Milwaukee Bucks: Takeaways from 98-90 win over Los Angeles Lakers
By Ti Windisch
Late bedtimes in Milwaukee
The Bucks got into Milwaukee very early in the morning on Saturday after playing the night before against the San Antonio Spurs, in San Antonio. The NBA schedule is designed to be easier for players every year, but stuff like this still happens sometimes.
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Milwaukee fought like hell against the Spurs and ended up winning Eric Bledsoe’s debut performance, but that victory came at the price of the team being exhausted the next day. Every NBA team deals with these sorts of things so it’s no excuse, but it was a relevant factor when the Bucks took on the Lakers.
Milwaukee is very obviously a better team than Los Angeles, even if the records don’t tell that story right now. Still, the Lakers deserve credit. They played their game well, and kept the score close all night. Lozno Ball in particular deserves acclaim, as he became the youngest player in NBA history to post a triple-double after grabbing his 10th board in the fourth quarter.
Being the better team worked out for the Bucks in the end, but Los Angeles — and the lack of rest for Milwaukee — made things really interesting. It’s nice to see the Bucks win a game that the schedule made difficult against a bad team. Those are the ones that real contenders find ways to pull out.