Overview
- Milwaukee closed the extra period on an 18-5 surge after Myles Turner hit back-to-back 3-pointers, capping a game that featured 32 lead changes.
- Antetokounmpo returned from a left-knee issue to deliver 25 points, 18 assists and seven rebounds in a playmaking-heavy outing.
- Kyle Kuzma paced the Bucks with 29 points and 10 rebounds in his first start since Oct. 30, a move Doc Rivers said he made for defensive size.
- Rookie Kon Knueppel posted a career-high 32 points in his first NBA game back in Milwaukee, a day after his family hosted the Hornets for a team dinner.
- Hornets coach Charles Lee held LaMelo Ball to a minutes cap that kept him out of overtime, and Rivers lamented the Bucks’ 22 turnovers versus Charlotte’s 13.