Milwaukee, WI
The most glaring red flags in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 3-game losing streak
The Milwaukee Bucks began off the 2022/2023 season sturdy and jumped off the highest of the NBA standings. However not too long ago there have been a couple of ups and downs, and the Bucks are presently within the midst of a three-game dropping streak. It’s apparent that Milwaukee identical to any group has its weaknesses, and that is what they should give attention to to get again on monitor.
Lack of ball motion
The Bucks had been dominant on either side of the ground to begin the season. However ever since December fifteenth, they’ve dropped to twenty ninth in level differential, twenty ninth in offensive score, and thirtieth in defensive score.
When the sport slows down and there are performs to be made within the halfcourt, every part falls on Giannis Antetokounmpo to make one thing occur, whereas the 4 4 different guys on the court docket unfold the ground.
This has been an issue for years, and regardless that they improved a bit in that class, Milwaukee remains to be within the backside half of the league on the subject of passes and assists per recreation.
Shot making
Giannis’ utilization has been sky-high, rating third in all the NBA solely behind Luka Doncic and Ja Morant. The celebrity can also be getting double-teamed at a file charge, and being the keen passer he’s, Antetokounmpo has created plenty of attractiveness for his teammates. The one drawback is that they have not been knocking them down constantly.
A few of the important snipers on this group like Pat Connaughton (32.6%), Wesley Matthews (32.7%), and Joe Ingles (17.6%) have not been hitting the deep bombs at a excessive charge, as Grayson Allen has been the uncommon reliable shooter, making 40.2% of his three-point pictures.
Defensive decline
Protection has been the calling card of the Bucks for years, and this season has been no completely different, taking them to the highest of the standings. However not too long ago the efficiency on that aspect of the ground has been declining.
The emphasis on guarding the perimeter and limiting three-point pictures was extremely efficient to begin the season, however that has slowly fallen off to the outdated methods, rating nineteenth in opponents’ three-point proportion ever for the reason that December fifteenth mark.
Jrue Vacation and Jevon Carter are doing an admirable job, however they are going to want extra assist in the event that they wish to climb atop of the defensive rankings as soon as once more.
The decision
All of this sound very regarding and unhealthy, however that is solely a small pattern dimension of video games in a really lengthy season. Ups and downs occur, and the Bucks will solely be taught extra from the bumps within the highway.
In spite of everything, they’re nonetheless 22-11, with the second-best file within the NBA regardless of the area to grow to be even higher in these segments. If all these items fall collectively, Milwaukee would be the group to beat as soon as the Playoffs arrive.
Milwaukee, WI
Fox Point fire Sunday night, multiple crews respond
FOX POINT, Wis. – A fire broke out in a Fox Point neighborhood on Sunday night, Dec. 22.
The Brown Deer Fire Department and Milwaukee Fire Department confirmed multiple units responded to the fire in a neighborhood on Barnett Lane.
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It’s currently unclear what started the fire.
Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin holiday gas prices falling as thousands hit the road
MILWAUKEE – Thousands across Wisconsin are expected to hit the road for the holiday. The travel comes at a good time – because GasBuddy experts predict nationwide gas prices will be at their lowest point on Christmas Day since 2020.
At Good Hope and Green Bay roads, Victor Tran is filling up – and it’s not a bad time to do so.
“The gas right now. Very, very good right now. They’re getting lower. Better than they were before,” Trans said.
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According to AAA, the average for a gallon of regular gas in Wisconsin is around $2.82 per gallon. The average in Milwaukee County on Sunday, Dec. 22 was around $2.79. That is lower than Ozaukee County with an average of around $2.93. All those prices are below the $3 per gallon national average.
Patrick De Haan is the head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy.
“It’s the seasonality that’s really been the primary reason for gas prices that have fallen compared to where they were this summer,” De Haan said. “In the last couple of days we have seen a big jump in some parts of Wisconsin ahead of the holiday. That has to do with oil prices jumping up.”
But De Haan believes prices will once again fall in Milwaukee. He suggests waiting until closer to Christmas to fill up.
GasBuddy suggests people always check fuel prices before filling up – especially when crossing the state line.
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“I do think a high number of Americans are likely going to be hitting the road in light of the relatively low gas prices,” De Haan said.
De Haan predicts prices will rise after the cold winter months.
“What goes down eventually will go up in the spring,” De Haan said.
Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee shooting near 14th and North; 25-year-old accused
MILWAUKEE – A 25-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of shooting another man near a gas station near 14th and North. The accused is Dreaten Burch – and he faces a single charge of first-degree reckless injury.
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded on Sunday evening, Dec. 8 to a shooting near 14th and North Avenue. Officers spoke with relatives of the shooting victim who came home with a gunshot wound to his face. They believed he had been at a nearby gas station.
That same night, a detective went to Froedtert Hospital where the shooting victim was being treated for his wound. He indicated he “exchanged words with the driver of a white vehicle, then ran west on North Avenue and got shot in the face as he ran,” the complaint says. The victim said he did not see who shot him.
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Milwaukee police responded to the Citgo gas station near 14th and North and reviewed surveillance video showing the suspect and victim. The complaint says the “video shows that at about 5:31 p.m., a man walks into Citgo, then leaves and walks through the parking lot. At about 5:33 p.m., a white vehicle turns into the parking lot and appears to nearly strike the man in the parking lot, who has to avoid the vehicle. The vehicle parks, then a suspect exits the driver’s door, then heads in the same direction as the first man.”
Investigators found a casing and unspent cartridge northeast of the intersection of 14th and North. Police “later found additional surveillance video showing the man and suspect heading to this location, and showing the man returning to the white vehicle,” the complaint says.
Investigators reviewed photos of the suspect vehicle. They also queried the Flock Safety database and found a matching vehicle within three days of the incident. Officers had previously stopped the vehicle — and identified the driver as Dreaten Burch.
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Burch was arrested on Dec. 9. When police tried to question him about the shooting incident at the gas station, Burch “said he may have been at the gas station and may have been in the car, but he didn’t know about anything else,” the complaint says.
Burch made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County court on Saturday, Dec. 14. Cash bond was set at $10,000.
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