Can the Bucks Play Brooklyn Every Week?

by Charlie in Milwaukee Bucks

Nothing like the Brooklyn Nets. Milwaukee won their last 10 games against the hapless Nets, and they’ve won 11 of the last 12. For the second time in a two weeks, Milwaukee won wire-to-wire against Brooklyn. They led by as much as 26 points in this one, and while the Nets made a run in the third, it didn’t get them very far. Milwaukee moves to six games over .500 for the first time since March 2015, and they’re currently the fifth seed with a game and a half back of Central Division-leading Cleveland.

John Henson owns the paint
Brooklyn is one of the worst teams in the paint, and John Henson took advantage of it. He scored 19 points with 18 rebounds. Seven of those were on the offensive side of the ball. Henson found many alley-opp opportunities from the Bucks perimeter players. This was one of the better efforts from Henson for the season. He continues to be a bright spot for this basketball team. Henson deserves a ton of credit for his improvement this season. Many thought with Greg Monroe leaving that he would be a sore spot for the team, but it’s been mostly a good thing.

Giannis owns Jarrett Allen
Poor Jarrett Allen. Brooklyn’s first round draft pick keeps getting shit on by Giannis Antetokounmpo. Two weeks ago, he got dunked on pretty hard, and then again on Sunday, the same thing happened to him. Then Allen tried to deliver a same sort of thing, but Giannis denied him. Allen will be happy to know that Brooklyn-Milwaukee do not play again until early April.

Bucks’ injuries add up
Milwaukee keeps seeing guys go down in the last couple of games. Giannis tweaked another ankle which is less than stellar. I almost wonder if he takes Tuesday off, even if, Giannis said he could have returned if needed today. Matthew Dellavedova left the game with an ankle injury, and Henson hurt a hammy. Milwaukee needs to have a few days off to heal.

Next up
Bucks go to New York on Tuesday night where they’ll try to beat the Knicks for the second time in a week. Giannis gives them nightmares, but I’m sure the Knicks are going to seek out revenge in this one. They would love nothing more than to beat up Giannis after he hit another game-winner last Friday.

Charlie.

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