MILWAUKEE — Kyle Kuzma matched a season high with 31 points and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a five-game skid, beating the Chicago Bulls 131-115 in a meeting of short-handed teams Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee was missing its top two scorers due to injury, while the Bulls traded away three players earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
The Bulls sent Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric to Detroit as part of a three-team deal<\/a> in which they acquired Mike Conley Jr. from Minnesota and Jaden Ivey from the Pistons. They also traded Nikola Vucevic<\/a> and a second-round pick to Boston for Anfernee Simons and a second-round selection.<\/p>\n Chicago was missing leading scorer Josh Giddey due to a strained left hamstring.<\/p>\n Milwaukee was again without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo,<\/a> who strained his right calf<\/a> on Jan. 23. Antetokounmpo was on the court taking shots and working out before the game.<\/p>\n The Bucks improved to 4-15 without Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n Milwaukee also didn\u2019t have Kevin Porter Jr.<\/a> (oblique strain), Bobby Portis (hip bruise) and Gary Harris (left hamstring strain). Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before the game that Porter could return Wednesday or Friday.<\/p>\n Ryan Rollins had 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for Milwaukee. Kuzma had 10 rebounds and six assists.<\/p>\n The Bucks made a season-high 23 3-pointers and shot 60.5% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n Chicago’s Matas Buzelis scored 22 points. Coby White had 21 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n Two nights after scoring their fewest points of the season in a 107-79 loss<\/a> at Boston, Milwaukee nearly equaled that output by halftime, leading 77-52 at the break. That was the Bucks’ highest first-half point total of the season.<\/p>\n Chicago cut Milwaukee\u2019s lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter but couldn’t get any closer.<\/p>\n Bulls: Visit Toronto on Thursday.<\/p>\n Bucks: Host New Orleans on Wednesday.<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n