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Tyrese Maxey delivered a heater the Philadelphia 76ers needed, dropping a career-high 54 points to beat the Milwaukee Bucks 123-114 in overtime Thursday night and hand the Sixers a signature road win.  Maxey scored from everywhere. He played 47 minutes, shot 18-of-30 from the floor, hit six 3-pointers, and made 12 of 14 free throws, […]

The Charlotte Hornets won 67 games combined in the three previous seasons and have not made the NBA playoffs since 2016. Fans were cautiously optimistic that their team would experience clear growth this year, but a 4-11 start to the campaign is causing them to wonder if this franchise will ever attain respectable status. If […]

The Milwaukee Bucks entered the season knowing everything revolved around Giannis Antetokounmpo, but the latest injury scare made the picture sharper than ever. One number defines it: the Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks on/off differential sits at a staggering plus-21.1. The Bucks injury concerns were already loud. Now they echo across every possession he misses. That stat […]

As Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo exited Monday’s matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers with a groin injury, there was some nervousness about the severity of the issue. While there were concerns regarding the Bucks and Antetokounmpo, Shams Charania of ESPN has the timeline for the star. Charania reports that Antetokounmpo is suffering from a “low-grade […]

ESPN analyst Austin Rivers walked into the Cleveland Cavaliers arena expecting a routine night on the broadcast. He didn’t get one. The Milwaukee Bucks were warming up, Doc Rivers was locked into prep, and Austin simply planned to do his job. But once he approached his dad for the pregame interview, the entire tone shifted. […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out of the second half of the game between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena on Monday after suffering a groin injury. Antetokounmpo left the game with a little over three minutes remaining in the second quarter. He went straight to the locker room and was later […]

Fans of the Milwaukee Bucks are holding their breath after Giannis Antetokounmpo suffered a left groin injury in the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday at Rocket Arena. According to ClutchPoints’ Spencer Davies, Antetokounmpo will not return in the second half, dealing the Bucks a massive blow. He grimaced in pain as he […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks will look to bounce back from Saturday’s loss in a blowout to the Los Angeles Lakers when they face the Cleveland Cavs on Monday. Dealing with a lingering left knee injury, Antetokounmpo is listed as probable on the Bucks’ injury report. Giannis finished with 32 points on 9-of-15 shooting, […]

Basketball is a star-driven sport. A lot of the best players in the NBA have been doing their thing for quite some time now. LeBron James, for example, has been in the NBA for a record 23 seasons. Despite the presence of proven stars, talent emerges out of nowhere every season. During the early part […]

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers voiced clear frustration with officiating after a controversial sequence involving Luka Doncic in a lopsided loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Rivers questioned why defenders are not given more room to contest shots after Doncic drew contact on a play the Bucks believed should have been ruled an offensive […]

Scoring your first basket in the NBA is a monumental occasion for rookies. It’s a lasting memory for a young player that makes it “official” that they’re in the league. During the Los Angeles Lakers’ blowout win over the Milwaukee Bucks, rookie forward Adou Thiero scored his first NBA basket by making two free throws. […]

Lakers coach JJ Redick made a pointed pregame gesture ahead of Los Angeles’ meeting with the Milwaukee Bucks: he showed up wearing a customized Deandre Ayton T-shirt that blends Ayton’s face with a lion’s. Dan Woike of The Athletic shared Redick’s line: “We want him to be the lion.”  It was the kind of public […]

The Milwaukee Bucks (8-5) have enjoyed a much better start to the season than they did in 2024, and they have a remarkably dominant version of Giannis Antetokounmpo to thank for it. The future first-ballot Hall of Famer is obviously capable of decimating opponents on any given night, but he is truly in rare form […]

The Milwaukee Bucks did not enter the 2025-26 season with much fanfare surrounding them. After all, they reeked of desperation with the way they waived and stretched Damian Lillard’s contract just to bring Myles Turner — a good, but not game-changing player — aboard. But Giannis Antetokounmpo continues to play at an MVP level, and […]

MILWAUKEE – Las Vegas – home of the NBA Cup tournament – was the theme again inside Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on November 14, as the Bucks hosted the Charlotte Hornets for a second NBA Cup group play game. And Lady Luck ended up favoring the home team on the night, as the Bucks outlasted […]

MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Bucks announced that Taurean Prince underwent surgery to repair a herniated disc in his neck. His absence was said to be indefinite, with the club offering a timetable for his return at a later date. Prince’s absence could be a big blow for Milwaukee, who were hoping to rely on the […]

The Milwaukee Bucks have been up and down to open up the 2025-26 NBA season, currently sitting at 7-5 ahead of Friday evening’s matchup against the Charlotte Hornets. The Bucks have seen some unexpected contributions from role players like Ryan Rollins, and Giannis Antetokounmpo has been arguably the best player in the NBA through three […]

The Milwaukee Bucks received encouraging news ahead of their upcoming NBA Cup matchup, as Giannis Antetokounmpo has been listed as probable with a left knee patellar tendinopathy issue. Despite battling discomfort for much of the season, the two-time MVP has continued to play at an elite level, and all signs point to him suiting up […]

The Charlotte Hornets are set to host the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Both teams have a number of players on the NBA injury report, including Giannis Antetokounmpo and LaMelo Ball. Are the Bucks and Hornets stars playing tonight? Ball has been battling an ankle issue while Giannis is dealing with a knee injury. The […]

Firing Nico Harrison is unlikely to fix the Dallas Mavericks in the near future. This squad is plagued by injuries and will have no shot at surviving the onerous Western Conference unless they can stay relatively healthy for an extended period of time. Ownership should know there is no easy solution to this 3-8 start […]

The Milwaukee Bucks surprised NBA fans this offseason by waiving and stretching future Hall of Fame point guard Damian Lillard. The move opened up the team’s financial situation enough to bring in center/forward Myles Turner from the Indiana Pacers, a move that received mixed reviews by basketball pundits at the time. But looking at Turner’s […]

On Monday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks improved to 7-4 on the young 2025-26 NBA season with a road win over the Dallas Mavericks in what was Nico Harrison’s final game as the general manager of the franchise. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty performance from the Bucks, but they were able to make enough plays down […]

On Monday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks picked up a road win over the Dallas Mavericks in clutch fashion to push their record to 7-4 on the young 2025-26 NBA season. The Bucks found themselves trailing this one late, but ultimately, buckets from Ryan Rollins and Kyle Kuzma in the final seconds helped seal the victory. […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo welcomed Cooper Flagg to the NBA with a ferocious dunk highlight in the Milwaukee Bucks’ matchup against the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night. Antetokounmpo is going through his 13th year in the NBA, shining as one of the best players in the league. He continues to lead the Bucks as he looks to […]

When the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, pulling off one of the most shocking trades in NBA history, Milwuakee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers didn’t believe it. Ahead of facing Anthony Davis and the Dallas Mavericks, he remembered his initial reaction to the move. Rivers defended Myles Turner after fans […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will lose a key piece of their roster for a good chunk of the year. Forward Taurean Prince surprisingly popped up on the Bucks’ injury report late last week. Listed with a neck injury, it’s now been revealed that the forward will miss a “significant period,” per Shams Charania. “Milwaukee Bucks forward […]

MILWAUKEE – Coming into an East-West match-up featuring the hosting Milwaukee Bucks and visiting Houston Rockets, all eyes focused on the teams’ superstars and future Hall of Famers in Giannis Antetokounmpo and Kevin Durant. While each produced in the game, it was the role players for Milwaukee that made the difference in the first half […]

Back during the preseason, the LA Clippers, Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs hosted the Guangzhou Loong Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association. NBA fans were familiar with one name in particular on Guangzhou’s roster in Victor Oladipo who acknowledged he wanted to make a league comeback. Over the weekend, Victor Oladipo took another step […]

MILWAUKEE – As head coach Doc Rivers works to reshape the Milwaukee Bucks back into championship form, one of his top priorities has been sharpening the team’s young guard room to better complement franchise cornerstone Giannis Antetokounmpo, whose future with the team remains uncertain. To do it, Rivers turned to a former floor general he […]

The Milwaukee Bucks will be facing the Houston Rockets, and their star player is on the injury report before the game. Giannis Antetokounmpo has been dealing with a left knee patellar tendinopathy issue this season, but he’s still been able to play. Not only has he been able to play, but he’s putting up big […]

On Friday, the Chicago Bulls got all of Giannis Antetokounmpo and then some, ask Ayo Dosunmu. As a result, the Bulls lost 126-110 for their second loss of the season. In the process, Giannis came away with 41 points, 15 rebounds, and nine assists. Afterward, Matas Buzelis took time out to discuss what it will take […]

MILWAUKEE – It was game one of group play in the NBA Cup as the Milwaukee Bucks hosted the Chicago Bulls. There was a healthy smattering of red in the stands of Fiserv Forum for an “intense” regional match that stayed tight into the fourth quarter. The Bucks did prevail, however, pulling away from Chicago […]

The game is still alive, and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s poster on Ayo Dosunmu is already the highlight everyone will be talking about. The Milwaukee Bucks lead the Chicago Bulls 53-52 at halftime in their NBA Cup group-play clash at Fiserv Forum, and the sequence, shared by ClutchPoints on X, formerly Twitter, provided the emotional lift Milwaukee […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo may be the face of the Milwaukee Bucks, but that did not stop him from imagining life as a college athlete this week. The two-time NBA Most Valuable Player took to social media to ask if he still had any NCAA eligibility left to suit up for the Marquette Golden Eagles. “Random thoughts […]

After losing to the Toronto Raptors, the Milwaukee Bucks don’t play again until this Friday. But superstar forward Giannis Antetokounmpo seems to be aching for some basketball action on Wednesday evening, as he wondered out loud on social media whether he could play for the Marquette Golden Eagles hoops squad that is scheduled to face […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo understands that he will have to shoulder a tremendous amount of responsibilities if the Milwaukee Bucks are going to contend for a championship, and as a result, the 2021 NBA Finals MVP and two-time regular season MVP is somehow ascending to new heights. Before Tuesday’s 128-100 loss to the Toronto Raptors, he was […]

On Monday evening, the Milwaukee Bucks got back into the win column with a narrow road win over the Indiana Pacers thanks to a fallaway jumper from Giannis Antetokounmpo at the buzzer. While Antetokounmpo does most of his damage around the basket, he showed an impressive soft touch on this shot, lofting it over multiple […]

Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers did not mince words after watching Indiana Pacers fans relentlessly boo former franchise cornerstone Myles Turner during his first game back at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Monday night. Rivers called the fan reaction “disappointing” after Turner, who spent 10 seasons with the Pacers before joining Milwaukee last summer, was jeered […]

Myles Turner enjoyed a victory during an emotional return to Gainbridge Fieldhouse as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Indiana Pacers 117-115. Giannis Antetokounmpo scored a contested 17-foot jumper at the buzzer and finished with 33 points, 13 rebounds and five assists, shooting 14-for-21 from the floor. Regardless, he jumped to the defense of Turner post-game, […]