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Andrew Bogut, the Milwaukee Bucks’ Australian center, looked around the Bradley Center last season and saw the anemic crowd participation. Coming from a sports-mad country that is home to some of the world’s rowdiest fans, he was eager to do something about it. So he bought 100 lower-level seats for every home game and gave them to fans he was certain would raise the decibel level. The result: Squad 6, a wild cluster of screaming fans. “It’s only 100 people, but the noise they make sounds like 1,000,” Bogut said. “It gives us some energy to feed off.” The Bucks were 9-3 at home through Saturday. The New York Times; Getty Images file photo
