Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Win Secured With Tensions Running High

The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily arrives as the Bucks came away with a win over the Lakers in spite of a contentious incident in the third quarter.

In this edition of the Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we’ll look back on the Bucks’ win over the Lakers, the third quarter melee that provoked strong reactions from both sets of players, and the recent strong play that has pushed Milwaukee back into prime playoff position.

With the Bucks continuing on their season long six-game West coast road trip, you could be forgiven for missing some of the action in the later hours of Friday night. Don’t worry, we’re hear to point you in the direction of everything you need to catch up.

Just like on every other day of the year, this daily column is designed to round up some of the best writing on the Bucks from our team at Behind the Buck Pass, as well as others from across the internet.

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You can get in touch if you read something that you feel more Bucks fans need to see, by reaching out to us on Twitter at @BehindTheBucks or by email at winin6podcast@gmail.com.

Let’s get down to it:

Best of Behind The Buck Pass From 3/17/17

Milwaukee Bucks: Player Power Rankings (Mar. 9 – 16) (read here): Lukas Harkins relives the Bucks action from the past week and offers up his latest power rankings of each Milwaukee player who has played during that period.

Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: March 17 at Los Angeles Lakers (read here): Ti Windisch previewed Friday night’s clash with the Lakers, picking out his keys to victory for both teams, on top of sharing our staff predictions.

Best of Bucks Across The Internet From 3/17/17

Bucks 107, Lakers 103: Middleton’s 30 just enough for L.A. sweep (read here): Charles Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports from Staples Center as the Bucks just managed to hang on for a win against the Lakers. Gardner got reactions from Giannis, Antetokounmpo and Jason Kidd to how the game unfolded.

Luke Walton criticizes officials, Bucks staffer over on-court melee (read here): Baxter Holmes and Javan Buha of ESPN reported on Luke Walton’s post-game anger over the incident that led to Nick Young and D’Angelo Russell‘s ejection, and the role played by a Bucks employee in the fracas.

Bucks March Toward Playoffs (read here): Fox Sports Wisconsin highlight the Bucks’ recent strong run, the games left on the schedule in March, and some of the team’s key statistics of late.

Next: Win In 6 Podcast #106: The Six-Game Win Streak

That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.