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|[](/MIL) **122 – 129** [](/NYK)|
|**Box Scores: [NBA](http://www.nba.com/game/mil-vs-nyk-0022300401/box-score#box-score) & [Yahoo](http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks-new-york-knicks-2023122518)**|
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|**GAME SUMMARY**|
|**Location:** Madison Square Garden(19812)|
|**Officials:** James Williams, Ray Acosta and Ashley Moyer-Gleich|
|**Team**|**Q1**|**Q2**|**Q3**|**Q4**|**Total**|
|:—|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Milwaukee Bucks|27|24|36|35|122|
|New York Knicks|36|26|36|31|129|
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|**TEAM STATS**|
|**Team**|**PTS**|**FG**|**FG%**|**3P**|**3P%**|**FT**|**FT%**|**OREB**|**TREB**|**AST**|**PF**|**STL**|**TO**|**BLK**|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|Milwaukee Bucks|122|45-94|47.9%|13-42|31%|19-24|79.2%|16|50|26|23|7|11|4|
|New York Knicks|129|50-92|54.3%|8-26|30.8%|21-26|80.8%|7|51|27|18|7|11|4|
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|**PLAYER STATS**|
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**[](/MIL) Milwaukee Bucks**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**+/-**|
|Giannis Antetokounmpo^SF|38:39|32|13-24|1-2|5-9|5|8|13|6|1|2|2|4|-5|
|Khris Middleton^PF|33:03|24|10-20|4-9|0-0|0|2|2|6|1|0|2|4|+9|
|Brook Lopez^C|26:44|14|5-9|2-6|2-2|2|4|6|1|1|2|0|2|-6|
|Malik Beasley^SG|19:12|0|0-2|0-1|0-0|0|3|3|2|0|0|0|2|-10|
|Damian Lillard^PG|37:50|32|10-21|4-13|8-9|0|1|1|8|1|0|4|2|-6|
|Bobby Portis|30:37|12|5-10|0-4|2-2|4|4|8|0|0|0|3|4|-3|
|Pat Connaughton|23:51|3|1-4|1-4|0-0|4|3|7|1|1|0|0|3|-13|
|Andre Jackson Jr.|14:10|2|0-2|0-1|2-2|1|1|2|1|1|0|0|2|-4|
|MarJon Beauchamp|05:44|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|0|+4|
|Cameron Payne|10:10|3|1-2|1-2|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|0|-1|
|Thanasis Antetokounmpo|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|AJ Green|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|
|Robin Lopez|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|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|
|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|
**[](/NYK) New York Knicks**|**MIN**|**PTS**|**FGM-A**|**3PM-A**|**FTM-A**|**ORB**|**DRB**|**REB**|**AST**|**STL**|**BLK**|**TO**|**PF**|**+/-**|
|RJ Barrett^SF|27:34|21|8-14|2-5|3-4|1|5|6|1|1|0|3|3|-6|
|Julius Randle^PF|40:58|24|8-17|2-5|6-6|1|8|9|2|1|0|4|3|+6|
|Isaiah Hartenstein^C|32:42|11|5-7|0-0|1-2|4|4|8|4|0|1|0|4|+3|
|Jalen Brunson^SG|37:07|38|15-28|1-3|7-9|1|3|4|6|1|0|0|0|+6|
|Donte DiVincenzo^PG|20:47|3|1-6|1-5|0-0|0|1|1|4|1|0|1|4|+2|
|Josh Hart|30:56|10|5-7|0-2|0-0|0|9|9|4|2|0|2|1|+7|
|Immanuel Quickley|22:29|20|7-10|2-4|4-4|0|0|0|1|1|0|1|1|+14|
|Quentin Grimes|12:08|2|1-2|0-1|0-1|0|1|1|2|0|0|0|0|-1|
|Taj Gibson|15:17|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|0|3|3|3|0|3|0|2|+4|
|Ryan Arcidiacono|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Charlie Brown Jr.|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Evan Fournier|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|DaQuan Jeffries|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Miles McBride|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Dmytro Skapintsev|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Mitchell Robinson|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jericho Sims|00:00|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
|Jacob Toppin|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_
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8-2 in our last 10 — absolutely unacceptable — it’s time to tank and go for a full rebuild
We looked like shit and only lost by 7, whatever on to Brooklyn
That post talking about giving griffin his flowers came at quite a funny time
Edit: not saying he could have/should have changed anything but there was a lot of celebration about wins and the overall team when the toughest team we’ve played during this winning streak were the Pacers/Magic
Game was over half way into the first. Just one of those games you can tell the team didn’t have it and weren’t going to have it at any point
Hope the rats there are happy now, their team got owned 9 straight times, about time they get one
Portis really fucked the comeback with that offensive foul
2018 W
2019 L
2020 W
2021 W
2022 L
2023 L
Bucks are now 3-3 in the last 6 Christmas games
Is there a way mods can make the game threads for national games locked for people who don’t follow the sub? During big games that thread becomes filled with trolls and unflaired users with randomized usernames shitting on everyone and everything.
AG top 5 coach in the league
Doomers back in force when the Bucks have an off game and the Knicks play at their best. Acting like this game is somehow indicative on how we’ll play in the playoffs, conveniently forgetting that we stomped these guys literally two days ago on their home court, and are 9-1 against them in our last 10 games against them. It’s just fucking pathetic dude, you people are so miserable
lol I actually saw someone post “horrible effort by Giannis”. Some of you people who comment here are fucking brain dead.
With the way we were reacting in the game thread you’d think we were down by 20 to the 2-27 pistons
btw I got the date wrong in the thread title
whoops
too late now
I woke up late, turned on the game and see back to back air ball by Giannis and Khris. Sorry guys
Need a perimeter defender
Bobby needs to sacrifice more shots
Late game execution needs to be better
Team was kinda dead today
No overreaction tho, we good
Man, I’m writing that game off completely. Such an obvious game of refball, really boring when it becomes so obvious. Most of the Knicks points came from fast breaks following non-calls. You could tell by everyone’s body language in the first quarter that they knew they weren’t getting any calls today.
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I don’t know how Silver can sit there and convince himself, “Yes, this is a good product.”
Lots of bad decisions when we’re about to bring the lead down.
Giannis shooting contested middies, AJJ not passing to wide open Dame, Bobby not hitting a few wide open 3s…
neutral fan here but that was the worst defense I’ve ever seen, is that a normal thing around here?
Pat, Payne, Beasley, MB, and AJJ – 63 mins – 8 points combined.
Anyone notice the 3rd quarter where they just spammed Giannis Dame PNR? That shit was lit. Promising asf
God I hate Brunson.
Merry Christmas everybody.
To all the doomers here. Enjoy it while you can. You won’t have a lot of these days
Giannis had a terrible first half, same with lillard, and both turned it up in the second half, middleton could have been a lot better in the 3rd though, he missed like 5 shots in a row, he did well in the 4th tbf. pat gotta go same with marjon for some wing defense, even when crowder is back, idk how he’ll be once he’s back, he might not be 100%
No one I mean no one beats the Knicks 10 times in a row!
If Giannis gets his usual whistle in the first half, it’s a different game. Loved the offensive rebounding from Pat, the 3rd quarter from Giannis, and some nice moments from Dame. All good, Merry Christmas y’all! Go Bucks
7 point game but didn’t feel that close tbh
on to the next ➡️➡️
One of those games; every time they got close NY made a few big shots.
Ball security issues appeared again. Stars didn’t star and shooters didn’t shoot…can’t win that way.
On to the next one.
it was bound to happen eventually, was a trap game anyways
Got back from the beach and see Bobby brick like 4 open 3s and an air ball by moist Jordan and Giannis lol sometimes it’s just not our day.
Brunson hit some very tough shots that really took the wind out of our sails.
This loss felt like an effort loss. Guys just being lazy with the offense and defensive rotations. Knicks shot well, a classic “credit to them, they played hard” game as Bud would say. Beasely was also bad this game. The good news is this is one of the first losses this season where the overall game isn’t indicative of any higher concerns about the team in my eyes.
Can’t comment on anything anymore without immediately being called a bandwagon fan. Hilarious.
Khris Middleton showed everyone that he’s so important for the team.
We’ve got so many options in offense. We never seem to get stuck offensively. It’s a pity we’re getting scored 120 points per game on average. I hope we figure it out in the playoffs when we’ll be focused on the opponent team.
A predictable loss on a weird early afternoon B2B against the Knicks at MSG. oh well. And for anyone frustrated by brunson cooking us……. he cooked us when we had jrue too.
Shots weren’t falling and we were sloppy throughout the game. Team probably came into the game thinking they already won considering this is like the fourth time we’ve faced them this season. Such a stupid schedule made for us.
Khris 24 and 6 this game and has rlly looked like he’s been heating up the last couple games
Not much you can do when the refs refuse to foul the other team late in the game. Regardless, the Knicks wanted this one more after getting smacked around two days ago. It happens.
Onward and upward, time to put a foot up Brooklyn’s ass.
What annoyed me the most today was espn broadcast, Hubie should have retired 20 years ago
As much as I want and think the Bucks can win every game….its very difficult to beat a team you just beat 48 hours prior. I think they played well, NY shot lights out and Jalen Brunson is a beast. Bucks are good, they will continue to win and will bounce back.
This lost is a good thing, it shows the weakness of current Bucks defense when our opponent not constantly missing those open shots like the Knicks two days ago or the Magic and make it clear to Horst if we are aiming for the championship, he need to trade for a perimeter defender like Thybulle or Caruso (unlikely case though) as a Beasley replacement to start with Dame in the backcourt.
It seems that we fell behind and couldn’t hit any timely shots, there was a lack of effort in the first half which ended up costing us the game. I also kind of doubt that Khris, Giannis, and Dame all shoot below 50% during a half many times. We strongly need to find a fifth starter in the trade deadline, when Beasly’s shot isn’t falling he can’t be in the floor.
Rough game from Bobby, but you live with it since we were generating open looks. Once again our clutch performance is good, and it’s something I really like.
I was hoping we could go on a win streak to end the year, but oh well law of averages states that we will shoot better against Brooklyn lol.
Celtics, IST and Xmas games all losses. Idc what any of you are smoking this team does not look good in big games. The record is the record due to a ridiculously easy home favored schedule but they’ve shat the bad in the last 3 big games they’ve played.
Early Christmas Day game on the road against a team we just played. It’s very difficult to beat even BAD teams twice in a row, let alone a good team like the Knicks. This was probably our best loss all season. Really not a big deal.
Why can’t bucks have a home game though? Consistently one of the best teams for years now. We had an away game last year, should’ve been a home game this season.
Giannis needs to do better job at setting the tone on defense. Lopez is the best rim protector in the league and the quarterback of the defense but Giannis should take a bigger responsibility to carry as well. As a former DPOY and having the GM given title as best defender in the league, his effort needs to be there before anyone else’s. I saw way too many mistakes and moments of low effort this game. Not getting back on D, giving up a bad switch which resulted in an open 3 because he had to double on the guy he just switched off of, Jalen Brunsen getting back to back uncontested layups because either Giannis backed away from the rim or just didn’t want to put his hand up lol. The last time Giannis truly felt like a monster on defense was 2022
Too many Dads on our team playing tired after having a beautiful Christmas morning with their loving families. Gotta cut that wholesome shit out. /s
I sometimes wonder if people realize that even good teams lose some games. No teams go 82-0. Half this sub probably trades prime Jordan after an off game.