The Milwaukee Bucks were pounded by the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night, losing badly, 95-135, and saw their three-game winning streak come to an end.
It was by far Milwaukee's worst defeat on the season in terms of the losing margin, but one of the team's key cogs isn't going to lose sleep over the 40-point loss.
Just one of those cold-shooting nights
Veteran forward Bobby Portis Jr. just shrugged off the loss, believing that the Bucks had just an off-night, something that can happen to any team in the league.
"I think sometimes in the league, man, you kind of have those dog days where it just ain't your night," Portis said.
Portis said it was a case of the Bucks not being able to do anything right on the offensive end of the floor, and the Cavaliers couldn't do anything wrong in their own attack.
Bobby, however, admitted that they could have done better defensively when they couldn't get anything from their offense.
"Maybe we could've put more effort or sprinting back on defense or whatever it was, but the offensive end, it just wasn't our night shooting the ball. Defensive end, really couldn't get a stop. They made every shot they threw up. I feel like every time they shot it, it was going to go in," said Bobby, who scored 16 points in the loss.
Bobby can't wait to face Cleveland again
Milwaukee played without its scoring and rebounding leader, Giannis Antetokounmpo. The absence of Giannis was a significant factor in how the game was played, but it cannot be denied that Cleveland's defense also played a massive part in the one-sided affair.
"So, tip your hat to a good Cleveland team. They're a great defensive team, tip your hat to them," Bobby said.
The two squads are now 1-1 in the season, and with the lopsided loss, Portis Jr. can't wait to face the Cavaliers again. Milwaukee will play two straight games in Detroit and will head home to play two consecutive contests against Cleveland.
"See them a couple times next week, so it's kind of cool to have a fast turnaround like that, see the same opponent next week, especially twice at the crib," Portis said.
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