Milwaukee Bucks Daily: Giannis Antetokounmpo ties career-high 44 points

CLEVELAND, OH - DECEMBER 14: (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - DECEMBER 14: (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)

The latest Milwaukee Bucks Daily is here as Giannis Antetokounmpo made a statement in bouncing back from a night of struggles to tie his career-high.

In today’s edition of Milwaukee Bucks Daily, we get the reaction to Giannis Antetokounmpo’s career-high tying performance and the Bucks’ win it came as a part of, hear about Marc Lasry’s desire to bring another pro sports team to Milwaukee, and much more.

All reports suggested Antetokounmpo was particularly hard on himself following his off-night against the Pacers earlier this week, but he more than made up for that with a starring role in Milwaukee’s Friday night win.

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Back to the present, let’s look at today’s Bucks stories.

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Milwaukee Bucks: The all-encompassing value of Brook Lopez (read here): Jordan Treske took a deeper dive into Brook Lopez’s contributions to the Bucks’ so far this season, and what they say about his overall value to the team.

Milwaukee Bucks: 3 things to watch for on the road against Cleveland Cavaliers (read here): Prior to Friday night’s game, I previewed the matchup with the Cavaliers and highlighted three elements worth watching closely.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 44 tie career-high, shed taste of sour loss (read here): Malika Andrews of ESPN reported from Quicken Loans Arena on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s bounce-back night.

Bucks 114, Cavaliers 102: It’s all Giannis, right from the opening dunk (read here): Matt Velazquez of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also reported on Giannis’ big night, and the Bucks’ comfortable victory over the Cavs overall.

When playing within the system goes wrong for the Bucks ($) (read here): Eric Nehm of The Athletic took a closer look at the Bucks’ shortcomings from their Wednesday night loss to the Pacers.

Billionaire Bucks owner wants to bring a new professional sports team to Milwaukee (read here): TMJ4 relayed recent comments from Bucks owner Marc Lasry on his desire to bring another professional sports team to Milwaukee.

That’s it for today’s roundup, but we’ll be back to do it all again tomorrow.