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The Grizzlies, missing an alarming number of players to \u201cinjury,\u201d jumped out to an early 9-3 lead, fueled by two-way guard Rayan Rupert\u2019s early five points. However, the Bucks quickly embarked on a 13-0 run through three-pointers from Myles Turner and AJ Green, and they built on their lead as the first quarter wore on. Ryan Rollins shook off ten-day forward Toby Okani on a smooth pair of dribble moves before cleanly converting a mid-range fadeaway, showing that the Bucks were beginning to find their rhythm. The Grizzlies were still in it, largely thanks to Milwaukee\u2019s persistent defensive lapses, like Taurean Prince\u2019s hard flagrant foul on Rupert. Cormac Ryan closed out the first frame with a buzzer-beating three to take Milwaukee up by nine, 34-25.<\/p>\n
Rollins led Milwaukee to a dominant start to the second quarter. He used a dizzying array of body checks and step-backs to get to his spots. His eight early points in the second fueled Milwaukee\u2019s early 12-3 run, and before long, the home side found itself up by as much as 19 points. It was obvious that the Grizzlies\u2019 hodge-podge lineup didn\u2019t really click; spacing worked against them on both sides of the ball, and they looked helpless against the pick-and-roll. Rupert was their only bright spot; the Frenchman poured in 25 first-half points, torching the Bucks\u2019 defense. The Grizzlies clawed back some ground in the game by getting to the line in droves and strung together a 12-0 run, but the Bucks still held a 62-56 lead at half.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies and Bucks went back and forth in the third quarter. The Bucks\u2019 offense began to take off through Rollins\u2019 tough buckets and interior plays from Myles Turner. However, the Grizzlies took off at the same time. Rookie Walter Clayton Jr. finally woke up from his quiet first half, and Rupert continued to slice Milwaukee\u2019s defense with his dribble. Despite Milwaukee gradually losing ground as fatigue kicked in, the Bucks ended the penultimate quarter up five, 92-87.<\/p>\n
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Olivier Maxence-Prosper\u2019s breakaway jam trimmed Milwaukee\u2019s once-mighty lead to just two early in the fourth quarter, and, suddenly, it felt like this game could go either way. However, Jericho Sims\u2019 heroics halted Memphis\u2019 momentum. His defense, denying Dariq Whitehead and Taylor Hendricks key looks at the rim, kept Memphis quiet on offense. It was his intelligent assist that found Ryan open under the rim, it was his screen that freed up Prince for an emphatic three, and it was his putback dunk to widen Milwaukee\u2019s lead to double digits with just six minutes left of game time. Milwaukee continued to flow offensively, limiting Memphis to tough under-the-rim attempts and finding quick transition points. The Bucks accentuated their Easter Day victory with a smooth Alex Antetokounmpo midrange jumper and a technical-foul-inducing lob to Thanasis that set Fiserv on fire.<\/p>\n
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The Bucks\u2019 bench scored 61 points in Sunday\u2019s win, 32 more than the Grizzlies\u2019. Sims\u2019 and Ryan\u2019s contributions in crunch time helped Milwaukee go the distance and fight off a dangerous Memphis comeback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bucks closed out their two-game home stretch on Easter with a 131-115 win over the Memphis Grizzlies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":700821,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[2745,53974,7,26291,4613,294,2762,293,177,4070,102,121,367,6,7217,2763,281,4884,361,181,2130,1980],"class_list":{"0":"post-700820","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-alex-antetokounmpo","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-cormac-ryan","12":"tag-dariq-whitehead","13":"tag-grizzlies","14":"tag-jericho-sims","15":"tag-memphis","16":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","17":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","18":"tag-milwaukee","19":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","20":"tag-myles-turner","21":"tag-nba","22":"tag-rayan-rupert","23":"tag-ryan-rollins","24":"tag-taurean-prince","25":"tag-taylor-hendricks","26":"tag-the-bucks","27":"tag-the-grizzlies","28":"tag-walter-clayton-jr","29":"tag-wisconsin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116355917675653420","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700820","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=700820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/700820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/700821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=700820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=700820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=700820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}