I guess this is the life of a jump-shooting team that plays better than average defense.  If you’re looking for someone that can hang around against the best teams, the Bucks are the squad for you.  If you’re looking for someone that can actually beat those teams?  Well you might want to keep looking, because game after game the Bucks continue to fall justshort.

And to be honest, I don’t even know how they kept this one close.  Typically it hurts the Bucks quite a bit when Brandon Jennings doesn’t have it going, but they’ve at least been capable of surviving thanks to the strong play this year of Luke Ridnour.  But neither of them had it going Friday.  Jennings could have built a small town house after his 5-21 effort (though the 7-7 contribution from the line was a nice change of pace), and Ridnour looked passive and ineffective in going 0-3 in 17 minutes.

Furthermore, Andrew Bogut battled foul trouble all night long and was limited to just 17 minutes.  The minutes limited his effectiveness, but even when he was in there it wasn’t the usual Bogut Show we’ve been seeing lately.  2-7 with just four points.  The Bucks aren’t going to win a lot of games that Andrew Bogut gets just four shots in.  I guess that whole consistency thing remains on hold for the time being.

At this point, even I am wondering, how the hell did the Bucks even hang around in this one? (more…)