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|[](/SAS) **119 – 132** [](/MIL)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/sas-vs-mil-0022300361/box-score#box-score) & [Yahoo](http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs-milwaukee-bucks-2023122015)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Fiserv Forum(0)|
|**Officials:** Marc Davis, Kevin Cutler and Scott Twardoski|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|San Antonio Spurs|26|33|26|34|119|
|Milwaukee Bucks|44|28|35|25|132|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|San Antonio Spurs|119|46-96|47.9%|9-30|30%|18-21|85.7%|8|61|27|17|4|16|4|
|Milwaukee Bucks|132|50-106|47.2%|18-49|36.7%|14-18|77.8%|11|52|34|15|11|6|7|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/SAS) San Antonio Spurs**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**+/-**|
|Jeremy Sochan^SF|32:51|9|4-11|0-2|1-2|3|8|11|8|0|0|0|3|-13|
|Keldon Johnson^PF|35:11|28|9-13|0-1|10-12|2|10|12|1|0|0|5|2|-5|
|Zach Collins^C|28:54|22|9-16|4-7|0-0|2|6|8|2|1|2|4|3|-9|
|Devin Vassell^SG|33:08|17|7-17|2-5|1-1|0|3|3|2|0|0|2|0|-12|
|Malaki Branham^PG|26:41|12|5-11|2-4|0-0|0|2|2|3|0|0|1|1|0|
|Cedi Osman|18:58|10|3-6|0-2|4-4|0|2|2|1|0|0|0|1|-9|
|Tre Jones|23:46|14|7-11|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|5|1|0|2|1|-12|
|Doug McDermott|12:38|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|2|2|2|0|0|0|3|0|
|Sandro Mamukelashvili|15:12|3|1-5|1-4|0-0|1|7|8|3|1|2|2|1|-7|
|Dominick Barlow|10:32|2|0-3|0-3|2-2|0|3|3|0|1|0|0|2|0|
|Julian Champagnie|02:09|2|1-1|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|+2|
|Devonte’ Graham|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Charles Bassey|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Charles Bediako|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Sidy Cissoko|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|David Duke Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Victor Wembanyama|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Blake Wesley|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
**[](/MIL) Milwaukee Bucks**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**+/-**|
|Khris Middleton^SF|28:22|17|7-15|3-6|0-0|0|3|3|4|1|0|1|2|+12|
|Giannis Antetokounmpo^PF|33:36|11|4-12|0-2|3-6|2|12|14|16|2|1|3|1|+13|
|Brook Lopez^C|31:47|14|6-14|0-5|2-2|5|0|5|1|0|6|0|3|+13|
|Malik Beasley^SG|27:30|7|3-7|1-5|0-0|1|3|4|2|1|0|0|1|+14|
|Damian Lillard^PG|34:50|40|14-22|7-12|5-5|0|3|3|4|3|0|1|0|+26|
|Bobby Portis|26:19|23|10-16|3-6|0-0|1|9|10|2|2|0|0|3|+4|
|Pat Connaughton|18:13|3|1-8|1-6|0-0|0|3|3|2|1|0|0|2|+5|
|Andre Jackson Jr.|14:49|7|2-4|2-3|1-2|2|1|3|2|1|0|1|2|-1|
|Cameron Payne|12:31|7|2-6|0-2|3-3|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|-9|
|MarJon Beauchamp|06:19|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-6|
|AJ Green|02:09|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
|Robin Lopez|02:09|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|0|-2|
|Thanasis Antetokounmpo|01:26|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-2|
|Marques Bolden|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jae Crowder|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Chris Livingston|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|TyTy Washington Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Lindell Wigginton|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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by Short_Bus_
31 Comments
Dame hit 20,000 career points and Giannis got a triple double, it’s a parade inside my city yeahhh.
This game is what I imagined after trading for Dame.
Dame and Khris just splashing wide open 3s all day and Giannis racking up 15+ assists. Too bad we can’t play Pistons and Spurs every night lol
132 points with only 11 coming from Giannis. I’d like to think that’s pretty promising for the rest of the team. They look better and better each game and are finally clicking. Dame been cooking.
I’m glad AJJ has finally earned Griffins trust. I still think Beasley is fine as the 5th starter especially because all the stats prove it and he’s been really good on offence but we’re gonna need all of AJJ, MarJon and Jae in certain matchups.
Also nice to see Mamu. Hope he keeps balling.
So Giannis and Dame seem to be a good combo
Giannis career high assists!
Outside of the first half of the first quarter that was one of the laziest games I’ve seen the bucks look. But it did not even matter because the spurs are that bad
I only saw the first half, but I wish Giannis did a bit more. What’s it gonna look like when both of them are going off.
Bobby Portis with a nice 23/10 double double!
I’m glad that we’re back to comfortably beating the teams we’re supposed to beat. I realized I had started to take that for granted when we were needing the escape by the skin of our teeth against everyone earlier in the season. Plus, if we keep it up, our old core won’t need to be playing as many minutes in high-stress situations.
The Bucks are good
Bobby has been playing great since the whole challenging AG incident
Crazy how people still have things to complain about in game threads like these where we’re up double digits all game
Giannis decided he needs his season AST total to get closer to Jokic if he’s gonna win MVP i like it!
Robin Lopez corner three FTW
I legitimately believe we can go the rest of the season losing only 2 more games to tie the best ever record
For those that didn’t watch the game, Giannis only had 11 points because the Spurs were playing him well, Pop clearly didn’t want any other Pacers situation, so Giannis just resorted to (correctly) finding the open man. They were double teaming him when he caught the ball/got downhill, so that’s why he got a career high 16 assists. Realistically he could have easily ended up with 20+.
An older version of Giannis might have gotten frustrated and tried to plow his way through defenders, but why? He has all these good shooters (e.g. Dame, Khris, Beas) so why force the issue?
This game also showcases why the Bucks traded for Dame even more: If you can either prevent Dame, or prevent Giannis, you cannot do both. So, pick your poison.
[Like look at this possession, there’s literally 4 Spurs just around Giannis.](https://imgur.com/a/xx7258A) So, he found the [cutting Brook for the easy dunk. You could find 10 more plays like this. Easy simple pass.](https://streamable.com/8ekjn5)
Bucks definitely were playing with the effort level expected for a December game against a 4-21 team on defense, but they made sure to take care of business. Fun game to watch with Giannis and Dame going off in different ways.
Legend has it Bobby and Sochan are still locking arms in the Bucks’ locker room.
Dame scored 40 in a bucks uniform….. how bizarre would that thought have been one year ago at christmas
I love Ajax as a starter. His energy and wining plays are vital. Getting Beasley off the bench for shooting would be better, IMHO.
I hope we play MarJon more, too.
“There’s not enough basketballs on the planet for this team, really.” Portis, Khris, Lopez, Giannis, Dame, I feel like any one of them could have gotten 10-15 more points if they didn’t have to share the ball. It’s got to be hard being an offensive minded Bucks player in 2023.
Funny, thought they were better at offensive rebounds today, but see now it wasn’t far above the season’s average.
Also, interesting that the Pacers and Bucks are top offenses yet bottom third on offensive rebounds!
dame just took their souls
Dame after tonight is averaging 37.3 PTS/G & 6.7 AST/G over the last 3.
Also, in that span he is attempting 11 3s per game connecting on 52.9% of them!
Source: [PivotFade.com](https://pivotfade.com/stretch/player/337/2023-12-16/2023-12-19/2023-24/Regular)
Your Milwaukee Bucks, deeper than the Mariana Trench. What a time to be alive.
Hitting a stride. Love to see it.
After the opening tip, the outcome was already decided. See y’all at the parade on State in June.
no small feet for this coach finding a way to develop a player like Ajax, figuring out the minutes with giannis and dame, tinkering with Beasley in the starting lineup, trying different defenses, doing so with Jae out and at the same time having a winning record and seemingly pointed in the right direction.
Shoutout to the broadcast team Marques Johnson calling that Spurs assistant coach Walter White was hilarious.
Dame been cooking since Hali used that celly
AJAX is a good shooter. Beasleys value as a starter is not there anymore. It’s a shame because Beasley is a vet and dame’s guy but this is a real test for griffins ability to manage egos. Is he gonna convince Beasley, who signed here on a minimum, to take a smaller bench role when he’s looking for a contract? We’ll see.