Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Matching last year’s win total with victory over Boston Celtics
The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as the Bucks marked their return from the All-Star break with a gritty victory over the Boston Celtics that equals their win total from last year.
In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, the Bucks take their season series with the Boston Celtics Thursday night, Khris Middleton gets the Zach Lowe treatment with a fantastic profile by the ESPN scribe, and much more.
After taking 81 games to get to 44 wins last year, it only took the Bucks 58 games to reach that same mark with their 98-97 victory over the Celtics at Fiserv Forum last night. Of course, there’s no shortage of factoids like that one in the kind of transcendent campaign the Bucks are crafting at this stage.
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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.
Best of Behind the Buck Pass From 2/21/19
Wisconsin Herd: Quick reactions from 110-108 loss to Raptors 905 (read here): I recapped the Wisconsin Herd’s heartbreaking return to action as they fell to the Raptors 905 Wednesday night for their 27th loss of the season.
Milwaukee Bucks: 3 things to watch for in return against Boston Celtics (read here): Before last night’s game, Adam McGee previewed the Bucks’ clash with the Boston Celtics.
Milwaukee Bucks: 5 realistic buyout candidates to target (read here): Robby Cowles rounded up five players the Bucks could look at on the buyout marked to fill their final roster spot ahead of the deadline next Friday.
Best of Bucks Around the Internet From 2/21/19
Bucks 98, Celtics 97: Having just enough of the right stuff (read here): The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Matt Velazquez recapped the Bucks’ gutsy victory over the Boston Celtics in their return game from the All-Star break.
Nikola Mirotic is ready to hit the floor for the Bucks. Does he have the best Twitter handle in the NBA? (read here): Also of the Journal Sentinel, JR Radcliffe explored whether new Bucks forward Nikola Mirotic has the best Twitter handle of all NBA players.
Khris Middleton is a rare kind of second star (read here): ESPN’s Zach Lowe wrote a brilliant profile on Bucks swingman Khris Middleton, touching on all stories relating to his early life as an amateur player, his humble beginnings during his lone year with the Detroit Pistons and how he became the Bucks’ second All-Star playing alongside superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Mears: How the Milwaukee Bucks Built the NBA’s Best Defense (read here): Bryan Mears over at The Action Network examined how the Bucks statistically hold the best defense in the NBA while allowing the highest amount of three-point attempts from their opponents.
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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.