{"id":700492,"date":"2026-04-06T00:16:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700492\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T00:16:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:16:55","slug":"bucks-131-115-grizzlies-apr-5-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/700492\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks 131-115 Grizzlies (Apr 5, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Ryan Rollins<\/a> scored 24 points and the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> withstood a triple-double from Memphis’ Rayan Rupert<\/a> to outlast the Grizzlies 131-115 in a Sunday afternoon matchup of short-handed, lottery-bound teams.<\/p>\n

Rupert established new career highs with 33 points and 10 assists, and he matched a career best with 10 rebounds. The 21-year-old Rupert entered Sunday averaging 4.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.8 assists.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee snapped an eight-game skid in this series and beat the Grizzlies for the first time since a 126-114 decision<\/a> on Jan. 19, 2022. The Bucks committed 20 turnovers but shot 60.2% overall and went 16 of 32 on 3-pointers.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies have lost four straight and 17 of their last 19.<\/p>\n

Memphis had so many injury-related absences that it dressed four players on 10-day contracts (Dariq Whitehead<\/a>, Toby Okani<\/a>, Lucas Williamson<\/a>, Adama Bal<\/a>). <\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> missed an 11th straight game for what the Bucks have described as left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo has said he\u2019s healthy<\/a> and that he wants to play, and the NBA announced Saturday an investigation<\/a> into the matter is ongoing.<\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo’s two brothers entered the game in the closing minutes, with Thanasis Antetokounmpo<\/a> dunking on a lob<\/a> from Alex Antetokounmpo<\/a> for Milwaukee’s final basket.<\/p>\n

The Bucks also were without Kevin Porter Jr<\/a>. (right knee), Bobby Portis<\/a> (left wrist strain) and Gary Trent<\/a> Jr. (left hip pointer).<\/p>\n

Milwaukee’s Cormac Ryan<\/a> and Taurean Prince<\/a> each shot 7 of 8. Ryan had 21 points. Prince, who was 5 of 5 on 3-pointers, had 19.<\/p>\n

Myles Turner<\/a> added 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Bucks.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee had an early 13-0 run that turned a 9-3 deficit into a 16-9 lead. The Bucks stayed in front the rest of the way, though Memphis got the margin down to one with just under eight minutes left before Milwaukee put it away.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Host the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

Bucks: Visit the Brooklyn Nets<\/a> on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Ryan Rollins scored 24 points and the Milwaukee Bucks withstood a triple-double from Memphis’ Rayan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,293,177,4070,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-700492","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-memphis","11":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","12":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116354891344861832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700492","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=700492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}