Bucks 120-113: Giannis did everything he could, but Milwaukee suffered a surprise loss and “bells” rang throughout the NBA

The quarterfinals of the season championship, the NBA Cup, are still far away, but the Bucks’ minds may be on, in the matchup against the New York Knicks. There’s no other way to explain the fact that Milwaukee suffered an upset defeat in the early hours of Friday (12/1) at the United Center in Chicago to a Bad Bulls team again this year (120-113), who don’t even have their best players in their lineup. .

Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan were sidelined with foot and ankle injuries, respectively, however, the Bulls took the Bucks to the mat with grit, grit and grit. Alex Caruso with his crazy three-pointer at the end of regular time sent the game into overtime and the team that wanted the match more won. The Bulls improved to 6-14 (5-6 at home, 1-8 on the road) and while their goal differs greatly from their opponent’s, they deserve applause for their efforts.

Milwaukee fell 13-6 (8-1 at home and 5-5 on the road), with Giannis Antetokounmpo tallying his stats (26/14/5/2/5 in 38:52), and doing everything he could, to close the game with a goal. Another knock and twist, but to get a little Khris Middleton and not see Damian Lillard ready to clean laundry. The bench provided little, and the absence of Connaughton-Crowder weakened it further, but in general the Bucks’ image is poor, and this image is not responsible for any absence, but rather the 2021 champion’s inability to play consistently in defense and attack.

The Bucks’ next opponent is the Atlanta Hawks (Sunday morning at 03:00) in Milwaukee, where the Stags will also welcome the New York Knicks (Wednesday morning at 02:30) in the quarterfinals of the seasonal tournament.

Giannis Antetokounmpo account

He entered the game due to being fouled on the Bulls’ first shot, followed by a stunning dunk, cut off a layup from Caruso, shot 2/2 and in two minutes had three rebounds. He had a bad three-point shot, didn’t get any attempts, there were long stretches where he was going up and down from defense to offense without touching the ball and when he was charged with a third foul, he was eliminated. That first half is 4/4/2/1/3 at 13:23.

Before the midpoint of the third period, he got tired of seeing everyone shooting wildly and put up a bunch of points to make it 64-71. With 2:28 left in the quarter, he was charged for his fourth foul while scoring to make it 74-78. He called the challenge, and the Bucks won it. He was acquitted. He quietly continued to get the job done, stalking the defense and chasing offensive rebounds without prompting, looking for more creativity and in the Bulls’ most important offense he was there to bring down Patrick Williams, before also providing 2 1/2 shots on 103-106. None of this was enough in the end.

In overtime, things went wrong for the Bucks, and Giannis left the game so frustrated, the camera showed him shaking his head as he headed to the United Center locker room.

• 26 points
• 11/16 2 points
• 4/4 shots
• 14 rebounds
• 5 assists
• 2 steals
• 5 blocks
• 5 errors
• 5 errors
• -8 to +/-
• At 38:52

52-44 points on the racket, 18-11 points on the snap, 31-021 points on the bench, 25-19 points from opponent fouls (Pax made 21), 17-17 points from second chances (offensive rebounds).

Dodecalypta: 26-24, 49-55, 80-80, 106-106 (Q.A.), 120-113

Chicago Bulls (Billy Donovan): Williams 12 (6/10 2 pts, 0/4 3-pointers, 2 steals), Caruso 11 (3/5 3-pointers, 5 assists, 2 steals, 7 turnovers), Vucevic 29 (9) /17 2 points, 2/4 3-pointers, 5/6 shooting, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, Dosunmu 14 (1 3-pointer, 6 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals), White 23 (4/11 3-pointers, 4 rebounds). , 7 assists), Craig 10 (2 three-pointers, 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Carter 11 (1), Drummond 10 (2/2 shots, 6/8 shots, 14 rebounds), Terry, Phillips

Milwaukee Bucks (Adrian Griffin): Middleton 9 (2/6 2-pointers, 1/4 three-pointers, 2/5 steals, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals), Antetokounmpo 26, Lopez 20 (6/10 three-pointers). Beasley 19 (5/15 threes), Lillard 18 (1/6 threes, 5 rebounds, 13 assists, 7 turnovers), Beauchamp 7 (1), Portis 4 (2/8 shooting, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 theft). ), Jackson 4, Payne 6 (2)

Chicago Bulls statistics: 32/61 2-pointers, 13/37 3-pointers, 17/22 steals, 60 rebounds, 32 assists, 14 steals, 4 blocks, 21 turnovers, 18 fouls

Milwaukee Bucks team statistics: 28/50 2-pointers, 16/48 3-pointers, 9/13 shooting, 56 rebounds, 28 assists, 12 steals, 6 blocks, 20 turnovers, 21 fouls