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Bucks cruise past Utah in exhibition home opener

October 10, 2019 By Bill Scott

Giannis Antetokounmpo – File Photo

After not playing many of their regulars on Monday night in Chicago, the Milwaukee Bucks used their starters on Wednesday night and cruised to a 133-99 win over the Utah Jazz at Fiserv Forum.

Giannis Antetokounmpo took the ball to the rim time after time, getting multiple dunks to finish with 22 points 11 rebounds and four assists in 20+ minutes of playing time.

Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez added 14 points each. Wes Matthews joined the starters on Wednesday night and finished with eight points, three rebounds and two assists in 17 minutes.

Donte DiVincenzo bounced back from a poor shooting night in Chicago on Monday by scoring 10 points on 4 of 7 shooting. He added four rebounds, two assists and two steals.

Kyle Korver played his first game for the Bucks and took three shots, making all three of his three-pointers for nine points. Thanasis Antetokounmpo also finished with 9 points and five rebounds.

Bucks starting point guard Eric Bledsoe did leave the game in the second quarter with an oblique strain. The Bucks are hoping that’s an injury that won’t keep him out long.

The Bucks are 2-0 in exhibition play and will travel to Dallas to face the Mavericks on Friday night.

Bucks open preseason with victory over Bulls in Chicago

October 8, 2019 By Bill Scott

Playing without a number of their regulars, the Milwaukee Bucks opened the exhibition season with a 122-112 win over the Chicago Bulls at the United Center.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, Eric Bledsoe, George Hill, Ersan Ilyasova and Kyle Korver all skipped Monday night’s game, as did D.J. Wilson who missed the game with a strained left hamstring.

Both Brook and Robin Lopez did suit up and play for the Bucks. Robin Lopez led the Bucks with 14 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks in 19 minutes. Brook Lopez had 13 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks in 18 1/2 minutes.

The Bucks also got 12 points and 9 rebounds from Sterling Brown. Point guard Frank Mason III started at point guard and scored 14 points with six assists and four steals in 27 minutes.

Thanasis Antetokounmpo had nine points and 10 rebounds.

The Bucks return home to host the Utah Jazz at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday night.

Bucks part company with Malcolm Brogdon

July 1, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks were active with the official start of free agency underway on Sunday.

All-star Khris Middleton will sign a five year, $178 million dollar deal to remain with the Bucks. The negotiating period started Sunday and the contracts can become official on July 6th.

Bucks center Brook Lopez agreed to a four-year, $52 million deal.

Veteran guard George Hill was released by the team earlier, then agreed to a lesser deal, three years worth $29 million.

Those deals came at a price. With guard Malcolm Brogdon set to become a restricted free agent, the Bucks sent him to the Indiana Pacers for a first and pair of second round draft picks next year. Brogdon gets a four year deal worth $85 million from the Pacers.

The Bucks could have matched any potential offer from another NBA team for Brogdon, who was a restricted free agent. But the salary cap was going to be an issue and to a certain extent, still is. Somebody had to go and to the Bucks ownership, it made the most sense to deal Brogdon.

Brogdon will certainly be missed, signing Hill helps. They’ll need to get last seasons top draft pick, Donte DiVincenzo, as well as returning players Sterling Brown and Pat Connaughton to step up their game to make up for Brogdon’s departure.

Getting Middleton to return, as well as Lopez in the middle, will go a long way towards helping the Bucks take another run at an NBA title.

Lopez and Middleton selected to attend National Team Training Camp

June 10, 2019 By Bill Scott

Milwaukee Bucks standouts Brook Lopez and Khris Middleton will participate in USA Basketball’s Men’s National Team training camp from Aug. 5-9 in Las Vegas. The 20-man roster for training camp will be used to select the finalists for the 12-man 2019 USA World Cup Team that will participate in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 that tips-off on Aug. 31 in China.

Middleton, who was named to the USA Men’s National Team roster in April of 2018, was an All-Star last season and averaged 18.3 points and career-highs in both rebounds (6.0) and assists (4.3) per game. He also shot 44.1% from the field and 37.8% from three, appearing and starting in 77 games for the Bucks as they won an NBA high 60 games.

Lopez is one of six additions to the USA Men’s National Team roster for training camp. Last season, Lopez started 81 games for the Bucks and averaged 12.5 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.2 blocks (4th in the NBA) and 1.2 assists per game. He also set the NBA record for 3-pointers made by a center in a season with 187 and became the first player in NBA history to tally 150+ threes and 150+ blocks in a single season.

Milwaukee is one of just three teams (Houston and Portland) to have multiple players selected to the USA National Team roster for training camp.

The official, 12-member roster for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Team will be announced on August 17.

Bucks falter down the stretch drop ECF’s to Toronto

May 26, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks led by as many as 15 points late in the third quarter on Saturday night before falling to the Toronto Raptors 100-94 in game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals. The result gave the Raptors the series win four games to two and the right to face the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals.

After going down 15, Toronto answered with a 26-3 run. The Raptors took their largest lead at 87-79 with 6 minutes, 45 seconds left.

The Bucks bounced back with a 7-0 run but never did quite make it all the way back.

Kawhi Leonard had 27 points, 17 rebounds and seven assists to lead the Raptors.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks. Brook Lopez added 18 and Khris [Read more…]

Raptors knock off Bucks 118-112 in 2OT (AUDIO)

May 20, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Toronto Raptors showed the basketball world that they have no interest in going quietly when it comes to their Eastern Conference Finals series with the Milwaukee Bucks.

The Bucks opened game three with a quick 2-0 lead before the Raptors took over and controlled game three the rest of the way.

Kawhi Leonard poured in 36 points, including eight in the second overtime to lead Toronto to a 118-112 victory, drawing to withing 2-1 in the series with game four on Tuesday night.

Pascal Siakam added 25 points and 11 rebounds and Marc Gasol had 16 points, 12 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the Raptors to the win. [Read more…]

Bucks comeback to capture ECF Game 1 (AUDIO)

May 16, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks struck the first blow in the Eastern Conference finals, coming from behind to knock off the Toronto Raptors 108-100 in the series opener at Fiserv Forum.

Brook Lopez fueled a 32-17 fourth-quarter rally by the Bucks, scoring 13 of his career playoff best 29 points in the final period.

Giannis Antetokounmpo added 24 points, 14 rebounds and six assists and Malcolm Brogdon scored 15 points off the bench to lead the Bucks.

The Raptors led 83-76 after three quarters and looked like they were about to steal the series opener in Milwaukee, but they went cold in the final quarter.

Kawhi Leonard had 31 points and Kyle Lowry added 30, but Lowry is the only Raptors player that had any [Read more…]

Bucks roll in playoff opener against Detroit

April 15, 2019 By Bill Scott

The Milwaukee Bucks swept their four-game series against Detroit during the regular season and their dominance against the Pistons continued into the post-season. The Bucks grabbed game one of their best-of-seven series 121-86 at Fiserv Forum on Sunday night.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 24 points and 17 assists in just 23 minutes to lead the Bucks.

In all, seven Bucks scored in double figures. Eric Bledsoe had 15 points, Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez added 14 each.

With the Bucks blowing out the Pistons, it meant coach Mike Budenholzer was able to keep the minutes down for his starters. In fact, reserve Pat Connaughton played the most minutes (28).

The Bucks build a 20-point lead after the first quarter and led by 27 at halftime. The lead grew to as [Read more…]

Bucks Magic number drops to 2 with win over Clippers (AUDIO)

March 29, 2019 By Bill Scott

Giannis Antetokounmpo meets with reporters after the game

The Milwaukee Bucks were rolling along in the second half, drawing closer to putting the Los Angeles Clippers away when Giannis Antetokounmpo tweaked his sore right ankle again.

The Clippers then cut an 18 point deficit in half before the Bucks held on for the win. Giannis returned from the locker room and was ready to check back into the game, but the Bucks put together another surge and the Bucks were able to keep their star on the bench.

The Bucks pulled out a 128-118 win over the Clippers, seeing their magic number to clinch the best record in the league drop to two, with six games left to play.

Khris Middleton bounced back from a poor shooting night against Houston and scored 39 points, 24 of [Read more…]

Bucks bounce Cleveland, retire Johnson’s number-8 at halftime

March 25, 2019 By Bill Scott

Marques Johnson

The Milwaukee Bucks (54-19) lost at Cleveland last Wednesday, playing without several injured players, including Giannis Antetokounmpo. Sunday, the two teams returned to Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee and it was the Bucks that returned the favor.

Antetokounmpo had 26 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists, including nine dunks, as the Bucks rolled to a 127-105 win over the Cavaliers.

Six other Bucks scored in double figures, led by Khris Middleton and George Hill with 17 points each. Milwaukee shot 55% from the field in the win.

The Bucks did lose another player to injury when Tony Snell suffered a left ankle injury in the third quarter and had to eventually leave the game.

“I think we’ll know more tonight, see how he responds, but I think he sprained it pretty good,” Coach Mike Budenholzer said. [Read more…]