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NBA Playoffs -- Hungry, focused Bucks look to knot series with Bulls
By Tim Gonzales
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 01 May 2015
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks took the practice floor on Wednesday morning. They were focused and went hrough drills the way a team hungry to make a playoffs impression would.
Trailing the Bulls 3-2 in their first-round best-of-7 series, the Bucks look to tie things up Thursday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. By forcing a Game 7, the Bucks would join three other teams --- the 2003 Portland Trailblazers, the 1994 Denver Nuggets, and 1951 New York Knicks --- who pushed a series to the limit after falling behind 3-0.
But no team in NBA history has ever survived a 3-0 hole.
The young Bucks were loud at practice. They offered high fives, uttered encouraging words, and motivated each other. Clearly, this team has great camaraderie. The combination of '"young vets" and truly young players ( Milwaukee is the second youngest team in the league) with an average age of 23) push themselves in a very positive way. They looked like a team that knows what is on the line tomorrow night, as they look to keep their series alive and avoid being sent home.
Jared Dudley spoke to the media after practice and was asked if the Bucks are feeling any pressure in the series now " No not really" said Dudley " We're at home, the pressure is on them, we don't really have any pressure, this whole series no one expected anything from us".
They have bounced back nicely the last two games forcing the Bulls to commit 36 turnovers in both games combined. Milwaukee will need to bring that same defensive mindset and tenacity tomorrow night.
Asked what it would mean to the franchise if the Bucks were able to come back and win the series, coach Jason Kidd said, "For us it's just to stay focused and to stay hungry."
The Bulls emter the game tomorrow on two days rest since Game 5. The last time the Bulls had two days rest between games was against Milwaukee when Derrick Rose scored 34 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in an overtime thriller.
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