Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Bucks continue to turn heads around the NBA

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The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as the Bucks’ playoff exploits continue to receive acclaim and attention from around the wider NBA media landscape.

In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we hear about the continued reaction to the Game 2 win and the many impressions of Milwaukee’s outstanding play of late, get a sense of this Bucks team’s self-belief, and much more.

The Bucks will hope to continue to receive plaudits following Sunday’s Game 3 in Toronto, where a Milwaukee win would leave them poised to clinch a Finals spot with just one more victory.

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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.

Best of Behind the Buck Pass From 5/18/19

Milwaukee Bucks: 3 takeaways from 125-103 Game 2 win over Toronto Raptors: I took a closer look at Milwaukee’s performance in Game 2, picking out three of my key takeaways from the action.

Milwaukee Bucks: Player grades from 125-103 Game 2 win over Toronto Raptors: Scott Romportl also reflected on Friday’s game, assessing the Bucks’ individual efforts with player grades for the win over Toronto.

Best of Bucks Around the Internet From 5/18/19

If you’re just now seeing how strong the Bucks are, it’s too late: Tim Bontemps of ESPN wrote about the Bucks’ recent performances acting as an extension of what they’ve done all year, and why it’s very much realistic to imagine them winning this year’s championship.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks dominating and no team can answer right now: Jeff Zillgitt wrote about the apparently unsolvable problems the Bucks are presenting their opponents with at the moment.

In the East, it has been all Bucks so far (but not all Giannis): Sopan Deb of the New York Times wrote about the all-around effort and contributions from across the roster that have been crucial to the Bucks of late.

Long before their Game 2 blowout opened the NBA world’s eyes, these Bucks knew they were special: Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote about the sense Milwaukee’s players have had of something special building throughout the course of the entire season.

Ersan Ilyasova does the dirty work no one sees. Unless he scores too.: Lori Nickel of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote about Ersan Ilyasova’s Game 2 performance, and how it fit into his larger journey with the franchise.

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That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.