Giannis Antetokounmpo drives on Klay Thompson.(Photo: Ezra Shaw, Getty Images)

There were plenty of national outlets reacting with figurative eye emojis as the Bucks delivered an emphatic 134-111 win over the reigning NBA Golden State Warriors Champion at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Milwaukee (9-2) handed the Warriors (10-2) their first home loss of the year. It was a game that was notable for Stephen Curry's departure because of a muscle strain late in the third quarter, though by then, the Bucks looked like they had taken control. Draymond Green, another of the Warriors' top four players, did not play, as well.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 24 points with nine board and four assists and did not even play in the fourth quarter. Eric Bledsoe led the Bucks with 26 points.

Take a look at some of the national Milwaukee attention received in the aftermath:

Jack Baer of Yahoo! Sports noted that the Bucks continued to look "very real after running roughshod over Warriors. "

"It may be time to fully embrace the Milwaukee Bucks as an NBA contender," he writes.

"What else can you say after the Bucks posted a dominant 134-111 win over the Golden State Warriors, a game in which the team was at least eight points during the entirety of the second half?"

Colin Ward-Henninger of CBS Sports broke down Milwaukee's dominance in the paint.

"The Bucks might be taken out for the Oracle Arena paint on Thursday night. Coach Budenholzer's squad has been launching 3-pointers at a prolific rate, but even when the 3s were not falling the Bucks managed to get points in the paint and at the free throw line. They scored 84 points in the paint compared to the Warriors' 32, which makes more sense when you realize they are missing a crucial piece in the defensive puzzle (in Draymond Green). "

Khadrice Rollins of SI.com also recognized that the Bucks had the NBA on notice.

"The Bucks only needed three quarters to run the Warriors out of the gym Thursday …. Bet you were not expecting to read that sentence," Rollins wrote.

He added, "Plenty expected the Bucks to be good, but through 11 games, they look scary good. There's no need to add 'darkhorse' before you say this team is a contender to win the East this season. "

The Ringer did not have a game recap but did not point out the biggest winners of the league's "Pace Boom," with Danny Chau mentioning Brook Lopez among them.

"Lopez is an inspiration. When I hit me and I'm still in love with the world's cruel indifference to my obsolescence, I hope to be able to be a part of my life. unrecognizable to me as a person. Lopez, at nearly 7-foot-1 and 270 pounds, is the largest 3-point specialist in NBA history. And by specialist, I mean the only function he has on the court is to shoot 3s. Nearly 73 percent of his total field goal attempts from behind the arc, which is the sixth-highest 3-point attempt in the league. He has tried 6-pointers in the Bucks' first 11 games this season (at 38 percent clip)

Check that, the Ringer added another story late, and Dan Devine think the Bucks are now in the NBA's elite, pointing in particular to the surge that moved the Bucks into control of the game.

"All of a sudden, that three-point lead ballooned to 15," Devine wrote. "The Bucks had just crushed the two-time-defending NBA champions in their own gym." By the end of the dam, Antetokounmpo had totaled nine points, two rebounds, an assist, a steal, and a block in barely three minutes. NBP MVPs, he was the best player-by-far. "

Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report released power ratings on Friday, and guess who's moved to No. 1? In the entire NBA.

Nick Friedell of ESPN.com referred back to Steph Curry's Wednesday assertions that the Bucks had a look that the Warriors had before they became a full-fledged dynasty.

"I think [their situation] "Curry explained." A change of scenery sometimes helps. You get a little boost of energy, a little shift in focus and perspective, and that little difference can unlock something. It's still early. They're taking care of business as they should. It's important when you have that much potential to get started.

Dieter Kurtenbach – Who's Coming to the Warriors for the East Bay Times in Oakland – Was Effusive in His Pride for Milwaukee's Ability to Match the Warriors.

"The Warriors were playing exceptional basketball until Thursday," Kurtenbach said.

"And while one bad game does not change the fact that Golden State is the team to beat in the league, the Bucks performance does change the Association's paradigm a bit.

For the first few weeks of the season, I've been wondering if there was a lot of room for the Warriors … Yes, the Golden State Nuggets beat, but that had more to do with the Dubs anything Denver did.

"But the way the Bucks played Thursday – on Oakland – made a statement: this team is a matchup nightmare for the Warriors and the last squad they want to face in June.