{"id":570347,"date":"2026-01-30T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/570347\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T07:58:17","slug":"doc-rivers-pinpoints-where-bucks-got-crushed-in-wizards-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/570347\/","title":{"rendered":"Doc Rivers pinpoints where Bucks \u2018got crushed\u2019 in Wizards loss"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doc Rivers pinpoints where Bucks \u2018got crushed\u2019 in Wizards loss<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Darker days are coming for a Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> team that is on the precipice of blowing everything up. With the team going nowhere fast, the Bucks are entertaining trade offers for Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> more seriously than ever. And amid the huge dark cloud the Antetokounmpo trade rumors have cast on the franchise, Milwaukee is losing steam on the hardwood, most recently losing to the Washington Wizards on the road, 109-99.<\/p>\n

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Without Antetokounmpo, the cracks in the Bucks\u2019 foundations are very obvious. They don\u2019t have much in the way of promising young players, and they don\u2019t have the veteran talent to hold down the fort amid Antetokounmpo\u2019s injury-related absence. And it hasn\u2019t helped matters whatsoever that Milwaukee is even struggling at this particular area<\/a> of the game that they have to win considering that they\u2019re shorthanded already to begin with.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly, it was a rock fight. Let\u2019s just keep that real. But the 50-50 game, we got crushed. Before the game, we literally talked about it. We gotta win the rebound war and we can\u2019t foul shooters and tonight, I don\u2019t know how many points \u2013 at one point, I think it was 18 points \u2013 of fouling shooters and that\u2019s not including the other fouls,\u201d Bucks head coach Doc Rivers<\/a> said after the game, per Eric Nehm of The Athletic.<\/p>\n

Bucks count down the days until doomsday\"Kevin<\/p>\n

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Trading Antetokounmpo seems to be an admission of defeat for the Bucks. They tried to add to the roster this past offseason by adding Myles Turner at the cost of Damian Lillard\u2019s contract<\/a>, but all that did was worsen Milwaukee\u2019s long-term outlook.<\/p>\n

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They\u2019ve now come to realize that they won\u2019t be able to put together a contending roster around Giannis while he\u2019s still in his prime, and trading him away is an act of love for the franchise\u2019s greatest player.<\/p>\n

Related: Bucks\u2019 Giannis Antetokounmpo catches attention with activity amid wild trade rumors<\/a><\/p>\n

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