I follow a variety of people on Instagram related to my favorite teams (Cheap plug for you to follow – www.instagram.com/snotapwi). Nick Monroe, who works for the Bucks digital team, posted an IG story of the Bucks arriving in San Antonio at 4:15 AM this morning. Remember, the Bucks have to play a game this very night. Not surprising at all that Milwaukee lost this game, 121-114 as the Bucks legs gave out against the Spurs. This isn’t a bad loss nor one to freak out about although it’s weird to consider Milwaukee is only 2-3 in their last five.

Player of the Game: Giannis Antetokounmpo – Despite the tired feelings, Giannis Antetokounmpo had himself a great night. Giannis finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. This is a standard line for the Greek Freak which is fucking bananas, but why he is the MVP of this league. He had no issues with the Spurs interior defenders in this one. You also love to see that he did not turn the ball over tonight.

Silver Star: Pat Connaughton – After only playing 15 minutes last night, Pat Connaughton got the call tonight as the Bucks were resting Ersan Ilysaova without telling anyone (I’m sure my DFS friends were happy). Connaughton had a night. He found it from behind-the-arc. That has not been his strong suit this season as he only shoots 28 percent from three. He made four of them tonight and had 14 points. That is a season-high for him from behind the arc. Maybe, this is a start of a hot streak.

Positive: Got off to a quick start – There were not a ton of positives in this game. But it did seem like the Bucks were basically Charlotte last night where they were on a back-to-back and came out firing. That did go away from Milwaukee. It is good to see the Bucks start quick though. They did it versus Indiana as well. You hate to have to climb uphill every game.

Negative: Spurs second unit goes to town – Bud’s rotations stunk tonight. There is no way around it. The D.J. Wilson thing has become a bit of an oddity considering how well Milwaukee plays with him and trying to force feed Pau Gasol almost felt like a ‘fuck it’ move. Bud seemed to do that a little bit more in the past few weeks than he did at the start of the season. The second unit did awful defensively as Patty Mills had 16 points and Marco Bellini had 19. That’s not going to get it done.

Highlight of the Night: Eric Bledsoe does not have time for bats

Bled ain't messing with any bats!! 😂 pic.twitter.com/VtpESPPuoX

— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) March 11, 2019

Next up: Milwaukee heads to New Orleans to face the Pelicans. They’ve been a good home team all year, but they’re not the team people expected at the start of the year. Everyone thought this team would contend for the playoffs, and instead, they’re nine games under .500. Pelicans are missing Jrue Holiday, and it’s a mystery of if Anthony Davis will play or not.