Milwaukee Bucks Best and Worst: December 23 – 29

Best: Dare I Say… Consistency?

Given that one of my first “Worsts” of the year was simply “Inconsistency”, it’s safe to say that this section could look very, very bad depending on what the Bucks do over the next few weeks.

Even so, I’m including it anyway after a seven-game stretch that finally felt like we were watching a team with a defined sense of success. There haven’t been many games during the last two weeks that fell flat from what was expected of the Bucks prior to the contest, although at times they may have surprised us in a good sense.

Much of this newfound identity has come from the exploits of Giannis and Jabari, or more specifically, the consistently good exploits of Giannis and Jabari. It’s hard to point to a game in which both of the Bucks’ duo has a bad outing, and if that game exists, it’s almost assured that the Bucks lost.

With Antetokounmpo and Parker carrying the scoring load while doing much more in the process, Greg Monroe providing a bench spark, Malcolm Brogdon contributing veteran/rookie leadership, and Thon Maker ensuring that no fans leave early, the Bucks are a much more easily understood team than they have been earlier this season and for much of last.

Finding an identity, and by the same token some consistency, is one of the best developments we could have seen out of the Bucks this season. Let’s just hope they keep it up.