The Bucks Drop Second Straight Game After An Embarrassing Second Half Collapse Against The Bulls
Milwaukee Bucks suffer one of their worst losses of the season, squandering a 15-point halftime lead and falling 120-97 to the Chicago Bulls. Can Doc Rivers and the Bucks find answers before the play-in hopes slip away?
Camille Davis breaks down the anatomy of the Bucks’ embarrassing second-half meltdown, including a disastrous 8-point fourth quarter and critical turnovers from the starting lineup. Insights from Doc Rivers and Ryan Rollins expose internal struggles with shot selection and bench usage, while Camille Davis questions whether this loss trumps the infamous Wolves and Wizards defeats. Can Milwaukee regroup in time for crucial games ahead, or is their season at a breaking point?
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41 Comments
Team needs a head coach who knows how to coach.
Coaching staff is sorry man. Damn! Frank better bring some drinks 🥃🥃 🥴 tomorrow night after we get mauled by Boston.
Kpj and Rollins tog don't match bc neither is a true point guard, throwing the ball away, overdribnling and forcing shots. AJ cannot play at the 3 anymore! Get Nance in there when Kuz and Portis are off.
Do yes, this is Doc's fault too.
I would've asked Doc, hey wait a minute, arent you the coach?
Doc is actually wrong in the first half they played just as bad but chicago was trying to give you the game, then they said screw it, Bucks dont want it we'll go win
this team is a joke and should have been tanking for the last month hardcore
All you guys that think Rollins is your future you don't know basketball
Team is checked out. There done. They don't care anymore. I think the whole locker room and staff just want the season to end.
Why is this guy describing what went wrong when its he's job to fix it. It's ridiculous how he is still the coach.
Fire doc
Camille;we have had a lot of bad losses this year, I’m not sure. There is a possibility of even a more embarrassing loss before the end of this season. Top 2 for sure tho, a 27-0 run is ridiculous and unacceptable.
You would think for an undersized and guard heavy Bulls team, our three guard line up actually made sense today but the evidence continues to show it doesn’t for many reasons.
Yes AJ can shoot but he gives up 20 a game on defense ! This team has a mental disorder and needs a psychiatrist cause every single great three point shooter they bring in becomes a no shot hitting amateur When they are really needed . KORVER , ingles , Forbes Allen Trent Jr , Dame , Green and now Cam Thomas were /are shadows of greatness once on the Bucks . Thomas was supposed to get us out of it when we get into these ridiculous psych outs but Doc has him thinking about passing first and even he is worthless now ! We have got to get a really good coach on this team STAT. ! Doc is doctor mediocre . Arrrrrrggg! How on earth do professionals who spend thousands and thousands of hours shooting the ball suck as bad as the Bucks do when it counts ??
if im Giannis , i will not come back and play the remaining games of the season, He should not take the risk of getting injured again Just Take the season off rehab and think about the possible decisions this offseason.. Doc Rivers Really Destroyed the Bucks for 3 straight seasons..
Horst needs to be fired first. Cut Dame for nothing, Sign Pacers 5th best Turner for 28m, sign Green 10m and have Justin say the stiff is a bargain – no it was highway robbery, and letting Lopez walk – he's still better than Turner.
"Will Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Return SHAKE UP Winning Chemistry ?"lol. Reality check
Tank
Where do the Bucks rank in turning the ball over
My honest question to everyone who's shocked is, what did you expect?It's been plain to see for almost three seasons now, the poor roster construction and the joke of a coach, and the moment they go on a 'run' because they played some teams even worse than they are, it's like 'oh, the Bucks are righting the ship, they''ve turned a corner, just wait till Giannis is back'. Seriously? They are trash, they've been trash from the moment Rivers got hired and will always be trash while he's still coaching them. Oh, and while the front office keeps doing as poor a job as it has done the last few years.Can we please stop it with the 'maybe they've found something?' crap after every bad win against tanking teams?
Im so glad this happened to the Bucks. Giannis played GM and lost. Cant wait for him to go away.
This game vs the Bulls is the worst loss of the year!
Doc really needs to go
at this point give Glen rivers a 5 years contrqct extension…
Doc sucks play the right players that’s all he has to do but he won’t 😂😂😂
Q4 33 a 8 , juntar os pedaços do Bucks, e se preparar para próxima temporada, essa já era
If Giannis goes back & doesn’t play like he wants to win. Trade him in the summer
I'm over the team this year. I have no emotional investment. We were down 4 when I turned it off.
Three losses to the Wizards, a 40 plus point loss to the Nets, blowout losses at home. You can’t single out the “worst” of a lot of bad losses. But the bigger point is why is there such a focus on getting to the play in when it is clear the season ends in April regardless. The focus should be getting a top 10 pick, making sure Giannis is healthy whether he stays or goes, and letting the young guys play and see how they do. I am tired of all the “the Bucks are back” talk because “back” is the play in and then a quick exit (or by definition back is not quite mediocre). This is not a “gap” year. This is a tear it down and start over year. Hopefully, Giannis will want to be building block #1. The rest of this season should focus on who is a building block for future. Step 1 will be to fire the coach in April. Whether Horst should stay is step 2. Trading any more future draft picks should be off the table. Sorry to ramble this is so frustrating for Bucks fans 😢.
This team ain't making the play ins. The Hornets and Hawks are balling. The Bucks should be hungry but they play like they didn't care. The coach isn't motivating and pushing guys enough. And Doc River still have a job is beyond me. We deserve to lose Giannis and go back to the dark ages
Can't blame Pete and Ajax. Last 2 games they didn't get a chance.
Win the next play. 1 stop. 1 score. 1 rebound.
Fire Doc.
Choke rivers continues to skate any media accountability.
This is ridiculous. This should have been over after the first wizards loss in December. When you have 10 "is this rock bottom?" Moments in a season your coach needs to be gone immediately.
How he continues to get unquestioned respect from our media is head scratching.
Same ol Bucks
FIRE THIS CLOWN!and i think that they dont want to go to play in..they loose on purpose..
Justin – the season is over !!! If they would of won , their destination to be .500 would of been possible / NOT NOW> Send Giannis home , discuss what thy can do to be pro active in playofff run in 2026/27(.)
Your best off-season feeling
1) Bucks pulloff the #2pick in the draft
2) the day Doc Rivers is fired
My girl Camille finally came out and said it😅😅😅get doc out of here she been beating around the bush this whole season and I understand why but she has had enough finally like all of us😅
This game was a Doc Rivers MASTERCLASS
We got up by 15 and then basically didn't see the same lineup that got us there again for the rest of the game – make that make sense. Also AJ Green is not a starter – I'm sorry. The fouls, the obvious matchup issues, it's not worth the 3-4 3's per game. I don't understand when there is other obvious talent on the bench. Dieng should be starting 100% we finally have a wing that at least fits the profile of what a modern wing should be. Doc has to go, you don't score basically the entire fourth quarter you should be calling a set, when rollins has 3 unforced turnovers in a row you should be calling a timeout and getting him out, Turner looks just lost and defeated, dropping passes, not rotating on defense. I just can't stand watching this team getting torpedo'd by rivers. There is no turning this around, no one in the locker room believes in him, no one wants to listen to him, least of all the fans
was that 4th q the worst q in franchise history?