Bucks Hand Warriors Shocking First Loss

24 straight games. Last year's champions the Golden State Warriors won 24 straight games. That's pretty unbelievable. Under star player and defending MVP Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors managed to pull off one of the greatest starts in NBA history with 24 straight wins. Since the start of the NBA season, no team has been able to crack the code on how to stop the defending champs' small ball approach, at least until the Warriors faced the Milwaukee Bucks. After a couple weeks of being compared to Michael Jordan's 72-10 Chicago Bulls team, the Golden State Warriors were handed their first loss against a surprising opponent, the currently 10-15 Milwaukee Bucks led by center Greg Monroe.
The game started off close, with both teams playing well. Monroe and O.J. Mayo played well for the Bucks in the first quarter to give them a 30-28 lead going into the second over Steph Curry who had a decent first quarter for the Warriors. In the second, however, the Bucks took complete control over the game, scoring 29 points in the second quarter over the Warriors' 20. With a mixed attack on offense, practically everyone was able to score for the Bucks, while Golden State couldn't find the rhythm they'd been having all season. By halftime break, last year's champs found themselves trailing by 11 points 48-59, and began to worry that their perfect season may come to halt that very night.
In the third quarter, Draymond Green of the Warriors decided that he would not go down without a fight, bringing the Warriors within three before the start of the final quarter. Green is definitely a catalyst for the Warriors' offense and is sort of a spark plug for this team with his electric personality. Going into the final quarter, however, the home team Milwaukee Bucks held an 80-77 lead.
During the first half of the final period, the Bucks went on an 11-2 run, increasing their lead to 12. With 4:43 left in the game, Steph Curry did what he's been doing since he came into the league knocking down a huge three pointer to bring the game within 9, but that was the closest the Warriors were able to come for the rest of the game. The Bucks finished strong outscoring the Warriors by 10 points in the final twelve minutes and ended up shocking the world with a decisive 108-95 victory over a tired Warriors team, who hadn't lost all season and just came out of Boston with a double overtime victory. I don't exactly know how they were able to do it, but congrats Bucks on the victory.