CHICAGO — Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez every scored 21 factors, Bobby Portis added 19 factors and 13 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 112-91 on Monday with out Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard.
Middleton set a season excessive for a second straight recreation after scoring 18 targets in Saturday’s win over Washington. The three-time All-Star missed the primary 21 video games following surgical procedure on each ankles.
Middleton and Lopez every made three of Milwaukee’s 18 3-pointers. Gary Trent Jr. made 4 from past the arc and completed with 14 factors.
Antetokounmpo missed his second straight recreation with again spasms and his fourth total this season. Lillard missed his third straight recreation – this time as a consequence of a non-COVID-related sickness. The eight-time All-Star missed the earlier two with a proper calf pressure.
Nikola Vucevic had 17 factors and 12 rebounds for Chicago. The Bulls made simply 10 of 48 3-pointers in shedding their second straight.
Bucks: The Bucks continued to look extra just like the workforce they anticipated than the one which struggled early within the season.
Bulls: The Bulls have been just a little skinny within the backcourt, with Lonzo Ball out as a consequence of sickness and Josh Giddey lacking his third straight recreation with a sprained proper ankle.
Milwaukee led by 23 within the second quarter and held off a Chicago surge within the third. The Bulls minimize the rating to 76-68 when Dalen Terry stole a go and broke for a layup to cap a 10-0 run. However the Bucks responded with 11 straight factors, together with straight 3s from Trent and a floater from Delon Wright that elevated the result in 87-68 with simply over two minutes left within the third.
The Bucks made 11 of 24 3-pointers within the first half, whereas the Bulls made 6 of 28.
The Bucks host Brooklyn on Thursday, whereas the Bulls journey to Atlanta that night.
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