The Milwaukee Bucks capped off a stretch of four games in five days by falling to the Houston Rockets 117-103 at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
The Rockets were playing without center Dwight Howard, but James Harden poured in 34 points and the Rockets hit 15 of 38 from three-point range to pull out the win. Rockets power forward Donatas Motiejunas added 20 points and guard Jason Terry had a season-high 18 for the Rockets (13-4).
Rookie Jabari Parker led the Bucks (10-8) with 19 points and nine rebounds, while Ersan Ilyasova had 18 points off the bench and Giannis Antetokounmpo added 17 points and 7 rebounds.
