The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as a loss to the Houston Rockets sees the Bucks drop to eighth in the Eastern Conference standings.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we look at the Bucks’ fall to eighth place and the potential implications of that drop-off, and much more.
With only three games separating the Bucks and the fourth placed Washington Wizards, there’s still the chance for Milwaukee to secure a more desirable seeding heading into the playoffs, particularly considering the softer schedule that’s now coming up for the Bucks.
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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.
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Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: March 7 vs Houston Rockets (read here): Prior to Wednesday’s game, I looked ahead to the action against the Rockets, picking out keys for both teams and more.
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Rockets 110, Bucks 99: Milwaukee falls into eighth place as Houston’s winning streak reaches 17 games (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported from the Bradley Center as the Bucks were unable to stop the juggernaut that is the Houston Rockets.
Milwaukee Bucks: Falling to eighth in the East may not be so bad (read here): Josh Cornelissen of HoopsHabit makes the case for why if the Bucks are to end up in the lower echelons of the Eastern Conference playoffs, a matchup with the Raptors would be favorable to a clash with the Cavaliers. To add my personal thoughts here, although I agree with that sentiment, my preference would still be getting to sixth or better. The seventh or eighth spots would still leave the Bucks as major underdogs, while meaning they’d lose their first round pick too.
10 numbers from the win over the Sixers (read here): From a couple of days ago, Alex Boeder of Bucks.com looked back on the comeback win against Philadelphia, highlighting some notable numbers in the process.
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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.