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The Portland Trail Blazers are off to a rocky start this season as they begin their post-Damian Lillard rebuild. As such, the Blazers don’t feature heavily in the NBA’s national TV schedule. The team has played a handful of times on NBA TV and is scheduled just once on ESPN and once on TNT. Except […]

It was once thought that the Milwaukee Bucks would steamroll their way atop the league by this time during the offseason. They got a new coach in Adrian Griffin. Not to mention, Giannis Antetokounmpo got a perfect pick-and-roll partner in Damian Lillard. But, there are still doubts that haunt this squad. Kendrick Perkins pointed out […]

All of the early-season concerns regarding the viability of the new-look Milwaukee Bucks seem to be in the past. After a slow 5-4 start to the season that included ugly, double-digit losses to Atlanta, Toronto and Orlando, the Bucks have since gone 19-4 and solidly established themselves as an inner circle title contender. In fact, […]

The Sacramento Kings have a bonafide superstar in De’Aaron Fox. He’s become one of the NBA’s elite point guards and the quarterback of one of the better teams in the Western Conference. Like all players though, Fox has definitely modeled his game after some of his peers and certainly has a few fellow point guards […]

The Milwaukee Bucks came into their Christmas Day matchup against the New York Knicks as the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference standings. After a bit of a shaky start to the season, the Bucks have seemingly found their rhythm and chemistry. But their 129-122 loss to the Knicks on Christmas Day, questions might […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will visit the New York Knicks for the first game of a special five-game tilt on Christmas Day. It is also Milwaukee and New York’s second game at Madison Square Garden in three nights. Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is on the injury report after he dropped 28 points, seven rebounds, and seven […]

It took Adrian Griffin to figure out the schematics for the Milwaukee Bucks. Now, all of those seem to have been fixed with Giannis Antetokounmpo having free reign over the paint. Brook Lopez, Khris Middleton, and Damian Lillard also get to terrorize opponents with their shooting. All of this has netted the team an astounding […]

Merry Christmas, New York Knicks fans! Santa Claus has brought some presents early this year. Yes, that’s right. For 2023, you get not one, but two consecutive games against the star-studded Milwaukee Bucks.   In a jolly turn of events, the Knicks will engage the Bucks in back-to-back games at Madison Square Garden on Saturday […]

On the latest edition of the podcast ‘7pm in Brooklyn’ (a Wave Sports + Entertainment Original), Carmelo Anthony revealed the NSFW message that he shared with Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard before he was dealt by the Portland Trail Blazers: Said Melo of the now Bucks’ star, “We spoke. I was telling Dame, man get […]

A little more than halfway through the first quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks, the San Antonio Spurs found themselves down 21-3. The deficit reached 20 late in the period before it topped out at 22 early in the second quarter. The Bucks, led by Damian Lillard’s season-high 40 points, then outscored the Victor Wembanyama-less road […]

Adrian Griffin’s Milwaukee Bucks have been having a historic month. Giannis Antetokounmpo just overtook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the franchise rebound leader. Now, Damian Lillard reached an insane personal milestone by reaching 20,000 points. He now became one of 51 players in NBA history to have accomplished the feat. Obviously, he had to show some gratitude […]

It seems as though the Milwaukee Bucks are flying under the radar more than they should have. The Bucks elevated their championship hopes when they acquired Damian Lillard, but Lillard has mostly taken a backseat to Giannis Antetokounmpo, as the star point guard has seen his averages drop to begin the 2023-24 season. However, on […]

Not that he needs any more proof that he’s one of the NBA’s all-time greatest scorers, but Milwaukee Bucks point guard Damian Lillard just further cemented his place in the history of the league by reaching an extremely rare statistical territory. With his layup early in Tuesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs at […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are 19-7 but they are just getting started. That’s a scary thought for the rest of the league, but with Damian Lillard seemingly finally getting acclimated to his new environment, it’s the truth they will all have to deal with. Lillard showed once again how much progress he’s made adjusting to Milwaukee […]

HOUSTON – Defense is the mindset. Defense is the culture. Following back-to-back wins against the Memphis Grizzlies, the Houston Rockets continue on their five-game winning streak with a 13-9 record in a steady climb up the rankings of the Western Conference. On Sunday, they will take their #2 in defensive rating and #1 in opponent […]

There were plenty of shenanigans that ensued following the Milwaukee Bucks’ 140-126 win over the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday night that Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career-high 64-point night had already taken a backseat to. Antetokounmpo wanted to take with him the game ball, and deservedly so after a career night, but the Pacers wanted to have it […]

It was a case of a brother trying to stick up for his younger sibling.  Thanasis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks teammates had to restrain him after Giannis Antetokounmpo took a hard foul on Wednesday. The Greek Freak was on the receiving end of a hard foul from the Indiana Pacers’ Aaron Nesmith. The Bucks had to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks felt the wrath of the NBA’s hottest young star in Las Vegas when Tyrese Haliburton led the Indiana Pacers, 128-119, past Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard’s squad in the semifinals of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament. The Bucks entered Thursday’s showdown at the T-Mobile Arena as the favorites to win the inaugural […]

Tyrese Haliburton continues to show out. Fresh off a monster triple-double performance days ago, Haliburton led the Indiana Pacers past the Milwaukee Bucks to advance to the NBA In-Season Tournament finals. And he’s letting everyone know how ecstatic he is by recently posting a Keanu Reeves reference on X. pic.twitter.com/poENDBw7af — Tyrese Haliburton (@TyHaliburton22) December […]

Milwaukee Bucks veteran forward Bobby Portis didn’t take losing to the Indiana Pacers in the NBA In-Season Tournament semifinals lightly. Portis urged head coach Adrian Griffin and his teammates to improve, per Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. “After the Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated from the NBA In-Season Tournament by the Indiana Pacers on Thursday, forward Bobby […]

Apparently, Tyrese Haliburton’s Dame Time celebration didn’t sit well with Milwaukee Bucks point guard Damian Lillard. The latter sent a subtle warning to the Indiana Pacers playmaker on Thursday, per Yahoo Sports’ Vincent Goodwill. Dame on Tyrese: “As many times as I’ve done it…when you dish it out, you gotta be willing to take it.” […]

On Thursday evening, Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers advanced to the final round of the NBA’s inaugural In-Season Tournament with an epic 128-119 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Las Vegas. Haliburton continued his stellar play on the season, recording 27 points and dishing out 15 assists against the Bucks and giving the Pacers […]

The Milwaukee Bucks knew they were going to have their hands full against the Indiana Pacers’ dynamic offense in semifinals of the NBA In-Season Tournament. No team scores more points. Therefore, the Milwaukee Bucks have to showcase their own supreme abilities in order to ward off an upset. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard did what […]

In the heat of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament in Las Vegas, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Adrian Griffin made sure to send his condolences to those who died in the tragic shooting incident at the UNLV campus, per Tim Bontempts of ESPN. “Bucks coach Adrian Griffin starts his press conference ahead of today’s semifinal against […]

Four teams remain in the NBA In-Season Tournament and it looks like the favorite to win are the Milwaukee Bucks. Many believed that Giannis Antetokounmpo was the clear-cut favorite to be the MVP of the tournament. However, it looks like Damian Lillard has taken the lead. Oddsmakers suddenly placed Lillard as the favorite to win […]

Not everyone believes in curses. Some people definitely do, other definitely don’t, but I think most people fall into the category of “I’m not totally sure what to make of this.” For the record, that’s where I stand. Some curses seem silly to me. Why shouldn’t I walk under a ladder? Is the Candyman really […]

We are down to the final four of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament with the Milwaukee Bucks and the Indiana Pacers representing the East side of the bracket in the semifinals. Ahead of the Bucks-Pacers showdown on Thursday, we’ll make our Bucks In-Season Tournament semifinals predictions. The Bucks are now the favorites to win the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks take on the Indiana Pacers in the NBA In-Season Tournament on Thursday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Much of the spotlight will certainly be on Milwaukee’s superstar duo of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard, who are slowly building their chemistry together. Together, they will look to lead Milwaukee to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks were expected to be an unstoppable force from the jump after they traded for Damian Lillard this past offseason. Over the past decade or so, Lillard has been stretching defenses past their breaking point, and combining his game-breaking range with Giannis Antetokounmpo’s incredible paint presence made them such a scary threat to […]

The Milwaukee Bucks punched their ticket to Las Vegas for the NBA in-season tournament semifinals on Tuesday, blowing out the New York Knicks 146-122 at Fiserv Forum. Adrian Griffin’s team didn’t exactly put its best foot forward defensively, surrendering 41 points on 19 shots to Julius Randle and allowing the Knicks to rack up a […]

The New York Knicks will visit the Fiserv Forum to take on the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 5th. Ahead of the Knicks-Bucks showdown, we’ll be making our Knicks In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals bold predictions. New York earned its spot in the Knockout Round by finishing 3-1 in the Group […]

The Milwaukee Bucks are set to take on the New York Knicks in the NBA In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals on Tuesday, December 5th. Ahead of the Bucks-Knicks showdown, we’ll be making our Bucks In-Season Tournament Quarterfinals bold predictions. The Bucks went a clean 4-0 in East Group B and tallied the best point differential among East […]

Any intel coming from South Beach media regarding the Miami Heat’s doomed pursuit of Damian Lillard should be taken with a grain of salt. Some prominent local reporters didn’t exactly cover the league’s longest-running offseason storyline with objectivity, repeatedly claiming they knew no better trade package for Lillard would materialize than the one being offered […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will take on the New York Knicks in the quarterfinals of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament next Tuesday, December 5th. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Damian Lillard, and the Bucks enter the tournament with the second-best odds to win the NBA Cup behind the Boston Celtics. The Bucks swept through East Group B and had […]

If we learned anything about the group stage of the inaugural NBA In-Season Tournament, it is that this event was a major success. All 30 teams bought into the idea of playing for something early on in the season and, as a result, we were gifted some high-level games with playoff-like atmospheres in arenas across […]

There’s a general, often unspoken rule of thumb in relation to NBA records that goes something like this: If you’re setting a record or doing something statistically that hasn’t been done since the 1960’s, you’ve accomplished something remarkable. It’s why people rightfully lose their minds when Nikola Jokic puts up a stat line that hasn’t […]

It’s certainly never easy for a professional athlete to face off against a team he or she used to play for. It’s even harder when the player truly loved their old team. Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard is experiencing that nostalgia as he gets prepared to face off with his old team, the Portland Trail […]

The Portland Trail Blazers are set to take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday, in what will be the first time Damian Lillard faces his former team. Head coach, Chauncey Billups weighs in on what it’s like game-planning for the superstar point guard. Billups is keeping a positive mindset for this contest. Although, he does […]

Slowly, but surely, the Milwaukee Bucks are starting to figure it out. Their offense has picked up and their once horrendous defense to begin the 2023-24 NBA season is improving with each game. Milwaukee is still a work in progress and by no means is this team already in peak form. With that said, the […]