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Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks

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10-5, 4-3 Away
Final
100 - 101

5-9, 4-3 Home

Bucks win 101-100 on Lillard's late basket to snap Rockets' 5-game win streak

Rivers on Lillard's winner: 'Dame's just got great courage'

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.

Takeaways Rockets: One night after a 143-107 victory at Chicago in which they were one point shy of the NBA’s highest scoring total this season, the Rockets were held to their fewest points of the season.

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.

Key moment The Bucks trailed 100-96 when A.J. Green buried a 3-pointer to cut the margin to one with 1:17 left.

Key stat Houston shot just 9 of 32 on 3-pointers and had its lowest field-goal percentage (.400) of the season.

Up next Both teams play Wednesday, with the Rockets hosting Indiana and the Bucks hosting Chicago.

Regular Season Series

MIL leads series 1-0

Matchup Prediction

Bucks: 33.8%
Rockets: 66.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

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

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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

Fiserv Forum

Location: Milwaukee, WI
Attendance: 17,341 · Capacity:

2024-25 Southwest Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 44 25 .638 - W7
Memphis 43 26 .623 1 L1
Dallas 33 36 .478 11 L3
San Antonio 28 39 .418 15 L1
New Orleans 18 51 .261 26 L3

2024-25 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 56 11 .836 - L1
Milwaukee 38 29 .567 18 L1
Indiana 38 29 .567 18 W1
Detroit 38 31 .551 19 W1
Chicago 29 39 .426 27.5 W1
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