The Milwaukee Bucks are the only team to have beaten the Golden State Warriors this season, snapping their 24-game win streak with a 108-95 home victory on Saturday.
But they followed that up with an 18-point loss to a Lakers team that is just 4-21 on the season, and some will certainly point to the fact that several Bucks players, including Greg Monroe, O.J. Mayo, Mason Plumlee and Khris Middleton were spotted at an L.A. strip club past 2 a.m. the night before the contest.
TMZ shared the information, and while it's always of interest when celebrities hit the strip club for a night of entertainment, the reality is that this had zero to do with the way the Bucks played in this one.
On a normal game night, NBA players don't even leave the arena until close to midnight, and sometimes not until well after that if the game was nationally televised. Staying up late is a nightly occurrence for these guys, and heading home a little after 2 a.m. isn't anything excessive that would impact their performance.
The fact that Monroe (who scored 28 points in the win over the Warriors) was unable to play due to a knee injury probably had a lot more to do with the Milwaukee loss than a relatively tame night at the club.
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