24 hours before putting his team’s three-game winning streak on the line against the Charlotte Hornets, Milwaukee’s head coach grew so enamored by his team’s defense that he called it the “most locked-in” that they’d been this season. As he swatted shots left and right, and delivered his normal jolt of energy, Bobby Portis made it clear that encore performances were certainly on his mind. Aware of the possibility that Charlotte — behind by 13 in the early fourth — might have one final comeback attempt incoming, Portis focuses in, diagnosing a pick-and-roll by quickly rotating towards the paint. Stealthy in his leap, the 10-year veteran sends Moussa Diabaté’s at-the-rim shot attempt away forcefully, earning well-deserved “BOBBY” chants from Fiserv Forum’s crowd just moments later. Victory arrived, too, with Portis’ 11-point, seven-rebound, two-assist, one-steal, three-block demonstration proving key, as the Milwaukee Bucks used November 23, 2024’s game to continue building momentum. · Nov 24, 2024