"The phrase "practice makes perfect" is hardly part of the NBA lexicon this season.

That's because there's precious little time for practice.

Allen Iverson would have loved it, but coaches are less enamored of the compressed league schedule created by the lockout.

Finally, after playing four games in six days (and six in nine days) before taking Sunday off, the Bucks will have a regular practice Monday at the Cousins Center.

And they will try to get their groove back after being thrown off track in losses to Detroit and Chicago.

The Bucks never had a chance after the Bulls hit them with a 15-4 opener to Saturday night's game, which turned into a 113-90 runaway before a decidedly pro-Bulls crowd at the Bradley Center. Derrick Rose had 26 points and 13 assists as he justified the "MVP, MVP" chants raining down from the arena's filled upper deck."