Man, the Milwaukee Bucks are off to a rough start this season. After that opening win against the Sixers, they've dropped seven out of their last eight, sitting at 2-7 and 14th place in the East. Even with Giannis and Lillard putting up solid numbers, the team's just not clicking. And you’ve got think: What happened to this team? I mean; they literally won the championship just three years ago.

Before I proceed I just want to go ahead and say that this article is inspired off of a YouTube video, which you can check out here.

Well, prior to the 2020-21 season Milwaukee just couldn’t find success in the postseason each year. Middleton and Giannis just couldn’t get it done. However, in the 2018-19 season after their spectacular regular season leap from 44 wins to 60, they battled their way through the East to reach the Conference Finals. The only problem: they were facing Kawhi Leonard and the Raptors. Kawhi was fresh off of a historic game-winner against Philly in Game 7, and he once again showed no mercy as the Raps won in 6.

The Bucks put up a tough fight, but they were once again short of their goal of going to the Finals. 2019-20 was even worse, as they couldn’t even make the ECF.

But something strange happened in the 2020-21 playoffs. Something just — clicked. They were playing with a newfound confidence and greatness. This led to them reaching the Finals for the first time in the Giannis era, where they actually came victorious.

Thus, the curse begins.

In recent years they have been dealing with a lot of injuries and bad luck. In 2021-22, they exited in the second round. In 2022-23, they got beat in the first round by the eighth(!!!) seeded Miami Heat team. Fast forward to last season where they were once again outmatched in the first round by a lower-seeded Pacer team.

They. are. cursed.

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