Milwaukee Bucks: Player grades from 126-113 win over Washington Wizards
By Adam McGee
The Milwaukee Bucks picked up their most comfortable win in the bubble to date, beating the Washington Wizards in spite of the MVP’s ejection.
The Milwaukee Bucks‘ time in the bubble has been weird so far, and therefore it should have come as no surprise that a meaningless game against the already eliminated Washington Wizards still managed to live up to that billing on Tuesday night.
With Khris Middleton, Eric Bledsoe, Wesley Matthews, and Donte DiVincenzo all out, and Marvin Williams getting a DNP, this was far from the old familiar Bucks to begin with, and yet they got the job done.
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That was largely thanks to another excellent performance from Brook Lopez, yet this game absolutely won’t be remembered for the Bucks’ center’s immaculate 5-of-5 shooting from three-point range.
Instead, all of the conversation will center around a second quarter incident that saw Giannis Antetokounmpo finish off some back and forth between him and Wizards big Moe Wagner by planting a headbutt on his German opponent.
An ejection unsurprisingly followed, but it didn’t derail the Bucks.
With that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the Bucks’ individual efforts from their win over the Wizards.