That’s more like it! Even as Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton sat, the Bucks got back to their winning ways Saturday night at Fiserv Forum, dispatching the Jazz by a 123-97 final.
Brook Lopez blocked three shots in just over three minutes to start the action, and Bobby Portis scored 12 of the Bucks’ first 14 points. His 15 first-quarter points mark his highest output in a single period since joining the team. The Jazz kept pace with some hot three-point shooting, though, and the Bucks nursed a 27-22 advantage heading into the second.
Milwaukee extended that lead to 12 over the next four minutes, but Utah embarked on a 10-0 run to knot things up at 42.