Doc Rivers is not panicking. Not even after a loss like that. The Bucks coach made it clear Wednesday that Milwaukee is not about to overhaul everything following a 45-point blowout loss to Brooklyn, a defeat that matched the largest margin in Nets franchise history.
How many of the NBA players to score at least 40 points in a game before turning 21 years old can you name in six minutes?
Doc Rivers was not happy after the Milwaukee Bucks fell to the Brooklyn Nets 127-82 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Sunday. It was just the 7th win of the year for the Nets.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
Bucks coach Doc Rivers did not shy away from the state of his team following Milwaukee’s 45-point loss to Brooklyn on Sunday. “That was disappointing, probably one of the more disappointing games I’ve ever been involved in with the way we performed and competed,” Rivers said, via Eric Nehm of The Athletic.
Just when it looked like the Milwaukee Bucks got their mojo back with a 116-101 win at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee over the Boston Celtics last Thursday, the Giannis Antetokounmpo-Bucks suffered an embarrassing blowout defeat at the hands of one of the worst teams in the NBA in the 2025-26 season.
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers highlighted his team’s defensive changes as a key factor in their 116-101 win over the Boston Celtics on Thursday.
Recent reports claimed that Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo gathered several teammates to stress that trade rumors should not distract them. After responses from Kyle Kuzma and Kevin Porter Jr., the NBA world remained uncertain if the meeting even occurred.
Depth – a term that we’ve repeatedly heard this season. Every team has been on an unforgiving schedule, but the Detroit Pistons’ depth is responsible for their 19-5 start.
Milwaukee Bucks fans watched the fourth quarter against the 76ers wondering when Myles Turner was ever going to check back into the game. Finally he did with 2:24 remaining, for about 90 seconds of action before Doc Rivers waved the white flag and subbed in the reserves for the final minute of a 116-101 loss.
The Milwaukee Bucks’ current situation feels less like a contending team and more like a reality show, The Real Housewives. Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared disengaged.
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo was diagnosed with a right calf strain.
For Milwaukee, the fear isn’t just losing games, it’s the looming possibility of losing a franchise icon. And now, a surprising new perspective has pushed the Giannis Antetokounmpo rumors back into the spotlight.
The Milwaukee Bucks (10-13) went through a chaotic night in their 113-109 rally over the Detroit Pistons (17-5), but the biggest scare came less than three minutes after tipoff.
And…we’re back! Hope y’all had a great Thanksgiving. Under the Hood – it’s time to see what’s really going on inside this Pistons team. Firing on All Cylinders Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks exposed Detroit’s biggest weakness last night – their lack of perimeter shooting.
Giannis Antetokounmpo just shook the NBA world to its core. Or did he?
The Bucks exhaled a little after Tuesday’s win over the East-leading Pistons, with head coach Doc Rivers saying the team does not believe Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered an Achilles injury.
Antetokounmpo left the game after just three minutes with what appeared to be a non-contact injury.
Coach Doc Rivers isn’t buying the noise. A little more than an hour before the Bucks hosted the East-leading Pistons on Wednesday, Milwaukee’s head coach told reporters that Giannis Antetokounmpo has never asked out and that there have been no conversations with the front office about a possible trade.
Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers is clearly exhausted of the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade rumors.
Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks suffered a 129-126 defeat to the Washington Wizards on Monday night at Capital One Arena, as Khris Middleton sank a heartbreaking three-point dagger with just under a minute left.
Kevin Porter Jr. is ramping up his right knee meniscus rehabilitation and is on pace to hit the Milwaukee Bucks‘ previously reported timeline of early December.
Doc Rivers and guard Rajon Rondo were a lethal duo in Boston, where Rivers spent 12 years as the Celtic's head coach and where Rondo had the only four All-Star seasons of his 16-year career.
A shorthanded Milwaukee Bucks team fell to the now 4-7 Charlotte Hornets 111-100 on Saturday. Missing star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks were outpaced through the entirety of the game, failing to take a lead after the 3:52 mark in the first quarter.
Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers has, unfairly or not, caught a lot of flak in recent years.
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