Milwaukee, Wi – Last time the Bucks played the Jazz Bojan Bogdanović hit a three pointer to win the game, this time Giannis had diffrent plans. The Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 50 points and grabbed 14 rebounds as he absolutly dominated the game tonight.
Milwaukee is now 14-3, on top of the Eastern Conference and looking like serious title contenders!
Salt Lake City, Utah – The Bucks might of had a little let down after the battle in L.A. with the Clippers as the Bucks lost by 3 in Utah tonight behind a game winning 3 pointer by Bojan Bogdanović.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton combined for 56 points and 24 rebounds but it was not enough!
Milwaukee pulled into Salt Lake City for the 4th game of the road trip and the second game of a back to back. The Milwaukee Bucks started a huge lineup that featured Khris, Giannis, Ersan, Nikola and Brook. Milwaukee game out and went up big to start the game but that did not last. Being short Brogdon and Bledsoe proved to be to much of a setback to maintain things and the Bucks were forced to go deep into the bench and they just didn’t have enough in the tank of the second night of a back to back to get it done.
On the positive side of things Brook Lopez started the game being a total monster. He blocked 6 shots the first 6 mins and blocked a total of 7 for the game. The Greek Freak Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 43 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and had 8 assists to go along with 2 steals. Khris Middleton scored 29 points and grabbed 9 rebounds but shot 8-24 from the field and that factored in with the 38.5% shooting from the field that the Bucks did as a team.
Milwaukee finishes off the 5 game road trip in Phoenix with the Suns on Monday before heading home to face the Pacers on Thursday.
Milwaukee, Wi – The Bucks finished their homestead tonight against the Utah Jazz at the Fiserv Forum before going to Houston, D.C. and Atlanta before returning home next Tuesday to face the Miami Heat. Utah who started slow this year had played themselves up to a 500 record before tonights game vs the Bucks.
Utah came out to play and finished in the lead after the first of the 3 quarters tonight. In the 4th quarter Milwaukee with the home crowd behind them surged ahead and was able to close the deal. Milwaukee outscored the Jazz 31-16 in the 4th to run away with the win in the 4th quarter.
Take a look below at the box score to see what bucks players had the biggest statistical impact tonight. Bucks play at 7pm Wednesday in Houston vs James Harden and the Rockets. Make sure to come back for stats, highlights and insight after every Bucks game!