Milwaukee Bucks: Player of the Week (Jan 8 – 14)
Week 12 Wrap Up
This was a really good and important week for the Milwaukee Bucks. They were missing their best player for a majority of the week and still came away with two wins in three games. This was good because the team found out that they are more than just Antetokounmpo and they have a group of guys who can step up and take care of business in his absence.
Just as good and more importantly, the Bucks moved up in the win column. They moved to 20-18 on the season, which was good for them to finish the week as the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference. If Milwaukee can keep grinding like they have been all season a playoff berth seems very likely. In fact, they might be able to compete for the fourth seed and get home court advantage in the first round.
With so much of the season left to play it wouldn’t be impossible at all for the Bucks to catch one or two of the teams ahead of them. However, possible season outcomes cut both ways, as the Bucks are also just 1.5 games ahead of being out of the playoffs entirely.
Every game right now is vital to the Bucks’ post season hopes and placement in the playoff tournament structure. That makes the games that much more fun for the fans and that much more intense for the team. The BMO Harris Bradley Center has been rocking as a result of this and the Bucks fans have developed a pretty cool home game atmoshpere lately.
Tune in next week to find out if the Milwaukee Bucks can keep this up!
Next: Milwaukee Bucks Twitter Mailbag: Is Jabari Parker An All-Star?
Player of the Week Rankings over the course of the season
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (11), Michael Beasley (1)
- Jabari Parker (9), Greg Monroe (2), John Henson (1)
- Greg Monroe (4), Malcolm Brogdon (3), Matthew Dellavedova (2), Michael Beasley (2), Jabari Parker (1)