The Milwaukee Bucks are one of those teams you don't hear a lot about (Unless you live in Milwaukee) but they seem to be in the playoffs more often than you think. They've made the post season most every year since 1999 and once again are there this year. They have a very young team with players such as Michael Redd, T.J Ford, Andrew Bogut and Jamaal Magloire. What are your impressions of the Bucks?
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I like the Bucks because of their tenacity and their youth, but its not going to be enough in this years playoffs. The Pistons are a strong, experienced team that is going to rough them up. I expect the first game and maybe the second are going to be rough, but they will finish up round one strong, but not winners of it.
Bucks aim to show they're not dead yet
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Sure, the Milwaukee Bucks have heard the snickering, they've read the papers. A four-game sweep by the intimidating Detroit Pistons is inevitable, the pundits say. Why even play Games 3 and 4 on Saturday and Monday at the Bradley Center? |
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NBATV studio analyst Peter Vecsey opined that the home court would do little to help the Bucks And in TNT's coverage of the playoffs on Wednesday, a bracket was put up showing Detroit already through to the Eastern Conference semifinals. |
Duke's Jabari Parker, another freshman, was selected second overall by the Milwaukee Bucks. Ref. CNN
NBA postpones Wednesday's playoff games after Milwaukee Bucks' decision not to play over police shooting of Jacob Blake. After the Bucks boycotted Wednesday's Game 5, the NBA postponed the day's remaining two games: Oklahoma City vs. Houston and Portland vs. The Los Angeles Lakers. Blake, a Black man, was shot multiple times in the back on Sunday by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Ref. USAToday.
Milwaukee Bucks set up NBA Finals showdown with Phoenix Suns after ousting Atlanta Hawks. The Bucks are heading to the NBA Finals for the first time since 1974 after they closed out the Hawks in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals without star Giannis Antetokounmpo. Ref. USAToday.
Milwaukee Bucks win [20 July, 2021] first title in 50 years after defeating the Phoenix Suns in the NBA Finals. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a game-high 50 points as the Bucks beat the Suns 105-98 in Game 6 to collect their first NBA championship since 1971. Ref. USAToday.