Article: BUCKS PREFER POSITIVE FOCUS DESPITE ITS FIRST-ROUND OUSTER, MILWAUKEE DEEMS THE SEASON A SUCCESS.(SPORTS)

Byline: Arnie Stapleton Associated Press

ST. FRANCIS -- The Milwaukee Bucks aren't looking back at their season with too many regrets despite losing 18 of their final 27 games.

With a new coach and general manager and a revamped roster, they weren't given much chance of winning 20 games, much less making the playoffs.

"It was a great year for us," guard Desmond Mason said. "Having a lot of different faces here, totally different coaching staff, a new system. They said we'd win about 19 games and be last in the Eastern Conference, maybe the last team in the league. So, to accomplish what we did, it was a good season."

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