds.
The schedule was grueling this week but the Bucks couldn’t afford to lose ground. Milwaukee has given themselves very little margin for error for the remainder of the season if they want to make the playoffs.
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The Bucks have been playing against stout competition lately, which has been one of the biggest issues facing the team. The schedule lightens up a bit in the next three weeks. This will be the perfect time for Milwaukee to start a run and climb back into the playoff picture. If they trend in the direction they are going the playoffs will surely pass them by.
When the team loses so often the players need to accept the brunt of the blame. The quality of play has been strong at times but it isn’t consistent enough to pick up victories. Almost every player can do one or two things a bit better to help his team out.
But enough of the doom and gloom! Let’s celebrate the three players that helped the Bucks the most this week. On to the rankings!