What The Bucks?

The most mystifying sub-.500 team in the NBA this year is surely the Milwaukee Bucks, who knocked off the Heat for the second time in little over a week on Wednesday night. (If you are mystified by the Knicks being under .500, you know less about basketball than anyone should ever admit). Milwaukee won 105-97 on Wednesday despite 40 points from LeBron James, 24 of which came in the first quarter. The Bucks also erased a 13-point halftime deficit. And it’s not as if the Heat were doing their three games in three days stretch — Miami had a night off after beating the lowly Hornets on Monday. One-third of Miami’s losses have now come to Milwaukee. The Bucks’ 91-82 Jan. 22 win over the Heat was just as improbable — it was Milwaukee’s first road win after starting the year with eight straight losses away from the Bradley Center. That one was a little easier to explain from Miami’s perspective, though, as Dwyane Wade was out with an injury and the...