{"id":235035,"date":"2025-10-23T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/235035\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T12:38:08","slug":"bucks-133-120-wizards-23-oct-2025-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/235035\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucks 133-120 Wizards (23 Oct, 2025) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> had 37 points and 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> never trailed in a 133-120, season-opening victory over the Washington Wizards<\/a> on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee\u2019s Kevin Porter Jr<\/a>. scored 10 points before leaving with a sprained left ankle late in the first quarter.<\/p>\n

Porter was heading backward as Washington\u2019s Cam Whitmore<\/a> was driving into the paint. Porter appeared to trip over the foot of teammate Bobby Portis<\/a>, fell down and laid on the floor in pain before heading to the locker room.<\/p>\n

Washington’s Khris Middleton<\/a> scored 23 points in his first game<\/a> at Milwaukee since the Bucks dealt the three-time All-Star at last season’s trade deadline. Middleton, a key player on Milwaukee’s 2021 championship team, received a standing ovation during pregame introductions and another hearty round of applause after the Bucks played a video tribute<\/a> to him during the first timeout.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee’s Gary Trent<\/a> Jr. scored 17 points. Myles Turner<\/a> had 11 points, eight rebounds and five assists in his Bucks debut.<\/p>\n

Kyshawn George<\/a> had 21 points for Washington.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee led the NBA in 3-point percentage (.387) last season but ranked 18th in 3-point attempts, so coach Doc Rivers spent training camp telling his players to fire away from beyond the arc more often. <\/p>\n

Sure enough, the Bucks went 5 of 6 from 3-point range in the first five minutes and ended up 18 of 44 from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n

After Milwaukee led by 22 points in the second quarter, Middleton\u2019s 14-footer capped a 12-0 run to start the third period as Washington got the margin down to 72-65. The Wizards made it a seven-point game again later in the third.<\/p>\n

But every time the Wizards got within striking distance, the Bucks responded. Antetokounmpo scored 10 straight points during a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Up next <\/p>\n

Wizards: At Dallas on Friday.<\/p>\n

Bucks: At Toronto on Friday.<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MILWAUKEE — \u2014 Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and 14 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks never trailed in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-235035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-basketball","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}