When the Milwaukee Bucks started 4-2, many people didn’t expect the team to be 4-6 after 10 games of the NBA season. Bucks fell on hard times in their first road trip of the season losing all three games to Charlotte, Detroit and Cleveland plus a home loss to Oklahoma City prior to falling to the Hornets. Bucks may not have expected Eric Bledsoe would join them for Game 11. The newest Buck helped Milwaukee break the losing streak, and Milwaukee holds San Antonio to only 87 points in their most impressive victory of the season.

Bledsoe and Giannis are going to be fun
Oh boy, this is going to be a good time. Bledsoe and Giannis were awesome together in the first game. He found Giannis multiple times for an easy bucket. What became noticeable in this game is how much Milwaukee needed a dynamic point guard. The speed of Bledsoe opens up so many things for Giannis and the rest of the team. These two guys are going to be very difficult to beat in transition. Antetokounmpo finished with 28 points 12 rebounds and five assists whilst Bledsoe had 13 points with seven assists.

John Henson deserves some credit for this W
I think this was one of John Henson’s best starts of the season. He had a tall task with LaMarcus Aldridge and Pau Gasol in the middle, yet he had no trouble with each player. Aldridge still got buckets, but he’s the focal point of the offense with Kawhi Leonard being out with a quad injury. Henson held his own on both sides of the ball. He finished with a strong 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists. That’s a solid line for the former first rounder.

Jason Kidd’s mad scientist experience begins
We’re going to see a lot of weird shit with Jason Kidd for the next month. I’ve made a promise to myself to not say anything bad until we’re a month in with Bledsoe. We saw Matthew Dellavedova become the first player off the bench which drew the ire of Bucks fans (Psst… He didn’t play that bad with nine points on 4-7 shots). Malcolm Brogdon still played starter minutes. We saw Delly, Prez and Bledsoe on the court at the same time together. Thon Maker saw 16 minutes off the bench. We’ll see if anything changes tonight.

Next up
Bucks come back home to play the Los Angeles Lakers. They’ll attempt to start a winning streak and go back to .500. This will be Bledsoe’s first home game, which will add some buzz to the building plus Lonzo Ball’s first appearance in Milwaukee. Look for Giannis to have a big game tonight, and do not be surprised if we see another strong Henson outing.

Charlie.