NEW YORK The Milwaukee Bucks have now won 15 straight games after defeating the Brooklyn Nets 118-104 on Tuesday night in New York's Barclays Center. The current winning run is fourth-longest in franchise history.
It's not just the greatest winning run in the NBA this year; it's also the most victories in a row since Phoenix won 18 straight games in the previous campaign. In the 2019–20 season, the franchise's second-longest winning streak—also 18 games—included a number of current Bucks core players. We've never participated in it before, so it's difficult not to be thrilled about it. We didn't lose a game this month, so that helps, too "Tuesday night, Antetokounmpo added. "It's challenging. The year 2020, I believe. Certainly 2020. As we were a younger squad and had never been in that situation before, it goes without saying that we were overjoyed.
"Finally, did we succeed in claiming a championship that year? Never did we. We won 18 straight games, and I can still tell my children and grandchildren about it. It's a fantastic tale. Yet in the end, it's a better tale if you can develop positive habits from these 15 games. For me, it's fantastic. The best. I won't lie to you. It doesn't matter if your team wins 15 straight games; it's a fantastic feeling nonetheless.
After the victory over Phoenix on Sunday, Middleton stated that while the 2019–20 club is relishing each victory, they aren't as focused on the prolonged sequence of success. Likewise, Giannis Antetokounmpo.
What would it mean in the long run if copying so many games in a row doesn't mean much right now?
Middleton stated after the Nets victory, "It's amazing to be on a winning streak like this, to be winning 15 games in a row with so many guys in and out of the lineup, different guys stepping up in different parts of the game, it's been huge." It just demonstrates what a strong team we have. In other words, when you consider the players on our squad as a whole, every lineup we put on the field has a chance of succeeding. We can attempt a different approach, lineup, or style of basketball if some lineups don't work, and we can find a method to win and compete with most of the teams here. Thus, I believe that gives us hope for the future."
Pat Connaughton concurred, pointing out that in order to defeat the Nets, the club had to come back from multiple double-digit deficits. Connaughton said the message at halftime was focused on the remaining 24 minutes of the game rather than saying, "Hey, let's keep the streak going, let's focus on what is occurring this game, how do we do our best at winning each game."

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