Milwaukee Bucks haven’t seen much luck against the Chicago Bulls before Sunday afternoon. Chicago took down Milwaukee twice in December at the Bradley Center, but Milwaukee paid them back with a dominating performance, 110-96. After two poor performances against this team, Milwaukee showed why they’re a playoff team and Chicago is not. The team picked up Giannis in the first half, and he came alive in the third leading to their third straight victory. This is Milwaukee’s first three game winning streak since early December.

Milwaukee makes it rain from deep
Currently, the Bucks ranked 23rd in three-point shooting percentage, but they didn’t show it on Sunday afternoon. Milwaukee found their stroke from deep in a major way going 13-for-28. Milwaukee nearly made half their threes, and if you take out Eric Bledsoe’s seven missed threes, Milwaukee finishes 13-for-20 which is unreal. Jason Terry came to live with four threes as well as Sterling Brown and Matthew Dellavedova each had multiple treys.

Defense set the tone early on
Milwaukee didn’t come out strong on offense, but their defense shined throughout the game especially early on. Bucks had nine steals in the first half as they frustrated the Bulls offense. It’s amazing what Milwaukee can do with tough defense that doesn’t involve blitzing and over-pressuring defenders. They did a great job establishing the attitude early on. Bucks did a great job on Zach LaVine who went 2-for-11 and didn’t have a point until the middle of the fourth quarter. LaVine had been on a heater before this game.

Eric Bledsoe hits the skids
Not sure what’s up with Eric Bledsoe, but it’s not trending in the right direction. Bledsoe struggled for the third straight game as he goes 3-for-11 form the field with seven of those misses coming from deep. Bledsoe is not a three-point assassin, and he needs to remember that more often. It seems he’s fallen into old habits where he starts jacking three-point shots. Joe Prunty needs to remind him how he’s very good off the dribble and good at the rim. The three-point shots will come to him.

Next up
Milwaukee welcomes Philadelphia for the first time as they look to get revenge from the Sixers. Philly beat this team down without Giannis a couple Saturdays ago. Joel Embiid may play which could swing the game. This one is pretty big when it comes to playoff positioning.