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CHICAGO, Illinois (WSAU) -- Playing without the injured Khris Middleton did not slow the Bucks at all in a 111...

Giannis had 18 points, seven rebounds and nine assist in 29 minutes of action. Bobby Portis started for Middleton and had 18 points and 16 rebounds. With the win the Bucks take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Milwaukee Bucks center Bobby Portis dunks during the second quarter of Game 3 against the Chicago. CHICAGO – As the seconds ticked down in the third quarter, ...

It’s about being solid, knowing your role, being a star in your role and doing what you do to help the team win. Or if my shots falling, space the floor and knock it down and give driving lanes for the stars on our team. The Bucks have to win two more to advance to the next round. Picking up a loose ball foul on the hunt to win a 50-50 chance. "You might not play in some series, you might play some minutes, you might play a lot of minutes, but it just takes that one moment. He wasn’t just an active help defender on DeMar DeRozan, helping the Bucks build their own version of a wall with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Brook Lopez to keep Bulls star DeMar DeRozan for going off offensively.

No Khris Middleton, no problem for Friday night's Milwaukee Bucks, as they absolutely dismantled the Chicago Bulls on the defensive end of the court, ...

Finally, he erupted in game three looking confident from tip, with a few triples landing early and then driving for finishes and kicking out the perimeter. - DeMar DeRozan was attacking Grayson Allen anytime he got him in the halfcourt offensively. With just three points total through two games, Milwaukee was waiting for their shooting guard addition this offseason to show some of the scoring punch he had all season. They didn’t relent all evening, throwing off Chicago’s rhythm by getting DeRozan off-kilter, preventing as many driving lanes and holding the Bulls to poor shooting at the rim and only eight free throw attempts through the competitive portion of the game. It was fairly successful, holding him to just eight shots in the first half as the Bulls shot 36.8% overall through two quarters. They maintained that same defensive presence and kept up their shooting in the second quarter as they built a solid 60-41 advantage by half.

Grayson Allen single-handedly ripped the heart out of Chicago Bulls fans and took life out of the United Center. The Bucks entered this game without the likes ...

If the Bulls want to stand a chance in this series, they must sadly learn from watching Allen’s performance. Not a single Bulls player outscored Allen, nor did they come close to his +15 in the plus/minus category. Of course, Allen’s infamous foul on Alex Caruso earlier in the season made him easy for Bulls fans to hate. Allen ended the game with 22 points, six boards, one steal and one block, also knocking down 5-of-7 front downtown as well. In order to fill his shoes, the Bucks needed someone to step up. The energy was largely positive, especially after the Bulls went out and took back home court advantage in Game 2 with a huge defensive effort.

DeMar DeRozan Was Furious About Patrick Williams Telling The Media He Was Late To A Shootaround. Credit: Kamil Kryzaczynski/USA Today Sports.

However, if the Chicago Bulls end up playing up to the level that they did during the regular season, they will definitely have a chance to win at home. There is no doubt that the Milwaukee Bucks came out hungry to win this game, and it definitely paid off. The Chicago Bulls lost by 30 points to the Milwaukee Bucks on their home court in Game 3.

Heading into Game 3, the expectation among voters was that the Bulls would take advantage of Khris Middleton's absence and advance.

Let’s face it: Everyone who has been watching the Cubs has some degree of Suzuki fever. Upshot: Suzuki is the arly betting favorite for National League Rookie of the Year. Oh, and he’s also the best player Willson Contreras has ever played with. We all assume the Sox are going to have plenty of offense that season, but we’ve seen early on just how nonexistent the attack can be when this enormously talented trio isn’t powering it. Upshot: One week ago, only 15.3% of voters picked the Bulls in this series. On to the polls: The expectation is that Middleton will miss at least that much time after an awkward slip in Game 2.

Allen notched a playoff career-high en route to Milwaukee's blowout win.

"Mentally my mindset [in my role] was the same, maybe I was a little bit quicker to shoot some of those catch-and-shoot shots I got, but I think it was just being in different spots," Allen said after the game. Knock down shots when the defense collapsed on Giannis and Holliday, get to the rim if the option was available and be aggressive on defense. While he came off the bench in this game, his role was still the same. It was a bulk of what resulted in a 17-9 lead for the Bucks, forcing the Bulls to take their first timeout of the game. Grayson Allen finished with a playoff career-high of 22 points, Bobby Portis tacked on 18 points, Jrue Holiday had 16 of his own and Pat Connaughton finished with 11 points. In the first five minutes of the game for the Bucks, center Bobby Portis drained two 3-pointers, Brook Lopez netted a triple of his own and Jrue Holiday had two smooth finishes at the rim.

Sheesh, what did Cleveland ever do to him? Let's tell it like it is, Bulls fans. Milwaukee? It looks like Chicago coughed up a lung. During severe-weather ...

How many times did Michael Jordan’s Bulls beat the Bucks en route to a title in the 1990s, for example? The Tom Thibodeau-coached Bulls met the Bucks in the playoffs only once, in 2015 — when Antetokounmpo was still just a baby — and dispatched of them in the first round with relative ease. The Bucks and Bulls have all too rarely even been average or better at the same time. But if the Bulls win? To stoke the flames of a pure, unadulterated, angry basketball rivalry between that city (one I happen to really like, truth be told) and ours. It’s a bunch of knuckleheads standing around the “Deer District” wearing “Fear the Deer” T-shirts as they talk about getting together again after basketball season and blowing a bunch of unsuspecting deer’s brains out.

Giannis Antetokounmpo added 18 points, while Bobby Portis had 18 points and 16 rebounds. The Bucks smacked the Bulls 111-81, taking a 2-1 series lead over the ...

In that situation, it ‘ best to move the ball around and get a closer/better look. Chicago opened the game unable to establish themselves in the paint, quickly falling behind by double digits. In that game, both Khris Middleton and Bobby Portis were unable to finish due to injuries.

Here are six takeaways from the Milwaukee Bucks destruction of the Chicago Bulls in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

He was more aggressive in Middleton’s absence and reminded us of the early season, starting version of Allen. At one point, the Bucks’ bench was even booing him. Alone at the top of the key with Tristan Thompson trying to defend him, this is a drooling mismatch for the reigning Finals MVP. He attacked to the left elbow before he spun back to his right–one of his patented moves that usually sets up an emphatic finish in the lane. Antetokounmpo was making all the right reads as the Chicago defense loaded up to stop him in the paint. It was the type of improvement in his game that hasn’t always been there in past playoff performances. However, it was impossible to ignore the passes he was making. As Antetokounmpo pushes the ball up the court on the left wing, Portis slyly walks up midcourt and pauses just in front of the tip of the Bulls’ horns. He works extremely hard on both glasses and it pays off in both small and big ways for the Bucks. He’s already crouched with his hands up and waiting for the pass, making it as simple as 1-2-3 when the ball comes and he needs to quickly get a shot up. And not just at the top of the key, but a number of feet behind it. As Antetokounmpo is sizing up his man on the left baseline, Portis sits in waiting at the top of the key. He finished the night with 18 points on 7-for-14 scoring and 4-for-8 from downtown. He quickly established himself by getting off to a hot start and scoring eight points in the first four minutes and three seconds of gameplay.

The Chicago Bulls were atrocious in Game 3, getting blown out by the Bucks. Here are 3 adjustments they must make in Game 4...

Again, the Bulls need to come out with serious aggression in Game 4 and attack the cup. He was the only one that posted 20+. If you’re going to let the Bucks beat you, at least let it be the Greek Freak. For him to have such a cold night and they still blowout Chicago, it’s devastating. This comes back to the likes of DeRozan and LaVine in particular just putting their heads down and driving to the basket. The Bulls studs combined for just 26 points but the worst part of all, they took just 22 shots from the field in Game 3. Boos rained down at the United Center on DeMar DeRozan and Co. for their awful performance, which is certainly the last thing they wanted to hear in the fir playoff game in the Windy City since 2017. Well, the Bucks don’t have Khris Middleton and Giannis Antetokounmpo managed to score only 18 points.

Credit should go to the Milwaukee defense, as they had a clear gameplan for both DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine. Jrue Holiday and Wes Matthews got into their air ...

This game was a clear indication of what adjustments the Bucks made in order to slow down the Bulls offense. Portis made an instant impact by scoring 8 points in the first quarter and where he especially hurt Chicago was from deep. While the box score indicates they scored 26, 21 of those points came in the fourth quarter with the game already decided. It’s evident that the knee still seems to be bothering him and it’s affecting his play in this series. The Bucks packed the paint so they can easily help out in the mid-range so neither of Chicago’s two best players could get a clean shot off from that range. In the end, it was a 30 point drubbing as the series heads to Game Four on Sunday.

In their first game in the wake of Khris Middleton's injury, the Bucks bludgeoned the Bulls, 111-81, to steal back homecourt advantage.

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The Chicago Bulls were sluggish in Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks. They'll need to pick up their pace to even the series on Sunday.

But to grind out a series against the Bucks, the Bulls can’t allow a double-digit lead to crush their pace of play. Get it out fast, move on, push it up the court a little bit.” “But if we don’t get any stops it’ll be hard to get out in transition.” We’ve got to run and we’ve got to get out. After Bobby Portis slotted in for Bucks forward Khris Middleton because of an MCL sprain, the Bulls should have entered Game 3 with the upper hand in speed. The Bulls succeed when their pace is frenetic, bordering on frantic.

A new ranking from Online Betting named the Bulls' logo as the top among all NBA teams, as well as the “most intimidating” and “most timeless.”

"It may be no surprise, the Chicago Bulls take the title for the most timeliness logo," Online Betting wrote. Online Betting surveyed 1,100 Americans in March for feedback on the logos. It may be no surprise, as the team’s classic red and black logo is immediately recognizable across the world," Online Betting wrote.

The former Bull again showed on Friday what he's capable of in the Milwaukee Game 3 win, but also showed how the Bucks were completely unthreatened with ...

At just 20 years old and going through his first visit to the postseason, of course Williams doesn’t know that. And not just beating out an undersized Javonte Green or the lame duck forward that was Lauri Markkanen last season. If Portis opts out of his player option in the offseason, it might be a good play to bring him back to compete against the 2020 No. 4 overall pick. Instead, the Bucks used Portis to help double-team and push Bulls scorers DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine to their left hands all night, making them relatively ineffective. “The playoffs, it’s all in,’’ Portis said. “Play with confidence,’’ Portis said of his mindset.

Film review confirmed Billy Donovan's first impressions of the Bulls' gruesome Game 3 loss—the Bucks were the aggressors. The solution? Pace and space.

“They’ve got to wrap their head around the fact whether it was a triple overtime game and lost on a halfcourt buzzer beater or we lost by 75 points, it’s all one game,” Donovan said. And when he came back in after that, I think he was trying to be aggressive but probably didn’t take the right ones then. “I didn’t like the shots in the fourth quarter,” Donovan said. “I think there were some opportunities for him to be aggressive in that first half and particularly in the third quarter. And we did not respond as well as we needed to, really, on both ends of the floor.” But it wasn’t just Portis. Grayson Allen checked in and aggressively drove the ball after creating space with 3-point shooting.

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Chicago Bulls guard Alex Caruso's defensive play in Game 2 of their first round series with the Milwaukee Bucks played a key role in the team's victory.

He was cleared for contact in mid-March after a five-month rehab and has since worked his way back into the starting lineup. Moving forward, the Bulls will have to build on the momentum whenever it’s captured. In Game 1, he was extremely passive down the stretch, refusing to look for his own shot. In Game 2, Caruso read Antetokounmpo’s drives much quicker and came on the back-side to trap almost instantly. He also alleviated some of the pressure that was on Patrick Williams. The fourth quarter was the biggest moment of Caruso’s clinic.

Not to tell coach Billy Donovan how to do his job, but we suggest dialing up a game plan that doesn't involve falling behind by three touchdowns in the ...

At least, everybody who knows how to find a Red Stars game on Paramount+ is. People are still giving Angels manager Joe Maddon grief for having his pitcher intentionally walk home a run the other day. Enjoy the season finale, puckheads. Boy, the good times just flew right on by. Blackhawks at Sabres (6 p.m., NBCSCH) Royals at White Sox (1:10 p.m., NBCSCH) Royals at White Sox (6:10 p.m., NBCSCH) And why are we suddenly imagining Jimmy Butler heaving a chair across the visitors’ locker room? That’s a very different question. … Now we get an opportunity to tie this thing up Sunday on our home court, and that’s what we’re going to go out there and do.” Because it looked more like 181-11. Was it really only 111-81?