In the last game of the 2021 calendar year, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Orlando Magic in convincing fashion, 136-118. With the victory, the Bucks have pulled off the season series sweep and (thankfully) we don’t need to watch the Bucks and Magic play again until next year.
The contest started with the same sort of intensity you’d expect from a late-December matchup between a mostly-healthy contender and a banged-up challenger; Orlando put up a good fight, but Milwaukee’s talent advantage was simply overwhelming. The Bucks flirted with a double-digit lead for much of the opening period, but a small-ball Magic lineup while DeMarcus Cousins was on the court and the Bucks were switching on defense kept things close.