Milwaukee Bucks: Kevin Garnett’s Best Five Games Against The Bucks
By Ti Windisch
February 24, 2003
In the other game played between the Bucks and Wolves in the 2002-03 NBA season, Kevin Garnett was even better. He nearly dropped a triple-double on the Bucks, who now had Gary Payton instead of Ray Allen after an infamous trade earlier in the year.
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Even without Allen, the Bucks really made Garnett and the Wolves work for their win. Minnesota was up big after three quarters, but Milwaukee dropped 42 points on them in the fourth to make this a close game.
KG wasn’t one to shy away from high stakes, though. He destroyed the Bucks in several different manors, dropping 34 points, 12 rebounds, eight assists and two steals. It would end up being his career high against Milwaukee in points and the second-most assists he’d ever tally against the Bucks.
Payton, Redd and Cassell all had good games, but nobody was touching the Big Ticket that night. He was efficient, only needing 19 shots to create his 34 points. He was also dominating, as usual.
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Fortunately, the Bucks will never have to worry about Kevin Garnett doing that again. Unfortunately, Karl-Anthony Towns is now the big man in Minnesota ready to haunt 29 NBA teams for the next few decades.