The COVID situation is likely to catch up to every team at some time and cause some unexpected losses and may cause some game cancellations. With the already-reduced number of games and how condensed the standing are, it makes it more of a priority to bank some wins early in the season for playoff positioning later. You obviously want to win as many games as you can no matter what, but each game is worth more than 10% more this year relative to the final standings and if the game numbers get reduced even more due to cancellations, it becomes an even higher percentage. The Bucks were going to be a work in progress, but they need to start/continue to play more smoothly and take care of business.
Right now, the Bucks are OK at 7-4. The rest of January looks like this. It would be nice to throw down something like a 7-2 stretch to get to 14-6 (should be heavily favored in all but the Mavs, Lakers, and Nets games). If you get a little loose in this stretch and go something like 4-5, an 11-9 record starts to get a little concerning given how compressed the standings are .
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