{"id":545831,"date":"2026-03-26T05:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545831\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:51:09","slug":"trail-blazers-130-99-bucks-mar-25-2026-game-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/545831\/","title":{"rendered":"Trail Blazers 130-99 Bucks (Mar 25, 2026) Game Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. — \u2014 Scoot Henderson<\/a> had 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers<\/a> routed the Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> 130-99 on Wednesday night as Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> remained sidelined with a left knee injury. <\/p>\n

Jerami Grant<\/a> and Deni Avdija<\/a> each had 18 points and Donovan Clingan<\/a> added 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Blazers, who have already clinched a play-in spot. Portland has won five of its last six games. <\/p>\n

Ryan Rollins<\/a> had a career-high 36 points for the fading Bucks, who have lost 12 of their last 15 games, including four of five since sitting 10-time All-Star Antetokounmpo<\/a> because of a left knee injury. <\/p>\n

The Blazers led by 27 points in the first half and went into the break ahead 71-49. Portland stretched the lead to 33 points in the third quarter and Blazers’ coach Tiago Splitter pulled most of his starters by midway through the fourth. <\/p>\n

It was lopsided throughout, with the Blazers outrebounding the Bucks 54-34. Portland finished with 11 blocks. Seven Blazers scored in double figures. <\/p>\n

Antetokounmpo’s status for the rest of the season has been tied to the debate over tanking and the player participation policy.<\/a><\/p>\n

Bucks coach Doc Rivers was clear before the game that Antetokounmpo was not being held out. The two-time NBA MVP hurt his knee in the third quarter of a game against the Pacers on March 15. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe’re just trying to get Giannis clear and healthy,\u201d Rivers said. \u201cThat’s our only focus. All the other stuff, we stay above.\u201d<\/p>\n

Henderson’s dunk gave the Blazers a 50-30 lead in the first half. <\/p>\n

Portland went into the final quarter in front 104-81 after Robert William III’s layup. <\/p>\n

Up Next <\/p>\n

The Trail Blazers host the Mavericks on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Bucks host San Antonio on Saturday. <\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORTLAND, Ore. — \u2014 Scoot Henderson had 23 points and the Portland Trail Blazers routed the Milwaukee Bucks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545832,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-545831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}