Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, proper, drives to the basket in opposition to New Orleans Pelicans’ Jamal Cain (8) in the course of the first half of an NBA basketball recreation Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photograph/Aaron Gash)
Giannis Antetokounmpo collected 28 factors and 11 rebounds and the host Milwaukee Bucks pulled away from the New Orleans Pelicans 136-111 within the NBA on Thursday evening.
Antetokounmpo fell 5 assists in need of what would have been his fourth straight triple-double, however the Bucks (46-34) nonetheless received their sixth consecutive recreation. Kevin Porter Jr. scored 20, Kyle Kuzma and Gary Trent Jr. scored 17 every, Bobby Portis had 14 and Ryan Rollins 12.
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Lester Quinones scored a career-high 21, Keion Brooks Jr. and Jamal Cain every set a profession greatest with 20, Antonio Reeves scored 16, Karlo Matkovic and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl each had 15 factors and 10 rebounds, and Elfrid Payton had 15 assists to guide the Pelicans (21-59), who misplaced their fifth consecutive recreation.
Matkovic made two dunks and three teammates additionally scored because the Pelicans trimmed an eight-point halftime deficit to 4 early within the third quarter. The Bucks scored the subsequent 4 factors, however New Orleans acquired inside 5 on a 3-pointer by Brooks.
Milwaukee Bucks’ Kevin Porter Jr. (3) gestures subsequent to New Orleans Pelicans’ Lester Quinones (22) in the course of the second half of an NBA basketball recreation Thursday, April 10, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photograph/Aaron Gash)
Antetokounmpo scored the primary seven factors of a 24-14 run that gave Milwaukee a 100-85 lead on the finish of the third quarter.
The Bucks scored the primary eight factors of the fourth quarter to grab command in opposition to a Pelicans group that dressed simply eight gamers. Milwaukee used 14 gamers.
Antetokounmpo made a jumper to begin the scoring, however that was the Bucks’ solely lead within the first quarter. Robinson-Earl scored 9 factors and Matkovic made two 3-pointers to assist New Orleans open a 19-11 lead.
The Pelicans’ greatest lead was 9, however Porter scored the ultimate 4 factors to trim the result in 26-21 on the finish of the primary quarter.
Matkovic’s 3-pointer began the second-quarter scoring and New Orleans led by eight a second time earlier than Milwaukee made a push. Antetokounmpo scored six factors and Taurean Prince’ 3-pointer gave the Bucks a 47-46 lead.
The Pelicans went again in entrance by some extent twice earlier than Kuzma scored eight factors throughout a 13-4 run that gave Milwaukee a 62-54 halftime lead. –Subject Degree Media
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