With less than two minutes remaining in the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers Wednesday night in the Bradley Center, more than half of the 15,836 fans had already left.

For the Bucks, that was a good thing.

That's because if those disgusted fans had stuck around until the conclusion of the game, the Bucks' ears would have been ringing even worse than they were.

A chorus of boos escorted the Bucks off the court following their 115-107 setback to the Cavaliers. It was the Bucks' second straight loss to one of the worst teams in the Eastern Conference, and the latest in a string of lackadaisical performances by a team many have predicted will go to the NBA Finals.

Even some of the Bucks could sympathize with their fans.

"It's frustrating,'' said veteran center Ervin Johnson. "We just got to stick together and not divide. In life, you have difficult times, trying times when everything seems to be going bad. That's the way it is for us right now.

"We have to weather this storm and, hopefully, some day soon the sunshine will come out and wipe all of this away.''