His contributions officially stand at 17 points and 10 rebounds, and combined with the 18 points scored in 19 minutes by guard Lucius Allen — whose decorated UCLA career was another L.A. connection to the streak’s undoing — the Bucks’ bench helped finish an effort that had been building for 24 hours, after Milwaukee beat Detroit the night before and finally turned its sights on the Lakers. “When we left that locker room [after beating Detroit] there was the beginning of the electricity that was going to mount the next day,” Block said. “We were anticipating something that we’re going to be a part of. And I woke up that next morning and I said, ‘Wow, this is just this is going to be some day.’ Didn’t know what that meant, but I knew it was going to be some type of day and so when we walked in the locker room, there was that electricity, just that focus, that there’s no way that the Lakers are going to be able to beat us.
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