MILWAUKEE -- IT WAS 2 o'clock in the morning, and Charles Lee could not give his boss a ride home from Milwaukee's General Mitchell Airport. Breaking from his usual practice with head coach Mike Budenholzer after road trips, the Bucks assistant coach tossed his luggage in the back of his silver GMC Acadia and drove 15 minutes to the Bucks' practice facility.
Milwaukee guard Eric Bledsoe was already there, with the events of the Nov. 1 loss in Boston replaying in his head. Hours earlier, Bledsoe had missed a key free throw in the final seconds that could have tied the game.