The Milwaukee Bucks team welcomed the guests from the capital, the Washington Wizards team. The guests completely destroyed the hosts and celebrated with a convincing 95:118.
In the ranks of Milwaukee, there were no best players – Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Holiday. At the very start of the match, the guests destroyed the host. They celebrated the first quarter with 17:34.
The most effective section followed, in which both were in a very cooperative mood. Milwaukee was at its offensive level, despite the lack of the best players, and the Wizards repeated their performance from the first part. At halftime, it was 50:68 for Washington.
After the break, the quarter with the lowest number of points followed. Both teams were very ineffective, and with a score of 20:20, they brought the third part to an end, with which Washington maintained a high +18 difference before the last 12 minutes.
The fourth period was full of points, but the decimated Bucks failed to get back into the match and make it exciting, on the contrary, the Wizards further increased their advantage and won very convincingly with 95:118.
Rui Hachimura had another very good game, he scored 26 points and was the most effective in his team’s victory. Kristaps Porzingis scored 22 points with five rebounds. Deni Avdija reached a double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Kyle Kuzma recorded his first triple-double of the season with 10 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.
Bobby Portis recorded a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds for the indisposed Bucks. Carter scored 14 points and had three rebounds and assists. Grayson Allen had 13 points, eight assists and five rebounds.
Milwaukee is now third in the East with 23 wins and 13 losses. The Wizards are tenth with 17 wins and 21 losses. Both teams meet again on the night between Tuesday and Wednesday.
