This game wasn’t going to be easy. Milwaukee had three games in four nights. That’s never easy on teams. They lose in overtime to New Orleans then lose a crushing game in Washington yesterday. They came into this game tired and weak, yet, it’s no excuse to play like they did on Wednesday night. Bucks didn’t seem to care, and this thing got real ugly midway through this game. Pistons blew the doors off the Bucks, 110-87. Hopefully, this is a wake-up call for Milwaukee that they cannot show up and expect to win with so few games left in the season. There aren’t many positives to take away from this game.

Hope Giannis is okay
I had a late workout today, so, I checked out the third quarter to fourth quarter of the Bucks game tonight. I decided to keep running as Milwaukee got a late third quarter five-point play to put the lead at 15 heading into the final period. Milwaukee goes back and forth then Giannis Antetokounmpo gets an offensive basketball interference where he gets nudged to the ground leading to his eye being poked. Let’s hope it’s just that, and he’s good to roll on Friday, but eye injuries can be tricky.

Khris Middleton gets cold at the wrong time
Last night, we saw another rough outing from Khris Middleton. He goes an ugly 3-10 from the field and only due to 10 made free throws did Middleton have double-digits in this game. Milwaukee cannot have him be struggling in the most important stretch of the season. This is a nightmare scenario with Giannis possibly hurt and now Middleton being ice cold from the field. He needs to find that stroke again.

Bucks head into danger zone
I’m not going to say that Milwaukee is in trouble here, but they have three major games looming starting Friday with Indiana. Ideally, it would be great to see Milwaukee find a way to win all three, but the realistic hope should be two. With the three losses, two has to be option here. Oh, and then, Milwaukee sees Houston come to town next Wednesday. To add fuel to the worry, the Miami Heat are going a game back of the Milwaukee Bucks for the seven seed, and yes, the Heat own the tiebreaker.

Next up
Milwaukee welcomes Indiana to town on Friday evening. Bucks-Pacers have a split series, but the last time they played Indiana blew the doors off them from the start of the whistle. That’s been a trend of late for the Bucks, and let’s hope that stops.

Charlie.