Brew a cup of coffee, because this is gonna be a late night. In the first of four Western Conference road games, the Milwaukee Bucks will visit the Portland Trail Blazers.
Bucks Update
In a return to their regularly-scheduled programming, the Bucks walloped the Sacramento Kings on Sunday afternoon, and saw both their offensive and defensive ratings rise to 4th and 1st, respectively. The defense – best in the league, can you believe it?! – showed some cracks in the armor against Boston, but that game also came with a series of specific circumstances that are rarely repeated in the NBA: well-rounded pick-and-pop bigs, a quick point guard who can shoot off the bounce, and a gameplan specifically tweaked to maximize the holes in Milwaukee’s three point coverage.