Overview
- Former Warrior Ryan Rollins delivered a career-high 32 points with eight assists, following a 25-point outing two nights earlier.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo was ruled out about an hour before tip-off with left knee soreness as Milwaukee still put eight players in double figures and won the bench battle 38-29.
- Steve Kerr pointed to physical and mental fatigue and poor switching, and Draymond Green called the team’s switching “terrible.”
- Stephen Curry scored 27 points as Jonathan Kuminga added 24 and Jimmy Butler 23 with 11 rebounds, and Curry’s free-throw streak ended at 57.
- Milwaukee improved to 4-1 and Golden State fell to 4-2, with the Bucks hosting the Kings on Saturday and the Warriors visiting the Pacers.