Bucks End Warriors Streak, Champs Still Impressive

Bucks lose to Raptors, 90-83: Shooting guard Khris Middleton scored 26 points, his fourth game of at least 20 this season, but his counterpart did even more north of the border.

He seems to savor it all, unruffled by all the attention that starts so far in advance of tipoff nowadays, with the hundreds of camera phones ringing the court and focused on his every twitch during Steph’s standard pre-game shooting routine with assistant coach Bruce Fraser, making it seem like a Bonds or McGwire at-their-peak session in the batting cage.

“(Saturday) we did that. Center Greg Monroe (28 points, 11 rebounds, five assists) asserted his bigness against the NBA’s most unsafe band of smalls.Giannis Antetokounmpo (11 points, 12 boards, 10 assists) picked the best possible time to post the first triple-double of his young, versatile career. But you give credit to those guys for competing and doing their assignments. That’s why he’s the best player in the league right now. Either you leave Curry with a big man on him or you open yourself up to a 4-on-3 with Green, one of the best passing forwards in the game.

Golden State Warriors couldn’t keep their 24-game winning streak going on Saturday night, losing to the Milwaukee Bucks, 108-95, at the Bradley Center. Walton and the players have made no secret of the fact that they went to eclipse the record of 33 consecutive wins held by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers and to also surpass the 72-10 season the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls accomplished.

Houston’s James Harden scored 30 points, leading the Rockets to a runaway 126-97 win that condemned the Los Angeles Lakers to a 13th loss in 14 games. That stat doesn’t leap off the page the same way that 25 wins or any of Curry’s gaudy numbers do, but going undefeated on a road trip that began back in November would have been truly impressive.

“We have a very flexible team”, Mayo said.

Starting with Wednesday’s visit from the 11-14 Phoenix Suns, there’s little reason to doubt the Warriors won’t string together more wins. They were the favorite in every one of the seven games, but fighting against the strain of the road for two weeks is really hard.

The Milwaukee Bucks have struggled to find traction early in a season in which they’re hoping to return to the playoffs. “It was a lot of fun and we plan on continuing to win a lot of ball games”. But last night it took an effort from all.

A combination of fatigue and the law of averages finally caught up to the Dubs, who ran out of gas on the final night of a seven-game road trip, just 24 hours after a marathon double overtime victory in Boston extended their record to 24-0. Cue more eye-rolls if you must, but, according to the reigning MVP, it’s because they’re enjoying each other’s company too much to rush. “There’s no one to take a break on”. The streak was supposed to end on a bigger stage, in a more exciting game against a “worthier” opponent.

“It just feels like a loss, a feeling that we haven’t experienced in a while”, Draymond Green said after the game. Our defense has been slipping for a while now, and this upcoming stretch will let us get back to the fundamentals. Back in 2012, the other half of the Splash Brothers showed signs of an unstable ankle – an injury that could potentially get him out of the hardwood for months or even for an entire season.