Bobby Portis calls Bucks’ hot stretch ‘fool’s gold’

Mar 7, 2026 11:56 AM

Milwaukee’s current four-game losing streak came immediately after one of its best runs of the season, when the team won eight of 10 games.

However, veteran forward Bobby Portis questioned how meaningful that stretch really was, suggesting it may have created a misleading sense of momentum, according to Eric Nehm of The Athletic.

“Kind of fool’s gold, for real,” Portis said. “Rolling eight out of 10, playing against bottom teams, teams that’s trying to lose, right? (Now we are) playing against some teams that are jockeying for position. We used to be in that position, too.

“Jockeying for position, you got certain games on your schedule that you can’t lose. Guys are circling us, and we’re the can’t-lose team, so, they’re coming in and trying to win that game. That’s a must-win game for them, can’t drop it. That’s how they’re looking at us.

“So, credit the other teams for locking in and getting a dub, but on our side, we gotta look at it as the hungry team, the team that’s hunting them now. Crazy how fast time and things can change and shift, but so much season left, right? We got 5 1/2, six weeks to fix it, and I think we will.”