Rivers, Turner and Rollins speak on Bucks’ 111-100 loss to Hornets
Doc Rivers, Myles Turner and Ryan Rollins speak on the Milwaukee Bucks’ 111-100 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Nov. 12, 2025.
The Milwaukee Bucks return home to conclude a stretch of five games in seven days, beginning with the front end of a back-to-back against the Charlotte Hornets tonight at Fiserv Forum.
Charlotte beat Milwaukee 111-100 in North Carolina on Nov. 12 as Giannis Antetokounmpo sat out with knee pain.
It is the second NBA Cup pool play game for East Group C, which the Bucks are 1-0 and the Hornets are 0-1. Milwaukee heads into play trailing Miami by eight points in the point-differential tiebreaker.
Is Giannis playing?
The Bucks star is probable to return to the court. He played in the team’s first back-to-back of this stretch on Nov. 9-10.
Bucks injury reportTaurean Prince, out (neck surgery)Kevin Porter Jr., out (right meniscus surgery)Giannis Antetokounmpo, probable (left patellar tendinopathy)Pat Connaughton returns to Milwaukee for first time
Former Bucks forward Pat Connaughton returned to Milwaukee for the first time as a member of the Hornets on Nov. 14, and he immediately got out and about in town like he normally would.
Before the Hornets shot around in preparation for the game, Connaughton attended a ribbon cutting for another “Connaughton Court” renovation at the Don and Sallie Davis Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee. It was the 13th renovated court the Pat Connaughton Foundation oversaw in and around Milwaukee since 2020.
Connaughton was traded to Charlotte in the offseason after seven years with the Bucks as part of a series of moves to open up cap space to sign Myles Turner.
“Milwaukee, yeah, I’ll always be back around,” Connaughton told the Journal Sentinel in the offseason. “They may not see me as often when I was paying 41 home games here, but they’ll see me in the offseason, they’ll see me in the city. The foundation and the real estate development company will remain here in Milwaukee. We’ll always be looking to give back to a place that obviously gave so much to me throughout the seven years that I’ve been there.”
Bucks probable startersGuards: AJ Green, Gary Trent Jr., Ryan RollinsForward: Giannis AntetokounmpoCenter: Myles TurnerWhat time is the Bucks game?
Tip off is scheduled for 7 p.m. CT.
What channel is the Bucks game on?
The game will be broadcast locally on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin with Lisa Byington, Marques Johnson and Melanie Ricks will be on the call.
Bucks vs. Hornets odds
Milwaukee is a 9.5-point favorite vs. Charlotte, with the over/under set at 239.5 points.
What is the NBA Cup?
The NBA Cup is an in-season tournament the league began during the 2023-24 season. It features all 30 teams broken up into six “groups” for pool play. The winners of each group and one wildcard from each conference (so eight total teams) advance to single elimination tournament play culminating in the championship game in Las Vegas.
The Los Angeles Lakers (2023) and Bucks (2024) were the first two champions of the Cup while LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo were the first two Most Valuable Players.
Each team has hung a championship banner in their respective arenas to commemorate the title.
What is the prize money for the NBA Cup?Winning team: $530,933Runner-up: $212,373Losing semifinalists: $106,187Losing quarterfinalists: $53,093