'Totally about winning:' NBA veteran Marvin Williams on joining Milwaukee Bucks
MILWAUKEE -- As the Milwaukee Bucks continue on pace for a historic season, an NBA veteran comes to Milwaukee hoping to add plenty of experience.In 2005, the Bucks held the first overall pick in the NBA draft and had a decision to make -- Andrew Bogut or Marvin Williams.
Pacers pull away late, beat Bucks 118-111
INDIANAPOLIS — T.J. Warren scored 35 points and Malcolm Brogdon added 17 points and tied a career-high with 13 assists, helping the Indiana Pacers hold on for a 118-111 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.The victory sent Indiana into the All-Star break with some momentum after beating the league's best team to end a six-game losing streak.
Middleton, Bledsoe help Bucks beat Kings minus Antetokounmpo
MILWAUKEE — Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe scored 28 points apiece to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the Sacramento Kings 123-111 on Monday night, Feb. 10 as the Bucks won without new father Giannis Antetokounmpo.Antetokounmpo, the reigning MVP, missed the game after he and his girlfriend welcomed their first child, a son whose birth he announced earlier Monday on his Twitter account.Milwaukee trailed 90-88 after three quarters but opened the final period with 13 consecutive points as Sacramento missed its first five shots.
Giannis Antetokounmpo just misses triple-double, Bucks beat Magic 112-95
ORLANDO, Fla. — Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly had a triple-double with 19 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, helping the NBA-best Milwaukee Bucks beat the Orlando Magic 112-95 on Saturday night, Feb. 8.The Bucks won for the 13th time in 14 games, improving the league’s best record to 45-7 and remaining on course to become just the third team to top 70 wins in a regular season.Antetokounmpo, meanwhile, fell short in a personal bid to become the first player with at least 30 points, 15 rebounds and 5 assists in six consecutive games, scoring two points in the first quarter and finishing 6 of 17 from the field.Wilt Chamberlain is the only other player with a stretch of five straight games with 30, 15 and 5, accomplishing it from Dec. 10-17, 1965, with the Philadelphia Warriors.Brook Lopez led the Bucks with 23 points, including 5 for 5 on 3-point attempts.
Antetokounmpo shines as Bucks defeat 76ers 112-101
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo believes the Milwaukee Bucks did the right thing by standing pat at the trade deadline.The reigning league MVP and his teammates kept rolling Thursday night.Antetokounmpo had 36 points and 20 rebounds in a 112-101 victory over the struggling Philadelphia 76ers.Milwaukee did not make a move at the deadline, preferring to stick with the team that has put up a league-best 44-7 record and is on pace to become the third team in league history to win 70 games.“I think a lot of teams are getting players so they can play against us, so they can guard us better,” Antetokounmpo said. "But I think we're the best team in the NBA; we have the best record in the NBA.“For me, I think there should not be any change.
NBA All-Star rosters announced; Antetokounmpo, Middleton team up again
CHICAGO -- NBA All-Star game team captains Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James selected their teams Thursday night, Feb. 6.
Giannis Antetokounmpo has 34 points, 17 rebounds; Bucks top Pels 120-108
NEW ORLEANS — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points and 17 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the New Orleans Pelicans 120-108 on Tuesday night.Khris Middleton scored 20 for the Bucks, who led by 19 in the third quarter before holding off a Pelicans rally in the fourth.Brandon Ingram scored 32 points and Zion Williamson had 20 for the Pelicans, who briefly got as close as seven twice in the fourth period before the Bucks stemmed the tide and improved to 20-4 away from home this season.Milwaukee defended Williamson aggressively, constantly rejecting or fouling him with multiple defenders and often knocking him to the floor.
Giannis Antetokounmpo lifts Bucks over Devin Booker-led Phoenix Suns 129-108
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 19 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks overcame Devin Booker's 32 points to beat the Phoenix Suns 129-108 Sunday, Feb. 2.Antetokounmpo reached the 30-point mark for the 26th time and has had at least 10 rebounds in 23 of those games.
Bucks fall to Nuggets in rare defeat at home, 127-115
MILWAUKEE — Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone couldn't have been any happier with a win than he was Friday night.Will Barton had 24 points and eight assists to lead the tired and short-handed Nuggets to a 127-115 victory that snapped Milwaukee's nine-game winning streak and handed the NBA-leading Bucks just their third home loss.“It is our best win of the season,” Malone said. “I am so proud of our guys.”Malik Beasley scored 16 points for Denver.
Milwaukee Bucks' Khris Middleton named 2020 NBA All-Star
MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee Bucks forward Khris Middleton has been named an All-Star for the second consecutive season, the NBA announced today.After making his first All-Star appearance last season, Middleton will once again join teammate and All-Star Game captain Giannis Antetokounmpo for the second straight season as Bucks representatives at this year’s All-Star Game.
Bucks announce 'historic agreement' to bring minimum wage at Fiserv Forum to $15/hour by July
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks announced on Wednesday, Jan. 29 what they call a historic agreement between the team and the Milwaukee Area Service and Hospitality Workers Organization (MASH).
Middleton has career-best 51, Bucks win minus Antetokounmpo
MILWAUKEE— Khris Middleton scored a career-high 51 points in the absence of injured teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 151-131 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night, Jan. 28.Middleton, hoping to be chosen an All-Star reserve for the second straight year on Thursday, helped the Bucks hold off a second-half Wizards rally.
'Greatest of all time:' Bucks, fans honor Kobe Bryant with 24 seconds of silence at Fiserv Forum
MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks and fans honored NBA legend Kobe Bryant before the Bucks and Washington Wizards tipped off Tuesday night, Jan. 28 at Fiserv Forum.The bodies of Bryant and three other people killed when a helicopter smashed into a foggy Los Angeles-hillside were identified, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said Tuesday.
Attorney speaks out 2 years after Sterling Brown arrest: 'Hoping the city does the right thing'
MILWAUKEE -- Sunday, Jan. 26 marked the two-year anniversary of the arrest of Sterling Brown, and his attorney spoke out after asking a judge to reject a $400,000 settlement.
Kobe on Giannis during last MKE stop in 2016: 'I don't think he understands how much talent he has'
MILWAUKEE -- With the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA's Eastern Conference and the Los Angeles Lakers in the Western Conference, Los Angeles would only make one visit per season to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Bucks again team up with Froedtert to welcome newborns with 'cozy keepsake'
MILWAUKEE -- For the second consecutive year, the Milwaukee Bucks and the Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin health network will welcome every baby born at Froedtert Milwaukee, Menomonee Falls, Pleasant Prairie, and West Bend hospitals with a keepsake “Welcome to the Family!” receiving blanket, officials announced in a news release on Thursday, Jan. 23.“We’re looking forward to welcoming many more Bucks fans into the world with this special keepsake blanket,” said Bucks and Fiserv Forum President Peter Feigin in the release.“The birth of a child is a special time, and we’re grateful to the Milwaukee Bucks for supporting families to make sure babies leave Froedtert & MCW birth centers with a cozy keepsake,” said Froedtert Health President and CEO Cathy Jacobson.Go Bucks!
Antetokounmpo scores 30 points, Bucks beat Hornets in Paris
PARIS — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and 12 rebounds and the NBA-leading Milwaukee Bucks beat the Charlotte Hornets 116-103 on Friday night in the first NBA regular-season game in France.Milwaukee improved to 40-6 with its eighth straight victory.
Rematch! Antetokounmpo, James named All-Star captains again
MIAMI — It’ll be an All-Star rematch: Team LeBron vs.
Giannis Antetokounmpo tells Zion Williamson: 'Don’t rush the process'
MILWAUKEE -- The NBA's reigning Most Valuable Player has simple advice for the player many are viewing as a future MVP after his show-stopping debut. “Don’t rush the process,“ was the message that Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo sent to Zion Williamson from Paris.The 19-year-old Williamson made his highly-anticipated NBA debut for New Orleans Pelicans against San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night and scored 17 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter.Antetokounmpo is in Paris to play the Charlotte Hornets and told Williamson that “the whole league knows you’re going to be a beast," and that he should "just take it step by step.“
Giannis Antetokounmpo has triple-double as Bucks down Bulls 111-98
MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo had a triple-double and scored his 10,000th career point as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls 111-98 on Monday to sweep the four-game season series.Antetokounmpo had 28 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists for his fourth triple-double of the season.