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Bucks vs. Pistons: Not quite in gear, but just enough
On the strength of a Giannis Antetokounmpo triple-double plus a record-breaking night from Khris Middleton, the Bucks managed to scrape by the awful, yet once again Cade Cunningham-less Pistons at Little Caeser’s Arena on Monday evening, in an outcome not too different than what happened on Saturday. Giannis led all scorers with 31 points and seventeen boards, while Middleton nearly topped his season-high with 26. Marcus Sasser led Detroit with 23 off their bench.
Game Summary
Though Milwaukee shot well out of the gate, they cooled off and couldn’t separate too much from Detroit, in part because of early foul trouble. Giannis and Brook Lopez each accrued two personals in the first, but the Pistons (Danilo Gallinari and Alec Burks also picked up two apiece) weren’t exempt from the whistle either. Both sides shot a combined twenty free throws in the first quarter (Detroit 9/12, Milwaukee 7/8) and were knotted at 30 through twelve minutes.
As part of a 22-10 run spearheaded by Sasser, the Pistons took the lead early in the second and held it through the quarter’s midpoint. It never got beyond eight for Detroit as two-way play from Andre Jackson Jr. helped spur Milwaukee to even despite sustaining a bloody nose in the trenches. The Bucks finally pulled in front with about a minute until half after multiple opportunities and headed to the locker room up 58-56.
The Bucks played from ahead for the entire third, but continuing the theme, couldn’t separate too much. Like in the first, their largest lead was nine. Their already faltering three-point shooting cratered even further as they missed ten of their thirteen attempts from outside, and the visitors entered the final frame with a mere 89-85 edge.
Just under three minutes into the fourth, the Bucks surrendered the lead on a Sasser layup. Several minutes of back-and-forth shotmaking followed as neither team could credibly thwart the other without fouling. With just under five minutes left, Lopez nailed a near-logo three which actually gave Milwaukee a lead it wouldn’t surrender, despite Detroit being within one a couple times. Middleton hit a triple with 2:04 remaining that gave the Bucks their first double-digit lead of the night and simultaneously passed Glenn Robinson for third all-time on the franchise’s scoring list. It also gave Giannis his sixth triple-double of the year. That was the dagger in this one as the Bucks closed out the Pistons with a 10-2 run, good for a nine-point victory.
Now done with the Pistons—whom they haven’t lost to in just over two calendar years—for the season, the Bucks head back to Fiserv Forum to attempt revenge on the Cavs in two days.
What Did We Learn?
Rumors of Khris Middleton’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. As mentioned, Middleton moved ahead of Big Dog on the Bucks’ career scoring ledger with 12,010 points, happening against the team that drafted him and traded him for Brandon Jennings a year later. He even had his first dunk of the season, eliciting a rare smile!
There exists a certain portion of the fanbase who latches onto his poor performances—which are becoming scarcer as the season goes on—as a harbinger of a larger trend, like his stinker in Cleveland last week. That discourse then vanishes on nights like this, going against the narrative that Middleton might be cooked, because… well, he’s just not. January has been a nice month for him; aside from the Cavs debacle and the Celtics blowout—both of which saw him log just twenty minutes—he’s been above 31 minutes in all but one game, which was a SEGABABA. He’s also averaging 15.9 PPG and shooting 39.2% from deep despite the three light outings.
Three More Bucks
Giannis’ triple-double more than made up for somewhat of a tough shooting night.
While he did take five threes—a bit too many for a game as close as this—he actually dribbled into two nicely sank eighteen-footers from the elbow. Another two of those didn’t fall This actually wasn’t that efficient of a night from Giannis (11/25 shooting) from the field, mainly because of some trouble with Isaiah Stewart, who blocked him at the rim three times. Surprisingly, with some help from Jalen Duran and new acquisition Mike Muscala, the Pistons swatted away six of Giannis’ attempts within five feet. He did manage 8/12 at the line, though, rebounding from a rough 11/22 performance on Saturday.
Brook Lopez came through down low.
Yes, he hit the big fourth-quarter trey, but that was only one of Lopez’s two attempts from outside the paint, where he was 5/7. He did even better work, though, on the defensive end, racking up four rejections and six defensive boards. With his five offensive rebounds, he helped Milwaukee to a 39-36 and 10-6 advantage in each area, respectively. This is his second consecutive double-double and his third of the year.
One to forget for Damian Lillard, though.
After dropping 45 on the Pistons over the weekend, Dame struggled to find the nylon with a 4/15 evening, hitting just two of his ten three-point attempts. He managed to compile eight dimes, though, and had a key steal to preserve the halftime lead. He was a part of a productive starting unit too, with him and Malik Beasley leading all Bucks at +20 and +21, respectively.
Bonus Bucks Bits
- Different officiating crew from Saturday’s game last night in Detroit, but similar results from two foul-happy teams of late. On Saturday, these were the foul shooting totals: 49 FTAs for the Bucks and 32 for the Pistons. On Monday: 34 for the Bucks and 29 for the Pistons.
- Marcus Sasser might be the next name to join the legion of Buck killers alongside Georges Niang, T.J. McConnell, and Norm Powell. His meager nine points on Saturday seem to be the exception, as were his eleven in December. Finishing with 23 on 9/17 shooting, this outing was actually worse than his debut against Milwaukee in November, when he had 26 on 11/17. He sank a variety of floaters and a few pull-ups in the midrange while also getting to the rim as well as the line. It wasn’t on display last night when he was 0/4 from three, but at 39.8% from behind the arc on the year, he appears to have some real three-level scoring ability. The Bucks held off his fourth-quarter charge, though no one could capably defend him. He finishes his rookie year against Milwaukee with 17.3 PPG on .568/.333/1.000 shooting.
- Another game, another big disparity in bench scoring and plus-minus. Detroit’s six reserves outscored Milwaukee’s four 44-20, and the visitors were all between -6 and -13. while all but one of the home team’s guys were above water. It was 26-3 in favor of the Pistons at one point. I do agree with my colleague Riley about this being not a big deal in terms of playoff implications, but still, consecutive efforts like this aren’t a good look.
- Also just like on Saturday, the Milwaukee starters were all at least +9 and the Pistons were well below even. The spread for the Pistons’ starting five was -6 to -23, an improvement from -15 to -29 a few days ago. As my colleague Michael said on the pod this weekend, plus-minus is usually a lazy stat, but it occasionally does tell a story and this was one of those times.
- With their early success protecting the rim, blocks were 6-0 in favor of Detroit at one point, but Milwaukee closed that to 9-8. This was the second consecutive game that the Bucks did a much better job at keeping opponents out of the paint, only being outscored 54-50 by the Pistons.
- Milwaukee struggled badly from three last night, shooting just 25.9% on 39 attempts. Going 4/9 from downtown in the fourth certainly helped them win after going 0/9 and 3/13 in the second and third, respectively. After hitting their first three attempts from deep, they then missed their next sixteen, lasting between the 7:35 mark of the first and the 10:02 mark of the third.
- Another tough one for Bobby Portis, who followed up his four-point, seventeen-minute Saturday with a seven-point, 25-minute Monday and a team-worst -13. Role players, even good ones like Portis, are going to have off nights more often than one might anticipate, but he was on a bit of a roll prior to the weekend.
- Jae Crowder also hasn’t found it for a second consecutive game, with three points in twelve minutes, missing five shots. Goes to show you that the shots he was hitting in garbage time last Wednesday didn’t mean much.
- Pat Connaughton played just nine minutes and AJJ played twenty. No MarJon Beauchamp either. These all raise my eyebrow heading into trade season.
- Cam Payne had been playing better over the prior week too before DNP-CDing each Detroit matchup. This one I don’t get: the bench has had so much trouble scoring lately, why not ride his hot hand, even if it was just a few improved games after a rough patch?
- Look, the Bucks shouldn’t struggle this much with a 4-39 team missing its best player. I’ll take solace in these facts: as Morgan predicted, the Pistons did regress to their three-point shooting mean, the Bucks had a much-improved 108.7 defensive rating (though they should have no trouble achieving this versus the Pistons), and again did well at preventing opponents from easy buckets in the paint. I just need to see this from the get-go against bad teams.
- Lastly, some crazy scoring around the league last night on the eighteenth anniversary of Kobe Bryant’s 81-point game. Joel Embiid scored 7 and Karl-Anthony Towns had 62 on the strength of 44 first-half points, which is actually two more than Kobe through half had on that famous evening. The highest scoring first half outside Wilt Chamberlain. Call me petty, but I really wanted to see KAT top Embiid just to stick it to Jimmy Butler.
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Squire Robinson leads a new generation of Milwaukee artists with his distinctly bold style
In a cavernous attic studio stands Squire Robinson.
Next to him on the ground is an unfinished painting of his. Hung above him are numerous paintings that he’s finished in the past year.
The walls are filled with works of art, crafted by the various artists who also call 100% MKE, a nonprofit arts studio and workspace at 217 N. Broadway, home.
Robinson’s art doesn’t just stand among them – it stands out.
Maybe it’s the saturated reds that prevail in each of his pieces.
Maybe it’s the bold strokes that create the even bolder figures that call his paintings home.
Either way, Robinson’s art has a tangible effect for those with the eyes to see.
“Sometimes the most important piece of art is that you feel. His art makes you feel,” Richard Badger Jr. said. Badger, who goes by the artist name Coyote Rich, is also an artist in residence at 100% MKE.
Robinson first fell in love with art through his grandfather, who painted signs for corner stores. Early memories of drawing contests with his grandfather enchanted Squire into the art world.
Later, Robinson drew comics and superhero characters, foreshadowing the powerful figures he paints today.
“My style has always been there, it’s just evolution, it grows and changes,” Robinson said.
Robinson, a 2024 graduate of the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, has always had a certain fascination with Renaissance-era paintings.
Yet despite his appreciation of the style, something was missing.
“I appreciated the technique and skill, but I just couldn’t really relate to it,” Robinson said.
For him, the lack of diversity made the style feel distant.
Black culture in art
Now, Robinson’s style flows through the powerful Black people he paints.
“I took some of that flavor and remixed it to something that is more me,” Robinson said. “My inspiration comes from Black culture, music and my dreams.”
Robinson’s own personality is vehemently present in each of his pieces.
“His art has a very strong personality behind it,” said Nelle Speerschneider, a co-founding board member of 100% MKE.
By the end of a lengthy creative process, Robinson’s pieces are saturated with color and shapes that make viewers stop and stare. For Robinson, that’s the goal.
“To me, good art is when you can just stare at it and sit with it and think,” Robinson said. “If you see my work and walk right past it, then I didn’t do something right.”
Music and the flow state
Robinson said when he is met with a blank canvas, he doesn’t begin with a person or a setting; he starts with the mood. Then, with the help of music, he lets his art flow.
“I don’t try to contain the style, it’s just all me,” Robinson said.
Music is a big deal for Robinson. So much so that he can’t paint without it. Robinson’s taste in music, from classical and jazz to his love for Kendrick Lamar, seeps into his art.
“Squire’s art makes me feel like music,” Badger said.
Robinson said music helps him loosen up and get out of a funk.
“It helps me escape and enter that flow state,” Robinson said.
He said music supports his ethereal creative process.
“Sometimes when I paint, I feel like I’m being guided by something higher than me,” Robinson said.
Milwaukee made
As a young figure in the Milwaukee art scene, Robinson wears the city on his sleeve.
“Growing up in Milwaukee made me hard in the sense of staying true to myself,” Robinson said.
At 100% MKE, Robinson offers a unique voice. “It’s nice to have his youthful and urban take in the studio,” Speerschneider said.
Badger said young artists like Robinson are vital for pushing the scene forward.
“They’re the driving force of what Milwaukee looks and feels like,” he said.
Future goals
Going forward, Robinson wants to become an art therapist, someone who uses the medium of art to process emotional challenges.
“Art has always been a way to self-express and get my own feelings out,” Robinson said. “That’s why the tone of my paintings matters the most, because those feelings are what I’m trying to evoke.”
As for his art career, Robinson says his finest work is yet to come.
“I haven’t created my best one yet.”
Jonathan Aguilar is a visual journalist at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service who is supported through a partnership between CatchLight Local and Report for America.
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