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Bucks quiet early season concerns, storm into NBA Cup knockout round with dominant win over Pistons

DETROIT — The principal figures of the Milwaukee Bucks insist there was no panic, no rush to call the fire department following a ghastly, alarm-worthy 2-8 start.

Well, at least two of them say so.

“Like, nope. Zero,” Bucks coach Doc Rivers told Yahoo Sports on Tuesday night. “Our panic meter and everyone around here said zero and that’s where it’s always been.”

“Frustration, but not panic,” Bucks guard Damian Lillard said. “We had a good camp. Everybody came in, in shape. We was ready, and it just didn’t click right away. There was frustration but there wasn’t concern.