Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks
· National Basketball AssociationBucks win 101-100 on Lillard's late basket to snap Rockets' 5-game win streak
Lillard scored 18 points after missing the previous three games while in the concussion protocol.
The Rockets rallied from a 14-point, third-quarter deficit to take the lead early in the fourth quarter and stayed ahead until Lillard’s decisive basket. Giannis Antetokounmpo blocked a shot by Houston's Alperen Sengun with 20 seconds left.
Houston called timeout after Lillard's layup. After the Bucks fouled with 2 seconds left, Houston’s Fred VanVleet tried inbounding the ball to Sengun, who couldn’t catch it cleanly under the basket. VanVleet unsuccessfully tried passing to Jabari Smith Jr. as the horn sounded.
Brook Lopez had 27 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo had 20 points and 14 rebounds.
VanVleet scored 26 points, Jalen Green 21 and Sengun 18 for Houston.
Bucks: Since a 2-8 start, Milwaukee has won three of four. Lopez briefly went in the locker room after taking a hard fall early in the second quarter, but he returned later that period and delivered one of his best games of the season.
Regular Season Series
MIL leads series 1-0
Matchup Prediction
Recent Plays
4th 0.0 | End of Game | 100 - 101 | |
4th 0.0 | End of the 4th Quarter | 100 - 101 | |
4th 2.0 | Rockets Full timeout | 100 - 101 | |
4th 2.0 | Andre Jackson Jr. personal foul | 100 - 101 | |
4th 3.2 | Jabari Smith Jr. enters the game for Amen Thompson | 100 - 101 |
Statistics
HOU | MIL | |
---|---|---|
40-100 | FG | 38-83 |
40.0 | Field Goal % | 45.8 |
9-32 | 3PT | 13-33 |
28.1 | Three Point % | 39.4 |
11-13 | FT | 12-19 |
84.6 | Free Throw % | 63.2 |
53 | Rebounds | 43 |
16 | Offensive Rebounds | 4 |
37 | Defensive Rebounds | 39 |
19 | Assists | 21 |
9 | Steals | 8 |
6 | Blocks | 8 |
12 | Turnovers | 15 |
1 | Team Turnovers | 1 |
13 | Total Turnovers | 16 |
1 | Technical Fouls | 1 |
1 | Total Technical Fouls | 1 |
0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
12 | Points Conceded Off Turnovers | 24 |
21 | Fast Break Points | 14 |
56 | Points in Paint | 38 |
15 | Fouls | 18 |
13 | Largest Lead | 14 |
Game Information
Location: Milwaukee, WI
Attendance: 17,341 · Capacity:
2024-25 Southwest Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 20 | 9 | .690 | - | W3 |
Memphis | 20 | 10 | .667 | 0.5 | L1 |
Dallas | 19 | 10 | .655 | 1 | W2 |
San Antonio | 15 | 14 | .517 | 5 | L1 |
New Orleans | 5 | 25 | .167 | 15.5 | L7 |
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