They broke out at the Hornets and the Bucks celebrated again! With Giannis Antetokounmpo doing a double-double, the Milwaukee team prevailed 120-84 in the return of Damian Lillard and the first appearance of Patrick Beverley with his new team.
The Bucks went up 34-19 with Beasley scoring 21 points and Lillard having another great game with 26 points and seven rebounds.
On the other hand, for the Hornets who fell to 10-41, LaMelo Ball, Mark Williams, Davis Bertans, Seth Curry, Tre Mann, Vasilije Micic, Grant Williams were absent. Richards and Miller with 16 points and McGowens with 15 were the leading scorers for the losers.
The twelve minutes: 31-17, 66-38, 99-63, 120-84
Bucks (Doc Rivers): Crowder 5 (1/6 threes, 2 rebounds, 3 assists), Giannis Antetokounmpo 15, Lopez 11 (1/5 threes, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks), Beasley 21 (7/9 threes), Lillard 26 (7 /10 2-pointers, 2/8 3-pointers, 6/6 shots, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals), Portis 18 (3/4 3-pointers, 7 rebounds, 2 steals), Connaughton 5 (1 3-pointer, 6 rebounds), Beverly 6 (1 3-pointer, 4 assists), Green 3 (1/9 3-pointers, 4 rebounds), Jackson 2, Thanasis Antetokounmpo 4 (2/2 2-pointers, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 block), Beauchamp 4 (4/4 shots ), Washington
Hornets (Steve Clifford): Black 4 (6 rebounds, 2 assists), Bridges 11 (0/10 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 5/6 shots, 5 rebounds, 3 assists), Richards 16 (7/9 2-pointers, 2/3 shots, 11 rebounds ), Miller 16 (5/12 2-pointers, 1/6 3-pointers, 3/4 shots, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), Martin 5 (2/9 shots, 5 rebounds, 5 assists), McGowens 15 (2), Smith 13 (2/10 shooting, 7/8 shooting), Mensah 4, Thor, Bailey
They survived the “thriller” and have them…. 40 the Celtics! The Boston team found it dark against the struggling Wizards, but in the end managed to prevail 133-129 to raise their record to 40-12.
Terrible again was Tatum who had 35 points with 10 rebounds and 8 assists, a double double and Porzingis with 34 with 11 rebounds.
For the losers, the leader was Denny Avdiya who scored 24 points and collected 11 rebounds.
The twelve minutes: 31-35, 64-71, 100-87, 133-129
Source: Sport Fm
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