Doc Rivers takes the blame for Milwaukee's 35-point loss to Sacramento

Out of focus

Milwaukee was coming off a 124-117 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, but against the Kings, Rivers said they did not do anything to give them a chance to win the match.

“We deserved it tonight,” said Rivers, who dropped to 10-10 as Bucks coach.

The one-sided loss was something that Rivers saw coming as he observed that the Bucks’ focus was somewhere else. Doc said he and the coaching staff could have done better preparing the squad mentally prepared.

“At shootaround, guys were talking about planes leaving. As a staff, we talked about it after shootaround that if our focus is not better than this morning, it’s going to be a long day. And it was a long day. So that’s on us,” River said.

Sacramento finally got one over Milwaukee

Complacency may have come into play as the Bucks have beaten the Kings in their last 15 meetings. Milwaukee also defeated Sacramento in their first meeting this season when Damian Lillard sank a buzzer-beating triple in a 143-142 overtime win last January 14th.

Sacramento had not won over Milwaukee since February 1st, 2016. The 15-game losing streak was the longest active streak for a team against another team. The Kings finally ended the drought against the Bucks, and it was not even close.