“It was great to see everyone playing together with no real chemistry issues!” – Brook Lopez speaks on the Milwaukee Bucks being at full strength finally

With their two stars again, the Milwaukee Bucks turned in a dominant efficiency as they beat the Detroit Pistons, 150-130, on Monday evening.

Dominant begin and return of stars

Giannis Antetokounmpo returned from a five-game absence and powered the Bucks to the 30-point blowout with 29 factors and 12 rebounds.

Additionally returning for the Bucks was Khris Middleton, who had missed the crew’s final 18 video games. Middleton got here off the bench and tallied eight factors in quarter-hour of play.

Behind Antetokounmpo, the Bucks had been fast to tear the sport vast open, exploding for 49 factors within the opening quarter, whereas Detroit may solely muster 24, leading to a considerable 25-point Milwaukee lead.

Antetokounmpo scored 20 within the decisive first-quarter Milwaukee run. Milwaukee’s whole output within the opening interval was two factors shy of tying the NBA report.

It was the primary time in additional than a month that Antetokounmpo and Middleton performed collectively, as they’ve been out since January eleventh and December fifteenth, respectively.

“It was nice to see everybody enjoying along with no actual chemistry points,” mentioned Bucks heart Brook Lopez, who completed with 21 factors.

All-around offensive output

Milwaukee led by 28 on the half, 83-55. The lead reached as excessive as 33 within the second half because the Bucks had been by no means actually threatened in posting their third straight win in opposition to the Pistons within the season. The 2 groups will meet once more on March twenty eighth, additionally in Detroit.

Bobby Portis Jr., Jevon Carter, and Jrue Vacation additionally scored in double figures for the Bucks. Portis and Carter every had 18, whereas Vacation tallied 16. Bojan Bogdanovic led Detroit with 33 factors.

In a recreation that noticed the Bucks tally a season-high in factors, 12 of the 13 gamers that coach Mike Budenholzer placed on the court docket managed to attain.

Capturing 55-for-98 from the sector, together with a 44.2% clip (23-of-52) from the three-point space, the Bucks fell three factors wanting matching essentially the most factors scored in a single recreation this season.

The Sacramento Kings owned that distinction by means of their 153-121 beating of the Brooklyn Nets on November fifteenth.