Milwaukee Bucks: Grades from 111-104 win over Orlando Magic

In spite of struggling for much of the first half, the Milwaukee Bucks came on strong in the second half to beat the Orlando Magic on Saturday night.

The Milwaukee Bucks didn’t make it all that easy for themselves, but they found a way to bounce back from the previous night’s disappointment, claiming a win against the Orlando Magic on Saturday night.

As the final leg on a lengthy four-game road trip, this was never going to be a game about the Bucks playing their very best basketball of the season. Instead, the focus was going to be to simply win and get home, and that’s exactly what Milwaukee managed to do.

A first half plagued by sloppy play certainly didn’t make it easy, though, and the Bucks would have been somewhat relieved to only have trailed by four points at half time.

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Milwaukee looked much more focused in the second half, and with much better execution, they seized the initiative.

The Bucks’ star trio of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Eric Bledsoe were all on their game, and even short-handed, Milwaukee had a bench contributor step up to make a decisive impact.

Building on his recent improved play, Jason Terry produced a spell of three-point shooting brilliance to change all momentum in the game, and in spite of a strong finish from Orlando, the Bucks never looked back from there.

Let’s dive deeper into the game and look at how the players fared on Saturday night.