Sometimes all it takes is giving the ball to the other team a whole bunch in a relatively condensed time frame to make victory a tall task — enter the Milwaukee Bucks and their 14 first half turnovers on the way to a 106-114 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
That the final score was as close as it ended up being is thanks in very large part to Giannis Antetokounmpo and his 45 points (17-27 from the floor, 11-16 from the FT line) and 14 rebounds. In what would prove to be a through line the rest of the night, Giannis was good for 12 of Milwaukee’s 20 first quarter points, and he looked set to pick right up where he left off dominating in New Orleans on Monday.