Giannis Antetokounmpo: Nigerian Freak goes crazy as Bucks beat Raptors

At Fiserv Forum, the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Toronto Raptors, who were headed to the NBA draft lottery, 130–112 to win their third straight game and their sixth in their previous seven games.

Milwaukee is now one game behind New York in the loss column for the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference and is 3-0 on this current homestand, which concludes on Sunday against Philadelphia.

After his team lost to Portland, Giannis Antetokounmpo said he wanted to see more from them and that they needed to improve.

The Bucks dominated the first few minutes of the game, going on a 14-3 surge to open and never really looking back for the third straight game.

Despite cutting the lead to 10 early in the fourth quarter and trailing by as much as 20 at other times, the Raptors never seemed to have any chance of rallying.

Milwaukee's bench scored forty-four points, and five players scored double figures.

Damian Lillard led the Bucks with 26 points and 8 assists, while Antetokounmpo scored 35 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

A total of seven Raptors achieved double figures, with 21, and R.J. Barrett led Toronto.