Milwaukee Bucks started their West Coast trip in Los Angeles on Tuesday night. They played a good Los Angeles Clippers team fighting for a playoff spot. The same Clippers team that beat Milwaukee a week ago, but the Bucks were without Giannis Antetokounmpo for most of the game. Milwaukee got down early as Los Angeles had a 16-point advantage in the second quarter, but the team fought back to take a lead heading into the fourth. Sadly, things went to hell from there. Clippers outscored the Bucks 27-16 in the final quarter leading to another disappointing loss that will put Milwaukee back in the eighth seed.

Giannis had a beauty of a game
We can be upset that the Bucks didn’t play well, but Giannis showed out in front of the Los Angeles crowd. He had 26 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and five blocks. That’s a helluva a stat line. The common thought might be ‘How the hell can Milwaukee lose when Giannis does these kind of things?’ It’s a good question. This was a stellar Giannis performance that was wasted by a shitty fourth quarter. With this game and the San Antonio one in the books, it’s fair to say that ankle isn’t really affecting Antetokounmpo.

Jabari Parker has his first true bad game
You could argue that Bari was due for a bad one at some point. He did not play well in this game. Parker went 1-for-12 with only two points. He also missed four three pointers. San Antonio was not his greatest performance either, so, youw onder if the move to the starting rotation then sent back affected him in some way. Or that he’s pissed because Parker believes that he should be starting over Jason Terry.

Eric Bledsoe needs to be more careful with the ball
Man, it’s been very interesting to watch people react to EriC Bledsoe. At first, he was this breath of fresh air, and now, I feel like a majority of Bucks Twitter think they should trade for him. Bledsoe had six turnovers in this game, and that’s not going to win you many close ball games when your point guard is turning the ball over that much. He had some distinctly bad ones down the stretch as well.

Next up
Good news: Milwaukee gets to play Golden State without Steph Curry. Bad news: Kevin Durant is coming back on Thursday from injury and they play the Bucks. Same with Draymond Green who will probably return in this one as well. Bucks face a challenge with the Warriors on Thursday night.