Milwaukee is now 3-4 since winning the Emirates NBA Cup on Dec. 17 and have not played a team over .500 since Cleveland on Dec. 20. The Bucks (17-15) will play fellow lottery contenders Portland and Toronto before tougher teams re-emerge on the schedule Jan. 8-12 with San Antonio, Orlando and New York on the docket. “We gotta give more to the game especially in these type of games where sometimes you might overlook an opponent and then they sneak a win on you,” Portis said. “These games can really affect us going forward down the line especially in the race that we’re in right now.”