The Milwaukee Bucks ensured they wouldn’t finish any worse than the sixth seed in the Eastern Conference with a win over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.
The Milwaukee Bucks failed to score 90 points on Monday night when the Charlotte Hornets visited Milwaukee for the Bucks last home game of the year, which Milwaukee would win by ten points. That is noteworthy for some important reasons and some trivial ones.
First, the trivial part: that was the first time all season the Bucks won a game and the team scored less than 90 points. Milwaukee was 0-8 in such games thus far.
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More importantly, the win ensured the team will not finish worse than sixth in the Eastern Conference this season. The Bucks could still sneak into the fifth seed if they win on Wednesday and the Atlanta Hawks lose out.
It’s tough to not look ahead to the playoffs already, but first the Bucks need to wrap up the regular season. Milwaukee almost forgot that in the middle of their game against the Hornets on Monday night.
Before moving on for good, let’s look at some takeaways from the action between Milwaukee and Charlotte, and see what we can learn from the Milwaukee Bucks’ 81st game in the 2016-17 regular season.