Brew Hoop · Feb 17, 2023
Bucks Weekly Report Card: February 17
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty ImagesTwelve straight and a half-game back of the league’s best record at the All-Star break, with 24 games remaining is probably better than most Bucks fans (and myself) expected to this point of the regular season, and certainly better than what most saw a month or so ago. However, health remains an issue for this squad, but hopefully not with the same long-term concerns that previously swelled around Middleton before his most recent return. To that end, coach Mike Budenholzer didn’t refer to Middleton as someone experiencing a setback and is “overall not concerned,” but it bears watching over the break since Bud didn’t expect it. Middleton himself seemed unconcerned too, telling The Athletic’s Eric Nehm that this didn’t feel like the previous soreness he experienced into the new year. In the meantime, the Bucks are gett