Bucks – Raptors 96-103: John had 17/17 shots but Shiakam and Anunobi judged the dogfight

Next game for the Bucks, in the early hours of Tuesday (1:00 a.m.) against the Hawks in Atlanta.

The race

Impressive at first, the Bucks built a nine-point lead (11-2) in three minutes, with Giannis on the ace to score, create, steal balls and do it all on the floor. They too went to +14 with a three from Allen in the 4th minute, but turned around towards the end of the 12 minutes. They watched as Portis was charged for technique and Matthews went into the dressing room with a shoulder injury, they also saw the Raptors cut to seven (24-17 in 9′) and with a three from Anunobi cut to four without conceding threaten.

With John, Middleton and Portis on the floor early in the second period, the Bucks kept the Canadians at bay, but Fred VanVlit had “warmed up” and that was a problem for the hosts. Milwaukee was losing cohesion, Anunobi was great, Sabeini was dropping rebounds with incredible frequency and that 46-46 in the last minute of the first half was no surprise, with the Bucks at 9/23 two points, the Rapp at halftime at 4/ 15 three-pointers and one game open to each outcome.

Anunobi continued to hurt the Bucks creatively and executively early in the second half, with Toronto leading three (55-52), all six (65-59) and pushing the champions to the limit. The defense…Wall is back, the Raptors’ toughness was impressive, as was their determination, with Giannis “talking” with a long-range shot and shots for 64-65, but the momentum is now on the visitors’ side. Matthews had 1/7 three-pointers in 22 minutes, DiVincenzo 1/4 and the Bucks 10/30 overall, with 4/18 from the first period.

The Bucks’ big scoring problem, the two offensive fouls the umpires gave to John and Shiakam’s shots, gave Toronto a three-point lead (85-82) midway through the quarter, with Anunobi getting an offensive rebound after his own miss and score a goal foul for 87-93. And when Shiakam scored the big shot for 91-98, it was all judged on the Fiserv Forum, with the Raptors, the night’s best team, claiming a fair win.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 29-20, 49-46, 69-73, 96-103

MILGUOKI BUKS (Mike Budenholzer): Middleton 16 (1/6 two points, 2/6 three points, 8/9 shots, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, 3 errors), Matthews 5 (1/8 three points) , Portis 11 (1 three points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocks), Allen 18 (3/5 two points, 3/6 three points, 3/4 shots, 4 rebounds, 3 assists), Antetokunbo 30 (5/14 two points , 1/3 three points, 17/17 shots, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks, 4 errors), DiVincenzo 3 (1), Nuora, Conaton 5 (1), Hill 8 (3/9 shots, 3 rebounds, 3 templates)

TORONTO RAPTORS (Nick Ners): Watanabe, Shiakam 30 (8/17 two points, 3/3 three points, 5/9 shots, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals), Atsua 14 (7/10 two points, 10 rebounds, 2 Assists, 3 blocks), Anunobi 24 (6/10 twos, 3/13 threes, 3/5 shots, 8 rebounds, 4 assists), VanVlit 17 (3/8 threes, 3 rebounds, 7 assists). , 3 steals), Sabeini 3 (1 three points, 12 rebounds), Bushe 15 (4/7 two points, 2/5 three points, 1/2 shots, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks), Mikhailyuk

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 14/38 two points, 12/39 three points, 32/35 shots, 49 rebounds, 19 assists, 8 steals, 8 blocks, 13 errors, 23 fouls

Toronto Raptors team stats: 28/56 two points, 12/35 three points, 11/20 shots, 65 rebounds, 25 assists, 7 steals, 8 blocks, 14 errors, 25 fouls