Bucks beat Raptors on Giannis triple double as Nets’ streak ends
Giannis Antetokounmpo's triple double sparked the Milwaukee Bucks to a 104-101 overtime victory at Toronto on Wednesday while the Brooklyn Nets saw their 12-game NBA win streak snapped.
Greek superstar Antetokounmpo scored 30 points, pulled down 21 rebounds and passed off 10 assists, the last to set up Grayson Allen's decisive 3-pointer with 11 seconds to play, to rescue a Milwaukee triumph.
"You can't do it by yourself. You've got to trust your teammates, make plays for them," Antetokounmpo said.
"I'm trying to be aggressive… but at the end of the day everybody is sucking me in and the guy is open. That last play Grayson was wide open and I was able to get him the ball."
It was the 31st career triple double for Antetokounmpo and the sixth time he managed 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game — and his heroics came a night after scoring a career-high 55 points in a victory.
Antetokounmpo, who made 7 of 18 shots from the floor and 15 of 21 from the free throw line, was unhappy with a 28-7 Raptors run to close regulation time, Toronto tying the game at 97-97 on Gary Trent Jr's last-second 3-pointer to force overtime.
"We can't put ourselves in that position," Antetokounmpo said. "We were up 15 with two minutes left. They came back, tied the game, sent it to overtime.
"But I think we did a good job keeping our composure and executing in the overtime — finding open spots and defending — and we were able to get the win."
It came only after Fred VanVleet, who led Toronto with 28 points, missed a potential tying 3-pointer on the Raptors' last shot.
DeMar DeRozan and Patrick Williams each scored 22 points and Nikola Vucevic added 21 points plus a game-high 13 rebounds to lead Chicago over Brooklyn 121-112.
