Jrue Holiday surpassed the season excessive he set a day earlier, scoring 37 factors, and the Milwaukee Bucks downed the visiting Toronto Raptors 130-122 on Tuesday.
Bobby Portis recorded his twenty seventh double-double of the marketing campaign with 12 factors and 12 rebounds for Milwaukee, which performed its fourth consecutive recreation with out Giannis Antetokounmpo (knee).
Holiday — coming off a 35-point efficiency within the Bucks’ Monday matinee win over the Indiana Pacers — eclipsed that mark due to 16-of-26 capturing from the ground on Tuesday. He engaged in a scoring duel with Toronto’s Fred VanVleet.
VanVleet matched his season excessive with 39 factors in the future faraway from placing up 33 factors within the Raptors’ time beyond regulation win at New York. He shot 6 of 12 from 3-point vary, matching Holiday’s 50 p.c capturing from deep, as Holiday linked on 5 of 10 past the arc.
The two delivered sturdy all-around video games, too, with Holiday distributing seven assists and grabbing six rebounds. VanVleet completed with 9 rebounds and 7 assists.
Holiday and Milwaukee in the end gained the higher hand due to its steadiness. Holiday led a bunch of six Bucks scoring in double figures, with Grayson Allen tying his season excessive of 25 factors.
Allen shot 6 of 8 from the ground within the second half, together with 4 of 5 from 3-point vary. He completed the competition 8 of 13 from the sphere.
Milwaukee’s Brook Lopez added 19 factors and Pat Connaughton completed with 10. Joe Ingles got here off the bench to shoot 4 of 5 from the ground, rating 15 factors, dish a game-high eight assists and seize six rebounds.
Gary Trent Jr. shot 4 of 9 from 3-point vary en route to twenty-eight factors for Toronto, whereas Pascal Siakam added 23 factors and 9 rebounds. Scottie Barnes posted 14 factors, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and three steals.
Precious Achiuwa scored 11 factors off the bench, however the Raptors acquired simply two extra factors from reserves as coach Nick Nurse used solely eight gamers. The Milwaukee rotation went 10 deep, together with 19:21 from Jordan Nwora, 13:38 from George Hill and 31:15 for Ingles because the Bucks received their second straight.
The Bucks led 44-34 after the primary quarter however trailed 74-67 at halftime. Lopez scored 15 factors within the third quarter and Allen added 14 as Milwaukee outscored Toronto 38-23 to seize a 105-97 edge. The Raptors acquired inside one level 3 times within the fourth quarter however by no means regained the lead.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
