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Portis scores season-high 34 points in place of injured Antetokounmpo as Bucks beat Wizards 112-101
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Bobby Portis replaced Giannis Antetokounmpo in the starting lineup and scored a season-high 34 points, leading the Milwaukee Bucks to a 112-101 victory over the Washington Wizards on Saturday night. Khris Middleton had 18 points, six rebounds and eight assists for...
Donovan Mitchell scores 27 as Cavs improve to 15-1 at home, roll over NBA Cup champion Bucks 124-101
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points, Darius Garland added 16 and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved to 15-1 at home with a 124-101 win on Friday night over the Milwaukee Bucks, who played for the first time since winning the NBA Cup. Cleveland is 3-0 this season against...
Carmelo Anthony, Sue Bird, Doc Rivers, Mark Few among candidates for Basketball Hall of Fame class
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Carmelo Anthony may go into the Basketball Hall of Fame twice next year. The Hall of Fame released its list of candidates for the Class of 2025 on Thursday, with the list of first-time nominees including Anthony and fellow retired NBA stars Dwight Howard...
Lillard and Antetokounmpo won an NBA Cup together. Now, the next challenge: chasing the big prize
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo stood side-by-side during the postgame celebration after the NBA Cup final. Antetokounmpo was holding the MVP trophy. Lillard was holding the bigger trophy. And it was a moment that Lillard had waited a long time to savor. ...
Tensions flare for NBA Cup title game between Bucks and Thunder
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tuesday night's championship between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City didn't quite have the intensity of a playoff game, but the high energy that has typified the second version of the NBA Cup was ratcheted up. With a trophy — and a significant amount of money on the...
Giannis, Bucks use 3-point barrage to beat Thunder 97-81 for NBA Cup title
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Everyone has a lucky number in Las Vegas. For the Milwaukee Bucks, it was 3. And the NBA Cup was their prize. Tournament MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 points to go along with 19 rebounds and 10 assists, Damian Lillard added 23 points and the...
NBA Cup final was a contrast in spending styles, and the league is just fine with that
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The NBA Cup finalists had different styles in how they play. And how they spend. Tuesday night's title game in Las Vegas between Milwaukee and Oklahoma City pitted a team in the Bucks that's over the NBA's second apron — a threshold that, once exceeded, limits...
Las Vegas already seems part of the NBA world, which makes expansion decision feel inevitable
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers has heard and seen enough. He's convinced there will be an NBA team in Las Vegas. “Yeah, they're going to get it,” Rivers said. It's no secret that when NBA expansion happens — nobody has revealed exactly when that...
Giannis' late-game block the sort of 'winning plays' Bucks needed in NBA Cup semifinal win
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Diving for loose balls. Blocking dunk attempts. Getting tackled by airborne teammates. Giannis Antetokounmpo had a very eventful final few minutes of the NBA Cup semifinals. He shrugged it all off, too. “I just tried to compete,” Antetokounmpo...
Trae Young, Hawks hoping to win big in Vegas at the NBA Cup semifinals
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Trae Young might be the NBA's biggest enigma. Young's fans can point to numbers and say he's an elite player. His detractors can point to numbers and say he's overrated. Both arguments have validity. To some, his cocky ways are endearing. To others, they're...
