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Slow starts continue to plague the Bucks, who had to claw back from 17 points down to beat the Nuggets by a final of 104-98 on Monday. On the year, Milwaukee, which owns the NBA's top net rating by plenty, has been outscored in the first quarter.

Giannis Antetokounmpo spurred the comeback against Denver by basically dunking every time he touched the ball, working his way into close range and then simply rising up over his defender for a quick-twitch spike. Mason Plumlee turned away one such attempt but only after getting absolutely annihilated a few moments earlier.

That Giannis is capable of backing down an opposing center, turning and dunking on his head remains difficult to process. It's a no-frills approach that feels an awful lot like what Shaquille O'Neal used to do...only Antetokounmpo uses strength and shiftiness to embarrass defenders. His physical prowess makes games like Wednesday's—33 points, 16 rebounds and nine assists in a 43-point bludgeoning of the Blazers—the expected result.

The Bucks are broadening the chasm between themselves and Toronto. Though it remains early, Milwaukee is also still on pace to set a new record in Basketball Reference's simple rating system metric, which factors in margin of victory and strength of schedule.

We're way past wondering if the Bucks are serious contenders. They've been historically good so far.

From Bleacher Report NBA power rankings

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Take a 6-point lead and then worry more about getting Lopez a three than actually winning the game. First truly bad loss of the season. After going up 114-108 you play through Bledsoe and may have legit gone five straight possessions without Giannis getting a touch. Real frustrating.

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Why did Lopez keep shooting 3s when he couldn't hit the broad side of a barn?  How many did he miss, 12?!?   Yikes.

We really didn't deserve to win that game playing like that.  I hope this is a lesson for them to NEVER underestimate an opponent.  How many times do we see a good team fall to a lesser one like we did last night when you don't bring your A game?

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