{"id":700161,"date":"2026-04-05T20:24:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700161\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:24:24","slug":"bucks-lead-grizzlies-34-25-after-first-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700161\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks lead Grizzlies 34-25 after first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Milwaukee Bucks <\/a>host the Memphis Grizzlies in a matinee at Fiserv Forum on April 5, in what is the second-to-last home game of the 2025-26 season<\/a>. The home finale is on April 10 against Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee took a 34-25 lead after the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies, thanks to eight points from Myles Turner and Cormac Ryan. The Bucks shot 58% from behind the 3-point line.<\/p>\n

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The Grizzlies are one of the few teams with a worse record than the Bucks, as they come in with a 25-52 mark and losers of three in a row. But Memphis has been about as bad as \u00a0Milwaukee since the start of March, having gone 3-16. The Bucks are 30-47 and are 4-15 since March 1.<\/p>\n

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma (18) launches a three-point shot over Cleveland Cavaliers center Evan Mobley (4) during the first half of their game Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n

Is Giannis playing?<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

Even after Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> spoke out publicly about being healthy on April <\/a>3, the team ruled him out fairly quickly on April 4 for the game against the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo and the Bucks are currently involved in a league inquiry <\/a>regarding his actual health status, and if the team is keeping a healthy player sidelined against his wishes.<\/p>\n

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Antetokounmpo hyperextended, and suffered a bone bruise, in his left knee on March 15. The game against Memphis will be the 11th straight game missed and the three-week mark since the injury occurred. Only four games remain in the regular season, which ends in Philadelphia on April 12.<\/p>\n

More: What does Giannis Antetokounmpo want? He wants to retire with the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a><\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo, out (left knee hyperextension and bone bruise)<\/p>\n

Kevin Porter Jr., out (right knee synovitis)<\/p>\n

Bobby Potis Jr., out (left wrist sprain)<\/p>\n

Gary Trent Jr., out (left hip pointer)<\/p>\n

Ryan Rollins, available (right hip strain)<\/p>\n

More: Bucks\u2019 Giannis Antetokounmpo struggled with separation from family | Lori Nickel<\/a><\/p>\n

What time is the Bucks game?<\/p>\n

The game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. CT.<\/p>\n

What channel is the Bucks game on?<\/p>\n

The game will be simulcast locally on FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin and WMLW The M with Lisa Byington, Marques Johnson and Melanie Ricks on the call.<\/p>\n

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Bucks starters<\/p>\n

Guards: AJ Green, Ryan Rollins<\/p>\n

Forwards: Kyle Kuzma, Ousmane Dieng<\/p>\n

Bucks vs. Grizzlies odds<\/p>\n

Milwaukee is a 6.5-point favorite over Memphis, with the over\/under set at 227.5 points per BetMGM.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Bucks lead Grizzlies 34-25 after first quarter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks host the Memphis Grizzlies in a matinee at Fiserv Forum on April 5, in what…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[2745,7,670,26291,122,107,294,365,124,293,177,4070,121,367,6,6609,678,2763,361,181],"class_list":{"0":"post-700161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-aj-green","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-cormac-ryan","12":"tag-gary-trent-jr","13":"tag-giannis","14":"tag-grizzlies","15":"tag-kevin-porter-jr","16":"tag-kyle-kuzma","17":"tag-memphis","18":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","19":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","20":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","21":"tag-myles-turner","22":"tag-nba","23":"tag-ousmane-dieng","24":"tag-philadelphia","25":"tag-ryan-rollins","26":"tag-the-bucks","27":"tag-the-grizzlies"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116353976740121793","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700161","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=700161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}