There's not much to see here in the land of bratwurst than just bad basketball by the Sonics.

Seattle trails 69-54 at halftime, and doesn't appear interested in playing any defense. Milwaukee is shooting 55 percent from the floor, including 7-of-15 from beyond the acr and already have three players in double figures (Charlie Villanueva has 21 points, Michael Redd 15, and Andrew Bogut 16).

Seattle still has time to come back, but they better get going here early in the third quarter. Seattle is 10-of-13 from the line. If they continue to stay aggressive and attack the basket, maybe they could cut into the lead and make a game of it in the fourth quarter.

I made it to Milwaukee (barely). The Sonics trail 39-24 at the end of the first quarter.

The Sonics only trailed 20-18 midway through the first, but Milwaukee went on a 14-0 run with Charlie Villanuava leading the way. Villanuava started for rookie Yi Jianlian, who is out with a left ankle sprain, and has 15 points in the first half, including going 3-of-3 from beyond the arc.

Moe Williams (abdominal strain) also is not playing for Milwaukee. Starters for the Bucks are guards Royal Ivey (for Williams) and Michael Redd, forwards Villanuava and Desmond Mason, and Center Andrew Bogut.

Starters are the same for Seattle, Earl Watson and Kevin Durant at guards, Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox at forwards, and Johan Petro at center.

During pregame P.J. Carlesimo said he liked the minutes that Donyell Marshall gave the Sonics off the bench, particularly his ability to stretch the defense with the 3-pointer.

Because of the winter snow storm that blew through the Midwest last night my flight plants have gotten jumbled and I'm in an airport in Minnesota hoping to catch a plane in Milwaukee in time to catch tonight's game.

With my copious free time, I've put together a few links to keep you company.

In case you haven't heard, Seattle started off hot then fizzled against the Pistons at Detroit on Tuesday, losing 100-97.

Will Johan Petro be the starting center for the Sonics next season? Seattle coach P.J. Carlesimo says he’ll have a better gauge by the end of this season.

Seattle faces Milwaukee today, and the Bucks still remember the 35 points Kevin Durant hung on them back in Seattle.

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett declares victory as city residents there overwhelmingly passed an initiative to allow for $121 million in improvement to the Ford Center, setting the stage for an NBA team to move there.

Seattle author Sherman Alexie weighs in on the ongoing blog battles between Sonics point guards Earl Watson and Luke Ridnour in his weekly column he writes for The Stranger.

ESPN’s David Thorpe still has Kevin Durant ranked No 2 in his weekly rankings. Fellow Sonics rookie Jeff Green is ranked No. 11.

Happy reading. I'll have more when I (hopefully) make it to Milwaukee.