Bucks hitting stride with Clippers looming

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Heading into last month's All-Star break, the Milwaukee Bucks were lost.

They had dropped seven of 10 games under recently hired coach Doc Rivers, who was already questioning his new team's mental toughness.

"We had some guys here, we had some guys in Cabo," Rivers said after a loss to the lowly Memphis Grizzlies on Feb. 15.

Nearly three weeks later, and the Bucks have strun