PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Damian Lillard scored 30 factors, Giannis Antetokounmpo added 25 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 124-109 within the season opener for each groups on Wednesday evening.
Lillard scored 15 factors within the third quarter and completed with six 3-pointers, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Antetokounmpo shot 8 of 11 from the ground and pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds as Milwaukee had double-digit scoring from six gamers.
Taurean Prince and Bobby Portis scored 16 factors every for the Bucks, together with 16 3-pointers.
Tyrese Maxey scored 25 factors and Andre Drummond had 13 factors and 11 rebounds for Philadelphia, which was with out injured stars Joel Embiid and Paul George, who’re sidelined with knee accidents.
TAKE AWAY
Bucks: Lillard and Brook Lopez performed the decide and roll often towards Philly. The alternatives prolonged past the 3-point line. A number of of Lopez’s picks have been positioned on or close to half court docket, permitting Lillard a mixture of time and house to create offense.
76ers: Guerschon Yabusele performed his first sport within the NBA since 2019. After 5 worldwide seasons, Yabusele gave the 76ers 10 factors, 4 rebounds, three assists and three steals in 25 minutes.
KEY MOMENT
Milwaukee took benefit of a 25-12 run in six minutes within the second quarter to tug away. Bobby Portis was a key determine for the Bucks throughout this period. On consecutive performs, Portis blocked a shot, grabbed a defensive rebound, assisted Taurean Prince on a layup, picked up a steal and scored on a working layup.
KEY STATUS
Lillard and Antetokounmpo grew to become the primary pair of Bucks teammates to file not less than 25 factors, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a season opener.
FOLLOWING
The Bucks will play their dwelling opener towards Chicago on Friday. The identical night, Philadelphia travels to Toronto.
