#Hold the line grandson free#
The Bucks fell behind early, tied the game midway through the second quarter on a pair of 3s from Middleton and then went ahead 51-50 when Middleton made a free throw after Fox was called for a technical.Īntetokounmpo brought the Bucks’ bench to its feet when he grabbed a defensive rebound and raced past several Kings players to throw down a one-handed dunk. “Give them a lot of credit for jumping up and making them.” “We did a good job of challenging shots but they are a good 3-point shooting team and were able to knock down some,” Kings interim coach Alvin Gentry said. Sacramento fell to 3-8 since the All-Star break. You never know who it’s going to be.”ĭomantas Sabonis had 22 points for the Kings. “Everybody has to come in and do their part. “That’s the beauty of this team, it’s not always me,” Antetokounmpo said. Fox answered with a 3-pointer to tie it before Matthews hit his go-ahead shot from beyond the arc.Īntetokounmpo followed with a hook shot and two free throws, and Portis sank two free throws. The Bucks didn’t pull away until late in the fourth.Īfter De’Aaron Fox’s three-point play gave Sacramento a 123-120 lead, Holiday and Middleton made consecutive 3s. He wants to be better than he was last year. He wants to win a championship next year. He wants to win a championship this year. “Believe it or not, he’s hungrier,” Matthews said. The two-time MVP shot 12 of 23, made 12 of 16 free throws and dominated a stretch late in the third quarter when he scored Milwaukee’s final 12 points.
There’s an excitement about we’re getting closer to the end of the season, the playoffs, and those guys are eager to get going again.”Īntetokounmpo had his fifth straight game with 30 points or more as he chases Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s franchise scoring record. “You can’t feel it - but you can feel it. “They’ve got a belief,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. The defending NBA champions pulled within two games of idle Miami for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Jrue Holiday scored 21 points and Bobby Portis Jr.
Khris Middleton added 32 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to help Milwaukee win its eighth in nine games. (AP) - Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points and 10 rebounds, Wesley Matthews made a clutch 3-pointer with 1:32 remaining, and the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Sacramento Kings 135-126 on Wednesday night.
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