The Milwaukee Bucks dropped yet another game in the preseason, falling to 0-3 following a loss to the Chicago Bulls on the road.
The Milwaukee Bucks have yet to win a game in the 2017-18 NBA Preseason, but Bucks fans likely don’t care too much after the show the team–and the team’s best player, more specifically–put on on Friday night.
The Chicago Bulls ended up winning easily over Milwaukee on Friday, putting up 114 points against the Bucks’ 101. Despite playing just 23 minutes, Giannis Antetokounmpo led all scorers with 24 points. We’ll get to him later, though.
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The Bucks started the game with a lead, in large part thanks to the Greek Freak’s performance early. Chicago battled back and took the advantage back by halftime, though, and while the third quarter had some fun moments the Bulls ended up winning both it and the fourth quarter, sealing the Chicago win.
Milwaukee was able to run out more regular season lineups against the Bulls, and didn’t really put in the fringe roster guys until the fourth quarter. Still, Bucks fans faithfully watching on Friday night got to see a nice mix of the real rotation and the interesting players who are new to the roster.
Chicago’s hot shooting made sure that nice mix didn’t end up in a Milwaukee win, though. The following five takeaways should summarize the most meaningful bits of action and paint a nice, if limited, picture of the showdown between the Bucks and the Bulls.