The short-handed Milwaukee Bucks only had eight guys active against the eighth-seated team in the West,

and things went exactly how you thought they would go.

But there were some bright spots to highlight.

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on today's show, we'll look at the bright spots, you know, that came from the Bucks

127, 113 loss to the LA Clippers. Look at some of the learning pains that come along with those

bright spots from the young bucks that were forced into big minutes due to all of the guys who were sitting down.

We'll highlight Brooke Lopez's first return to Milwaukee since being traded.

Plus, a look ahead at what's next for the Bugs.

But what we're going to start on today's show is with how the Bucks responded a day after

officially being eliminated from the playoff race yesterday.

After losing to the Spurge yesterday on their first night of this back-to-back, well,

first afternoon, I guess because there was two matinee games with the Spurge yesterday and then today

with the Clippers, they were eliminated from the playoffs.

Ended a streak of nine straight seasons where the bugs found themselves in the playoffs was

the second longest active street in the NBA, just some real good times, some real good

times for Milwaukee.

It really feels like the end of a particular era of Bugs basketball, right?

But with the Bucs loss to the L.A. Clippers today, 127, 113 loss.

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