Milwaukee Bucks welcomed the Orlando Magic on Monday night looking for their 15th straight victory. Milwaukee tried to avoid a pseudo letdown after beating the Los Angeles Clippers by 28 points. Magic was red hot heading into this game winning their last four games. It was not the prettiest game that Milwaukee ever played yet they closed it out to finish off Orlando by winning 110-101. Bucks have now won 15 straight games and if they win on Wednesday, they’ll tie for the second-best in team history.

Player of the Game: Giannis Antetokounmpo – Another day, another big day for Giannis. These are my favorite matchups for Giannis actually. When he faces athletic guys like Aaron Gordon or Blake Griffin then he completely bungles him on the offensive end. Antetokounmpo scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, and eight assists. It is nice to see the assist total get up there a bit. Giannis is only averaging 2.3 assists in the month of December. Like that he’s finding teammates for easy buckets.

Honorable Mention: Khris Middleton – What a night from Midds. He hit a dagger three in the corner to put away Orlando once and for all. Middleton hit another huge three in the fourth as well. Middleton scored 20 points, nine rebounds, and four assists. The Bucks wing got up his shots tonight with 10 attempted threes tonight. That is a great thing. He shot 40 percent from deep. If Midds is this aggressive on the offensive end, Milwaukee will be damn near impossible to beat.

One Thing I Liked: Milwaukee’s bench mob did the damn thing again – What a night again for the Bucks bench. Milwaukee had three players in double figures – Donte DiVencenzo, George Hill, and Ersan Ilyasova. They all played a role in igniting the fire for the Bucks especially in the first quarter. Ersan hitting two threes is an encouraging sign.

One Thing I Didn’t Like: Get to the free-throw line, please – I never let when teams do not get to the free-throw line enough. To me, that shows a team that might not attack enough during a game. Milwaukee only got the line 15 times, and 75 percent of that is from Antetokounmpo. Eric Bledsoe and Middleton need to find ways to draw some additional fouls.

Next up
Milwaukee will continue their winning streak efforts on Wednesday night. They take on the New Orleans Pelicans who have lost nine straight games and lost a heartbreaker to Detroit on Monday evening. The Pellies defense is not great and boy, can the Bucks take advantage of it.

Charlie.