PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Scoot Henderson had 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Milwaukee Bucks 130-99 on Wednesday night as Giannis Antetokounmpo remained sidelined with a left knee injury.<\/p>\n
Jerami Grant and Deni Avdija each had 18 points and Donovan Clingan added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Blazers, who have already clinched a play-in spot. Portland has won five of its last six games.<\/p>\n
Ryan Rollins had a career-high 36 points for the fading Bucks, who have lost 12 of their last 15 games, including four of five since sitting 10-time All-Star Antetokounmpo because of a left knee injury.<\/p>\n
The Blazers led by 27 points in the first half and went into the break ahead 71-49. Portland stretched the lead to 33 points in the third quarter and Blazers’ coach Tiago Splitter pulled most of his starters by midway through the fourth.<\/p>\n
It was lopsided throughout, with the Blazers outrebounding the Bucks 54-34. Portland finished with 11 blocks. Seven Blazers scored in double figures.<\/p>\n
Antetokounmpo’s status for the rest of the season has been tied to the debate over tanking and the player participation policy.<\/p>\n
Bucks coach Doc Rivers was clear before the game that Antetokounmpo was not being held out. The two-time NBA MVP hurt his knee in the third quarter of a game against the Pacers on March 15.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’re just trying to get Giannis clear and healthy,\u201d Rivers said. \u201cThat’s our only focus. All the other stuff, we stay above.\u201d<\/p>\n
Henderson’s dunk gave the Blazers a 50-30 lead in the first half.<\/p>\n
Portland went into the final quarter in front 104-81 after Robert William III’s layup.<\/p>\n
The Trail Blazers host the Mavericks on Friday.<\/p>\n
The Bucks host San Antonio on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) \u2014 Scoot Henderson had 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Milwaukee Bucks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,86411,980,2660,123,5673,102,121,3871,6,29499,29496,687,29494,62644,29498,62652,86413,86412,2763,4425],"class_list":["post-679612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-milwaukee-bucks","tag-basketball","tag-bucks","tag-bucks-trail-blazers-score","tag-deni-avdija","tag-doc-rivers","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jerami-grant","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-milwaukeebucks","tag-nba","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-portland","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32547-ap-online-basketball-game-stories","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40808-ap-oregon-sports-only","tag-product-40822-ap-wisconsin-sports-only","tag-robert-william","tag-ryan-rollins","tag-scoot-henderson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}