Bucks – Grizzlies 126-114: Antitokunbo and Milwaukee switch to survival mode

Next game for the Bucks, in the early hours of Saturday (1/22 at 3:00 am) against the champion East Chicago Bulls.

The race

The Grizzlies got off to an impressive start, using their speed and open field skills to create an eight-point lead (10-2) before the three-minute mark. The Bucks responded with a 9-0 of their own, with Giannis in the role of creator before he started shooting the three-pointer, scoring 11 points in the blink of an eye and also undeterred by an awkward landing that didn’t hurt him but bothered him him and… shook him. The game had a wild pace, and the hosts finished the season at +6 thanks to their incredible lead (15 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists), at a time when the visitors had already taken 10 points from their bench but were ranked 3 / 14 three points.

With Hill warming his hand early in the second, the Hirsch held a safe distance before Matthews scored a three from the front to make it 50-36 and Allen followed him for +17 midway through the twelve minutes. They easily held that lead in a game that got tougher, with injuries – thankfully minor – to Morand and Conaton, but also a protagonist. Milwaukee, who finished the first half at +14 and held Memphis at just 4/23 three-pointers, with Morand scoring the four and his teammates 0/16.

More determined early in the second half, the Grizzlies tried to put the Bucks in a difficult position, but Giannis (who quickly committed his fourth foul and went to the bench) and Portis kept them at bay (76-62 in 28′). . Jaren Jackson with two points in the first half and 17 in nine minutes in the third period to allow Morand to find the support he needed, but Memphis again didn’t have the consistency he needed on both sides of the floor. Budenholzer was certainly annoyed that Morand, who was absent until halftime, scored 10 points in paintball in the twelve minutes, but with 96:87 at the beginning of the fourth there was again a good lead.

Two shots from Middleton (105-93 in 40′) kept the Grizzlies at a distance as John drew his last breaths on the bench, scoring a three from the left corner for +15 before Antetokunbo fired for 114-103 in the four minutes, makes his fifth foul (offensive) in three minutes, stays in the game and sees Zaire Williams – Clark down to five at 2:54 (114-109). An inappropriate lay-up by Middleton, a well-aimed finish by Morand to make it 114-111, and a thriller on the Fiserv Forum followed. But not for long. Hill fired, John nailed at 1:55 for +7 and immediately followed that with a hook for 120-111 that finally decided the match and gave the overall superior team the win on the night.

THE TWELVE MINUTES: 36-30, 61-47, 96-87, 126-114

MILGUOKI BUKS (Mike Budenholzer): Middleton 27 (9/12 two points, 1/6 three points, 6/6 shots, 7 rebounds, 7 assists), Antitokunbo 33 (10/21 two points, 2/4 three points, 7/8 Shots, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals, 5 errors, 6 fouls), Portis 14 (4/7 two points, 2/4 three points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks), Allen 9 (1), Hill 14 (2 three points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists), Conaton 13 (3), DiVincenzo, Holiday 9 (1/5 two points, 1/3 three points, 4/4 shots, 5 rebounds, 4 assists)

MEMPHIS GRISLIS (Taylor Jenkins): Williams 10 (1/7 3-pointers), Jackson 29 (7/14 2-pointers, 2/6 3-pointers, 9/10 shots, 9 rebounds, 4 blocks), Adams 4 (11 rebounds ). , 2 assists, 2 blocks) ), Conchar 6 (7 rebounds, 3 assists), Morand 33 (8/17 two points, 4/10 three points, 5/5 shots, 8 rebounds, 14 assists), Melton 5 (1 /6 three points), Aldama 6, Clark 14 (6/8 two points, 2/3 shots, 4 rebounds), Culver 5 (1), Tillman 2

Milwaukee Bucks team stats: 33/59 two points, 13/37 three points, 21/22 shots, 61 rebounds, 29 assists, 7 steals, 6 blocks, 15 errors, 21 fouls

Memphis Grizzlies team stats: 35/66 two points, 9/40 three points, 17/25 shots, 60 rebounds, 26 assists, 10 steals, 8 blocks, 9 errors, 20 fouls