Milwaukee Bucks did not play their best on Saturday night. The defensive effort was not there for them. Milwaukee gave up 32+ points in the first three quarters of the game, and it appeared they were going to be in a fight with Minnesota even without Karl-Anthony Towns. But Milwaukee found their defense and kept their hot shooting going in the fourth quarter. Milwaukee gets their fourth straight victory, and they’ve won 16 of their last 18 games. This team continues to stack up wins like no one’s business. This is the fifth time this season where Milwaukee scored 140 or more points.

Player of the Game: Khris Middleton – Huge fan of what we saw from Middleton in the third quarter. Milwaukee and Minnesota were trading baskets for the entire quarter, and Milwaukee needed someone to keep the hot shooting going through the quarter. Middleton became that guy. He scored 13 points making all five of his shots. Middleton finished as the high scorer in the game which hasn’t happened often this season. That is the highest point total since late December against Brooklyn.

Silver Star: Giannis Antetokounmpo – Another day, another great game from Giannis Antetokounmpo. He scored 27 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. One of the better parts of his game was the three-point shooting. Giannis made three 3-pointers in this game. Giannis is shooting 45% from three. That’s fucking incredible from him. Teams are going to have to respect his step-in three. In the fourth quarter when Milwaukee and Minnesota were inching close, Antetokounmpo buried the Wolves with a top of the key three. This is a problem for the league, folks.

Positive: Bucks were a well-oiled offensive machine – 140 points is always a big thing for an NBA team. Hell if they’re scoring above 125 points, that’s a great thing. Milwaukee had seven players in double figures last night. All five starters were in double figures then Nikola Mirotic and Ersan Ilyasova provided the bench scoring. Milwaukee was 50 percent from the field, they made 19 threes and only missed one free throw. It is hard to find a flaw in the Bucks offensive game last night.

Negative: Defense has to be better – People can be happy with the win but still express some concerns in a shootout like this one. Bucks gave up 38 and 39 points in the second and third quarters of this game. The defense allowed way too much easy baskets by Minnesota. This needs to improved for Milwaukee especially heading on the road for the next week.

Highlight of the night: Brook Lopez puts the Home Dario on a poster.

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Next up: Bucks wrap up their season series with the Chicago Bulls. Couple things are at play in this matchup on Monday. One, Milwaukee has never beat Chicago six straight times. Two, this would be the first time that Milwaukee has swept Chicago since 2001. This Bulls team might have issues with their coaching staff, but they’re playing good basketball. They just disposed of the Celtics in surprising fashion on Saturday night. One problem for them is they have absolutely no answer for Giannis.