With the victory of the Milwaukee Bucks against New Orleans Pelicans (136-113), Mike Budenholzer added his 400th victory as head coach in the NBA. The Bucks coach is the 52nd coach in history to reach that number and the 11th among active players. Since taking office in spring 2018, he has won 70.5% of his regular season games, 64.6% of those of playoffs (both franchise records) and, of course, led the team to the champion title.
«I am very grateful to my players. We have an incredible group of guys in the locker room. It has been more than three years here and many victories. I am very grateful to all the teams, all the players that I have coached, ”declared Budenholzer. The technician also wanted to highlight the role of his assistants.
“We just have an incredible coaching staff. Also a main office. Jon Horst (general manager) and all the helpers do an amazing job. I couldn’t be happier to be a small part of this team and this organization. I should take a second to appreciate how lucky I am», Confessed the technician.
It was the 187th victory ofBudenholzer with the Bucks, who is currently the fifth best of all time in franchise history. He will likely surpass Del Harris (191) and George Karl (205) this season. What will be difficult is to arrive at the figures of Don Nelson, who has 540 wins leading the Milwaukee franchise.
The Bucks won their sixth straight game and improved their record to 25-13. Giannis Antetokounmpo was the team’s most outstanding player with 35 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists. The Greek achieved his 27th triple-double and surpassed Elgin Baylor in the all-time rankings. Michael Jordan is next at 28.
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