The theme this past week? Progress.
Through the season so far, the Milwaukee Bucks have been the poster-children for inconsistency. They'll be competitive against some of the better teams in the league only to be decimated by mediocre franchises in humiliating fashion. This week could have been another one full of frustration, but the Bucks bucked (sorry) the trend by defeating the Detroit Pistons and avenging recent defeats to the Dallas Mavericks and Utah Jazz. The red-hot Boston Celtics proved too much, but if these teams face off down the road they'll likely be completely different iterations of themselves and so early-season returns are a wash.