Bulls 105-92: Without Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee closes out the lead, but loses Middleton

At this point in the season, they care more about health than results and records. The Bucks want to enter the playoffs with as few problems as possible, but what is certain is that in the early hours of Thursday (4/6) they earned the right to host every possible Game 7 in their home stadium. They defeated the Chicago Bulls 105-92, earning the best record and first place in the entire NBA and would go through the last two games of the regular season with the Grizzlies at home and the Raptors with the goal of resting injured legs and refreshing. And mind.

Milwaukee rose to 58-22 (32-8 at home and 26-14 away), with Bobby Portis doing things and miracles, undefeated Brook Lopez and Holiday Carter scoring, creating and playing defense and breaking competition at guards. Now Mike Bodenholzer is waiting for Grayson Allen-Pat Connaughton to get over the sprains, Leganes Antitokonmo to rest and see how much trouble Chris Middleton stepped awkwardly on landing in the game against the Bulls and left with knee problems.

Chicago fell to 38-42 (22-17 at home and 21-20), which did its best, but it wasn’t… burning for the score. The Bulls will struggle in the Play-In tournament and need two wins to qualify for the playoffs, as everything shows they will have… plenty of chances to pull off the upset. DeMar DeRozan was in poor form, and aside from Nikola Vucevic, maybe even Kobe White giving the score off the bench, the visitors had nothing else to offer.

38-40 points at bat, 9-9 upset points, 16-36 points from the bench, 16-18 points from opponent fouls, 11-2 points from second chances. The Bulls were full, however, and would finish the regular season in tenth place in the Eastern Conference.

the dodecalepta: 28-21, 49-51, 79-76, 105-92

Bucks Milwaukee (Mike Bodenholzer): Middleton (0/3 shooting at 8:24), Portis 27 (3/9 2-pointers, 6/9 3-pointers, 3/3 shooting, 13 rebounds), Lopez 26 (10/17 2) – points, 6/8 shooting, 7 rebounds), Carter 16 (4/8 3-pointers, 4 rebounds, 2 assists), Holiday 20 (4/8 3 points, 8 rebounds, 15 assists, 2 steals), Engels 9 (3 3-pointers, 3 assists, 2 steals), Crowder, Matthews 7 (1 3-pointer, 8 rebounds, 2 assists), Green, Leonard, Beauchamp, Thanasis Antetokounmpo

Chicago Bulls (Billy Donovan): DeRozan 8 (3/12 shooting, 3 rebounds, 6 assists), Williams 6 (2), Vucevic 21 (8/15 2-pointers, 1/6 3-pointers, 2/2 blocked shots, 11 rebounds). , 4 assists), LaVine 13 (4/9 2-pointers, 1/8 3-pointers, 2/3 shooting, 5 rebounds, 7 assists), Beverly 8 (5 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals), Jones 8 ( 2), White 14 (2), Drummond 3, Dusunmu 8 (3/3 2 throws, 2/2), Simonovic, Terry 3 (1)

Milwaukee Bucks stats: 21/46 2 made, 18/46 3 made, 9/11 blocked shots, 58 rebounds, 26 assists, 7 steals, 3 blocks, 12 turnovers, 13 fouls

Chicago Bulls stats: 25/50 2 pointers, 11/33 3 pointers, 9/11 blocked shots, 46 rebounds, 28 assists, 10 steals, 3 blocks, 15 turnovers, 11 fouls