The Milwaukee Bucks leaned on hot shooting and a balanced attack to snap a long skid against the Memphis Grizzlies, pulling away late for a 131\u2013115 win Sunday afternoon between two short-handed squads.<\/p>\n
Ryan Rollins led Milwaukee with 24 points, while Cormac Ryan added 21 on an efficient 7-of-8 shooting night. Taurean Prince chipped in 19 points, knocking down all five of his three-point attempts, and Myles Turner recorded a double-double with 19 points and 11 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee overcame 20 turnovers by shooting a blistering 60.2% from the field and 16-of-32 from beyond the arc, earning its first win over Memphis since January 2022 and snapping an eight-game losing streak in the series.<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, Rayan Rupert delivered a breakout performance for Memphis, posting a career-high 33 points along with 10 rebounds and 10 assists for his first triple-double. The 21-year-old far exceeded his season averages, leading a depleted Grizzlies roster that has now lost four straight and 17 of its last 19.<\/p>\n
Injuries and roster shortages defined the matchup. Memphis suited up multiple players on 10-day contracts, including Dariq Whitehead, Toby Okani, Lucas Williamson, and Adama Bal. Milwaukee, meanwhile, remained without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who missed his 11th straight game with a knee injury, as well as Kevin Porter Jr., Bobby Portis, and Gary Trent Jr..<\/p>\n
The Bucks seized control early, using a 13\u20130 run to turn a deficit into a lead they would not relinquish. Memphis made a late push and cut the margin to one with under eight minutes remaining, but Milwaukee responded with a closing surge to put the game out of reach.<\/p>\n
A lighthearted moment capped the night when Thanasis Antetokounmpo finished a lob from his brother Alex Antetokounmpo for the Bucks\u2019 final basket.<\/p>\n
Up next: Memphis returns home to face Cleveland, while Milwaukee heads to Brooklyn looking to build on the victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Milwaukee Bucks leaned on hot shooting and a balanced attack to snap a long skid against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701691,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3775],"tags":[7,103,102,121,3871,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-701690","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-milwaukee-bucks","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-bucks","10":"tag-milwaukee","11":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","12":"tag-milwaukeebucks","13":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116358866999342235","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701690","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=701690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}