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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
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      Matt Wild
      September 17, 2026
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      Matt Wild
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      Tyler Maas
      September 15, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      September 15, 2026
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      Tyler Maas
      September 10, 2026
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      Rick Katschke
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      Tyler Maas
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      Matt Wild
      September 2, 2026
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      Michael Viers
      August 26, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      August 20, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      August 19, 2026
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      September 16, 2026
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      September 9, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      September 4, 2026
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      Matt Wild
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      Cal Roach
      August 31, 2026
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      Matt Wild
      July 21, 2026
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      September 6, 2022
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      August 24, 2026
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      August 21, 2026
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      August 10, 2026
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      January 30, 2018
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      September 8, 2026
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      September 1, 2026
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Dan Shafer is a journalist from Milwaukee who writes and publishes the weekly column and online publication, The Recombobulation Area. He previously worked at Seattle Magazine, the Milwaukee Business Journal, Milwaukee Magazine, and BizTimes Milwaukee. He’s won 13 Milwaukee Press Club Excellence in Journalism Awards. He’s on Twitter at @DanRShafer, where he's probably tweeting about the Bucks.

Milwaukee Bucks come into 2019-20 season with Championship expectations

Dan Shafer
October 23, 2019
The Milwaukee Bucks begin the 2019-20 NBA season with something they haven’t had since the days of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Championship expectations. Following a magical 60-win season, two playoff series victor...

5 things to watch in the Bucks-Raptors Eastern Conference Finals

Dan Shafer
May 15, 2019
The Milwaukee Bucks are favorites to win the Eastern Conference Finals. In this storybook dream season few saw coming, we’ve now arrived at the penultimate round where the Bucks not only have a chance to advanc...

5 things to watch in the Bucks-Celtics second-round showdown

Dan Shafer
April 28, 2019
The second-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics is going to be a war. The preseason favorite to sit atop the post-LeBron Eastern Conference squares off against the top-seeded brea...

From 15 to 60 wins: Watching the Bucks complete a 5-year turnaround

Dan Shafer
April 8, 2019
Most of the fans in attendance at the sold-out Fiserv Forum on Sunday night stuck around to the final bell, and with good reason. The Milwaukee Bucks had just notched their 60th win of this magical, gift-from-a...

Midseason Report: The Milwaukee Bucks are having their best season in decades

Dan Shafer
January 14, 2019
Midway through the 2018-19 season, the Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the NBA’s best teams. They have the second-best record in the league, and you could make a good argument that the Bucks have been the best...

8 reasons you should jump on the Milwaukee Bucks bandwagon

Dan Shafer
November 27, 2018
As recently as a few years ago, if you wandered into a Milwaukee bar between October and April with the hopes of watching the local professional basketball team, you’d probably have had to ask the bartender, “h...
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