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The Milwaukee Bucks finished their four-game home stand with a stinker, losing in blowout fashion to the New York Knicks 127-98. Myles Turner was Milwaukee’s leading scorer with 19 points and four rebounds, shooting 4/7 from three. For New York, Jalen Brunson scored 27, but they also had six other players reach double digits.
Game Recap
Pregame, Doc Rivers highlighted the need for the Bucks to take care of the ball, especially without Giannis in the lineup. They did just that in the first few minutes, opening up with a five-point edge. They looked ready to expand on that lead, but turnovers on back-to-back possessions sparked an 11-0 run by the Knicks, prompting a timeout from Rivers. Milwaukee battled back, outscoring New York 11-6 to tie the game halfway through the quarter. However, Jalen Brunson continued to give the Bucks fits—as he has throughout his career—scoring 16 of the Knicks’ last 19. Stunning. Brunson finished with 22 after just one quarter, and Milwaukee found themselves down 38-30.
Even with Brunson going to the bench, New York remained hot from three-point range, beginning the second quarter by drilling their first two threes, quickly going up 16. After trading baskets for the next few minutes, Milwaukee started to chip away at the deficit, getting it to 10 after Turner completed a three-point play. The Knicks responded with a pair of threes from Brunson and Landry Shamet, before OG Anunoby stole the ball and converted on the fast break, putting New York ahead by 18. Turner did his best to make the halftime score look more respectable, getting to the charity stripe multiple times in the final minute or so, but a Towns layup in the dying seconds gave the Knicks a 77-57 edge.
Milwaukee tapped into their three-point shooting acumen in the third to try to mount a comeback, drilling their first three attempts. However, they were matched by New York, who drilled some of their own triples. The Bucks finally got some stops, allowing them to go on a 9-0 run and cut the deficit to 15 with about seven minutes left. But of course, their offense then went through a dry spell, scoring just one point over the next three minutes as New York went on a 7-0 run. The Bucks got their deficit back to 15 once again, but couldn’t follow thier scores with stops. Knicks up 103-83 heading into the final frame.
New York’s hot shooting continued early in the final period, as Anunoby, Diawara, Bridges, and Alvarado got buckets in relatively quick succession. The Knicks’ lead rose all the way to 32 after Towns drained his first three of the game—also on just his first attempt of the game, funnily enough—which just about ended it for the home team. Rivers called a timeout and brought in the rest of his bench to finish out the final six minutes. The Bucks finally ended a 4:25 scoring drought when Gary Harris made an uncontested dunk, but the game was obviously long gone. Knicks win.
Stat That Stood Out
Look no further than the Knicks’ three-point shooting tonight, going a staggering 21/41 for the game. Shamet and Anunoby led New York, both going 5/7 from deep.