Five games will be played tonight (Sunday through Monday) in the NBA, but even before that the champion Milwaukee Bucks hosted the New York Knicks.
Night Games:
New York (15:12) – Milwaukee (10:18) 112:97
Detroit (21: 4) – Brooklyn (8:18)
Oklahoma City (17: 8) – Dallas (13:12)
San Antonio (16: 9) – New Orleans (20: 8)
Portland (15:11) – Minnesota (15:11)
No. Lakers (13:14) – Orlando (22: 5)
New York Knicks (15:12) – Milwaukee Bucks (10:18) 112: 97
The team from the Big Apple is in a bad period, and if that was not enough, then it also lost RJ Barrett who went into isolation a few hours before the start of the match. On the other hand, the champion came with 11 wins in the last 13 games, and the opening of the match showed that it is not really forces. Chris Middleton gave the Bucks a double-digit lead in the first quarter, and the gap grew to 21 points in the second quarter thanks to Bobby Fortis. Derek Rose and Quentin Grimes, the rookie who went into the top five following the deductions, managed to reduce the deficit to nine points, but Yannis Antokompo and his teammates made sure to prevent a comeback and kept the lead until the end.
Middleton led the Bucks with 24 points, Antocompo was one rebound away from a triple-double with 20 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists. Grimes surprisingly fired at the Knicks with 27 points, but his team is starting to move away from the top ten in the East while Milwaukee narrows gaps from the Nets at the top.