Bucks aggravate Warriors’ away problem

of milwaukee bucks they were charged golden state warriors With a lot of authority, it led to the frustration of Steve Kerr’s team, who received up to five technical fouls en route to their 12th loss on a course away from San Francisco at 128-111.

Giannis Antetokounmpo give an excellent performance, 30 points, 12 rebounds and he was very well attended Bobby Portis Added 25 goals and 11 rebounds Start from the bench.

It was the Bucks’ 10th victory of the season by more than 10 rental points (20-7), allowing them to continue to threaten the Eastern division lead held by the Boston Celtics. For the Warriors (14-14), Stephen Curry He was the top scorer with 20 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist, but his shooting didn’t go all that well (6-17 TC; 3-10 3P).

golden state, This year has been terrible at home (2-12)he failed to start a six-game tour of the East on his right foot, and the good feelings he showed just three days earlier when they beat the Celtics at home were gone.

Despite Andrew Wiggins missing four straight games, the Warriors got off to a great start with a 0-7 run led by Jordan Poole and Klay Thompson.

Milwaukee responded and turned around thanks to an inside game led by Portis and Brook Lopez. Brook Lopez took advantage of Golden State’s weakness in the paint to give him a six-point lead (22-16).

Portis was an immediate influence, scoring eight in that first quarter and maintaining a credible line off the bench.

The Warriors’ lack of success from the perimeter improved with two triples from Curry and another from Jonathan Cuminga in the final two minutes to narrow the score, but they couldn’t finish connecting the game. .

A disagreement between the two referees’ decisions in the final seconds of the first quarter ended in two technical fouls.

The Bucks therefore left, closing out the period in favor of 38-27.

With Curry resting after playing a full first quarter, Donte DiVincenzo took responsibility for the outside threat and made three nearly back-to-back 3-pointers to close the gap by seven points (49-42). ), and the Bucks were forced to battle Mike Budenholzer. time.

Despite this reaction, the Bucks never lost control of the game and held the distance to 10 points.

Their superior defense conditioned the Warriors’ shot selection, and their proficiency in rebounding (30-19 at the time) was key to reaching break ahead (64-52).

Nine of Antetokounmpo’s 16 points at halftime came in the second period.

Away from himself, Curry was defended face to face by Jevon Carter, who had just eight goals left.

The Warriors never returned to the game while Milwaukee grew in confidence and broke the game for good.

Defending his rim well, the maximum advantage was 26 points as Antetokounmpo and Middleton scored 7 points each in the third period.

Tensions were also high in the stands at the Fiserv Forum.

With five minutes remaining in the third quarter, Draymond Green reported insults by a fan in one of the back pavilions, and venue security forced him to leave the facility.

There wasn’t much of a game left to define: With the entire quarter pending, Milwaukee led 95-77.

Golden State accepted the loss minutes later, seating their starting players and facing the remaining players with less common names.

The game marked the first time five players on the same team committed technical fouls since the Orlando Magic did it in 2012.