Quite the game in the district tonight between the Bucks
and the Wizards. Chris Middleton taking on Giannis' good
buddy and his former team in Milwaukee, where he
won a championship early on. CJ McCollum with the
elbow pull-up and one there. McCollum would finish with
28 points in the game. Giannis now, first
quarter action for him, part of a 9-point opening
frame for the Greek freak. Finishing through physicality,
we move to the 2nd quarter. What a lob
, Champagne to Cam Whitmore. I wouldn't mind seeing
that guy in the NBA slam dunk contest at All-Star
Weekend. Bagley inside, Marvin Bagley with the finish
over Miles Turner. He was finishing everything at the
rim tonight. Giannis Sookopo with the dunk in transition
. How about that pass from AJ Green? Bucks
with the lead going into the Break and they expand
the lead with this deep KPJ 3. The Bucks
led by 16 after that 3. Porter would finish
with 30 in this game. McCollum, no,
but Bagley on the tip jam, and then check
this out, 9-point game, 5 minutes to go
in the 3rd. Big steal there, pick in
the pocket of Giannis. That's Bilal Coulibaly, and
then Giannis gets his lick back with a chase down
block. What a play by the Greek freak.
Things tightening up in. The 4th quarter and KPJ
wasn't done drilling that 3 to give the Bucks a
5-point lead. Now it's a 3-point game and Chris
Middleton beats good defense here. AJ Green, not
much better you can do defensively. That 3 ties
it up and then Giannis goes into takeover mode,
finishing through the contact there, and then the alley-oop
lob from Ryan Rollins to set up Giannis, 26
for Giannis in this game. Middleton baseline draws the
foul, hits the middi, misses the free throw
, but that's OK because he hits this 3 to
give the Wizards a 2-point lead. After a Giannis
free throw, the lead is down to 1.
Shot clock expiring. CJ McCollum drains it to give
the Wizards a 4-point lead. One last chance for
Milwaukee now. That split action Turner back to Giannis
Bilal with the steal. show the emotion, Bilal
as the Wizards faithful come up off their feet with
5.4 to go. Final score, Wizards 129,
Bucks 126.