Lillard, Antetokounmpo lead the way as Bucks snap 6-game skid with 123-100 victory over Jazz

Damian Lillard scored 34 points and Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points and 16 rebounds to thief nan Milwaukee Bucks threat a six-game skid by beating nan Utah Jazz 123-100 connected Thursday

MILWAUKEE -- Damian Lillard scored 34 points, Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points and 16 rebounds and nan Milwaukee Bucks snapped a six-game skid, beating nan Utah Jazz 123-100 connected Thursday night.

Antetokounmpo was backmost successful action aft missing a 116-114 loss astatine Cleveland connected Monday nighttime because of a correct adductor strain.

The Bucks hadn’t mislaid six consecutive games since March 2015. They avoided their first seven-game skid since March 2014, erstwhile they dropped 8 successful a row.

Jordan Clarkson had 18 disconnected nan chair to lead nan Jazz.

Utah led 71-70 earlier nan Bucks took bid pinch a 17-1 tally precocious successful nan 3rd quarter. Lillard and Antetokounmpo mixed to people Milwaukee’s first 15 points successful that spurt.

Jazz: Utah entered nan nighttime classed 27th successful nan NBA successful 3-pointers per crippled (11.3) and 29th successful 3-point percent (30.3%), but nan Jazz went 14 of 26 from beyond nan arc successful nan first half to lead 61-57 astatine nan break. They were 3 of 15 successful nan 2nd half.

Bucks: Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers shuffled his lineup by giving Andre Jackson Jr. his first commencement of nan play and moving Gary Trent Jr. to a chair role.

Utah led 61-60 erstwhile Antetokounmpo picked up his 4th foul pinch 10:26 near successful nan 3rd quarter. Antetokounmpo ne'er near nan level until 43.1 seconds remained successful nan period, but he didn't prime up different foul during that agelong and helped spark nan 17-1 tally that gave nan Bucks immoderate breathing room.

Antetokounmpo had six violative rebounds to summation his profession full to 1,469 and go Milwaukee's profession leader. Marques Johnson, now portion of nan Bucks' tv broadcast team, had 1,468 violative rebounds pinch nan Bucks from 1977-84.

The Jazz are astatine Sacramento connected Saturday. The Bucks are astatine New York connected Friday night.

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