Bucks roll to win over LeBron James-less Lakers

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 38 factors, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished six assists and the Milwaukee Bucks matched their longest successful streak of the season with a ninth consecutive victory, beating the host Los Angeles Lakers 115-106 on Thursday.

The Bucks overcame an eight-point halftime deficit, blitzing the short-handed Lakers within the third quarter with a 38-23 benefit. Antetokounmpo fueled the pivotal interval with 5-of-7 capturing from the ground, main to fifteen factors.

Khris Middleton scored 22 factors off the Milwaukee bench, and Jrue Holiday completed with 18 factors, seven rebounds and 7 assists.

Holiday shot 6-for-10 from the sector within the third quarter and 7-for-11 for your complete second half. His resurgence after intermission proved integral to Milwaukee taking up, as he sank simply 1 of 5 photographs earlier than halftime.

The Bucks needed to overcome inconsistent capturing as a group, ending simply 45-for-99 (45.5 p.c) from the ground on the evening and 12-for-47 (25.5 p.c) from 3-point vary.

Milwaukee’s Grayson Allen scored all 12 of his factors on 4-of-11 capturing from past the arc. He was the one Buck to make greater than two 3-point makes an attempt.

Troy Brown Jr. and Austin Reaves every shot 3-for-4 from outdoors for the Lakers en path to 11 and 18 factors, respectively, however they accounted for all however one among Los Angeles’ made makes an attempt from deep.

Playing with out LeBron James — sitting out to relaxation an ankle damage infected after he set the NBA’s all-time scoring document on Tuesday — the Lakers obtained a team-high 25 factors from Dennis Schroder. Anthony Davis completed with 23 factors and 16 rebounds, however he was restricted in crunch time as a consequence of foul hassle.

Sitting out the sport on the Los Angeles bench with James had been a bunch of newly acquired Lakers, together with D’Angelo Russell, added from the Minnesota Timberwolves in a commerce this week.

Reserve Lonnie Walker IV scored 15 factors for Los Angeles.

–Field Level Media/Reuters