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I know we here in little old Milwaukee aren't on the national radar, but the Bucks are pretty good team. Not in the class of the Lakers at this point, but we did make the playoffs last year as the #6 seed, and took Atlanta to 7 games before losing the series. And...this was all accomplished without our "should-have-been-an-all-star" center (Bogut) and a rookie point guard (Jennings) leading the team.
This year, the Bucks may not have an elite player, but we're deep and we play defense (#1 defensive team going into last night's game). We matched the Lakers pretty much point-for-point last night until the very end of the 3rd quarter when the Lakers went on a little run. We added a lot of new guys this year (Gooden, Maggette, etc.) who are starting to gel with the rest of the team. Bogut is back from his injury (thought not 100% yet). Jennings is no longer a rookie and may have finally found his shot.
The thing that stuck out to me the most last night was the foul/free throw discrepancy. At one point, the Lakers had shot 22 free throws to 6 for the Bucks. The Lakers went the whole first quarter without a single foul. Really? Seems kind of uneven to me...
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