Game ID: 22300552
Sacramento Kings @ Milwaukee Bucks
Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 7:00 PM ET
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 Final
MIL 32 36 27 33 15 143SAC 37 29 25 37 14 142
MIL vs SAC ScoutingMIL vs SAC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
MIL availability going into 1/06 · 1 day's restOUT Crowder missed 26 since 11/13, out tonight
OUT Green missed 4 since 12/29, returns tonight: 3 min (27% of 11)
NEW Beauchamp 12 to 17 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 1/08 · 1 day's restOUT Crowder missed 27 since 11/13, out tonight
BACK Green back 1/06 after 4, 3 min since (27% of 11)
NEW Beauchamp 12 to 18 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 1/11 · 2 days' restOUT Crowder missed 28 since 11/13, out tonight
BACK Green back 1/06 after 4, 7 min since (64% of 11)
NEW Beauchamp 12 to 19 min over the last 4
MIL availability going into 1/13 · 1 day's restOUT Crowder missed 29 since 11/13, out tonight
BACK Green back 1/06 after 4, 8 min since (69% of 11)
NEW Beauchamp 12 to 18 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 1/14 · back-to-backOUT Crowder missed 30 since 11/13, out tonight
BACK Green back 1/06 after 4, 8 min since (69% of 11)
NEW Jackson Jr. 10 to 17 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 1/17 · 2 days' restOUT Crowder missed 31 since 11/13, returns tonight: 19 min (86% of 22)
OUT Beauchamp missed 2 since 1/13, returns tonight: 23 min (192% of 12)
BACK Green back 1/06 after 4, 10 min since (91% of 11)
NEW Jackson Jr. 10 to 18 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 1/20 · 2 days' restBACK Crowder back 1/17 after 31, 19 min since (86% of 22)
BACK Beauchamp back 1/17 after 2, 23 min since (192% of 12)
NEW Jackson Jr. 10 to 21 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 1/22 · 1 day's restBACK Crowder back 1/17 after 31, 16 min since (74% of 22)
BACK Beauchamp back 1/17 after 2, 23 min since (192% of 12)
NEW Jackson Jr. 10 to 18 min over the last 5
MIL availability going into 1/24 · 1 day's restOUT Payne missed 2 since 1/20, returns tonight: 13 min (90% of 15)
OUT Beauchamp missed 2 since 1/20, out tonight
OUT Green missed 2 since 1/20, returns tonight: 1 min (6% of 11)
BACK Crowder back 1/17 after 31, 15 min since (67% of 22)
NEW Jackson Jr. 10 to 19 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 1/07 · 1 day's restOUT Ellis missed 3 since 1/02, returns tonight: 12 min (70% of 17)
OUT Vezenkov missed 3 since 1/02, returns tonight: 21 min (169% of 12)
NEW Duarte 12 to 21 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 1/09 · 1 day's restBACK Ellis back 1/07 after 3, 12 min since (70% of 17)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/07 after 3, 21 min since (169% of 12)
NEW Duarte 12 to 19 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 1/10 · back-to-backBACK Ellis back 1/07 after 3, 8 min since (48% of 17)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/07 after 3, 21 min since (169% of 12)
NEW Duarte 12 to 18 min over the last 4
SAC availability going into 1/12 · 1 day's restOUT Vezenkov missed 2 since 1/09, returns tonight: 8 min (70% of 12)
BACK Ellis back 1/07 after 3, 9 min since (50% of 17)
NEW Monk 26 to 31 min over the last 5
SAC availability going into 1/14 · 1 day's restBACK Ellis back 1/07 after 3, 9 min since (52% of 17)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/07 after 3, 15 min since (119% of 12)
SAC availability going into 1/16 · 1 day's restBACK Ellis back 1/07 after 3, 9 min since (52% of 17)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/07 after 3, 12 min since (97% of 12)
NEW Lyles 20 to 27 min over the last 4
SAC availability going into 1/18 · 1 day's restOUT Ellis missed 2 since 1/14, returns tonight: 2 min (11% of 17)
OUT Mitchell missed 2 since 1/14, out tonight
OUT Duarte missed 2 since 1/14, out tonight
BACK Vezenkov back 1/12 after 2, 11 min since (89% of 12)
SAC availability going into 1/22 · 3 days' restOUT Mitchell missed 3 since 1/14, returns tonight: 22 min (144% of 15)
OUT Duarte missed 3 since 1/14, out tonight
BACK Ellis back 1/18 after 2, 2 min since (11% of 17)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/12 after 2, 11 min since (89% of 12)
SAC availability going into 1/25 · 2 days' restOUT Duarte missed 4 since 1/14, returns tonight: 3 min (22% of 12)
BACK Ellis back 1/18 after 2, 2 min since (11% of 17)
BACK Mitchell back 1/22 after 3, 22 min since (144% of 15)
BACK Vezenkov back 1/12 after 2, 10 min since (81% of 12)
NEW Huerter 24 to 32 min over the last 4
I Know — the desk, before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 123 a night and allowing 117, shooting 51 percent and 39 from three, 23 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 35 and Lillard at 23 a game. Without Crowder (30 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Sacramento comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 116 a night and allowing 117, shooting 47 percent and 37 from three, 18 free throws a game; Sabonis at 23 and Murray at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Milwaukee wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Milwaukee 121, Sacramento 117, Sacramento keeping it close.
1/06 @ HOU 108-112 — MIL notes
MIL lost 108-112. MIL shot 46% (35 of 76) to HOU's 43%, 9 of 34 from three, and went to the line 42 times to HOU's 32 — 29 points from the stripe to their 27. Antetokounmpo led with 48 (16 of 25, 15 of 21 at the line); Lillard added 18, Middleton 10. Q4 was theirs, 35-23, the deficit cut from 16 to 4, but the other 3 periods went 89-73 against them. Connaughton's -13 in 19 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/08 vs UTA 116-132 — MIL notes
MIL lost 116-132. MIL shot 45% (42 of 94) to UTA's 52%, 17 of 36 from three. Antetokounmpo led with 25 (10 of 20, 5 of 9 at the line); Middleton added 23, Beasley 17. Q3 was theirs, 44-23, the deficit cut from 31 to 10, but the other 3 periods went 109-72 against them. Green's -15 in 11 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/11 vs BOS 135-102 — MIL notes
MIL won 135-102. MIL shot 57% (52 of 92) to BOS's 37%, 18 of 42 from three, and got to the line 16 times to BOS's 30. The glass went 54-31 for them. Portis led with 28 (11 of 18, 5 of 6 from three); G. Antetokounmpo added 24, Lillard 21. The hinge was Q2, 34-15: a lead of 18 became 37, and the lead reached 43. G. Antetokounmpo was the night's best plus/minus at +38.
1/13 vs GSW 129-118 — MIL notes
MIL won 129-118. MIL shot 54% (51 of 94) to GSW's 48%, 13 of 31 from three. MIL turned it over 12 times to GSW's 7. Antetokounmpo led with 33 (13 of 22, 1 of 3 from three, 6 of 8 at the line); Lillard added 27, Middleton 24. The hinge was Q1, 33-24: from level to 9 ahead. MIL trailed 54-56 at the half and won the second half 75-62. Lillard was the night's best plus/minus at +21.
1/14 vs SAC 143-142 — MIL notes
MIL won 143-142 in 1 overtime. MIL shot 52% (48 of 92) to SAC's 52%, 20 of 43 from three, and went to the line 32 times to SAC's 20 — 27 points from the stripe to their 15. Lillard led with 29 (9 of 23, 5 of 13 from three, 6 of 6 at the line); Antetokounmpo added 27, Beasley 23. The hinge was Q2, 36-29: MIL came in trailing by 5 and left it ahead by 2. Portis was the night's best plus/minus at +10.
1/17 @ CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Cleveland comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 100, shooting 47 percent and 39 from three, 23 free throws a game; Mitchell at 29 and LeVert at 18 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 12 a night. Without Garland (13 straight), Eva. Mobley (17 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 121, shooting 51 percent and 41 from three, 25 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 31 and Lillard at 24 a game. That is 3 straight wins. Without Crowder (31 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Cleveland wins, and the game turns on the defense, Cleveland allowing 100 a night to Milwaukee's 121 and the glass, where Cleveland has been plus-12 a night and Milwaukee plus-2. Call it Cleveland 119, Milwaukee 115, Milwaukee keeping it close.
1/20 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 115 a night and allowing 123, shooting 50 percent and 36 from three, 18 free throws a game; Ivey at 23 and Bogdanović at 22 a game. Without Cunningham (5 straight). 2 days' rest. Milwaukee comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 124 a night and allowing 126, shooting 49 percent and 41 from three, 19 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 27 and Lillard at 24 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Milwaukee wins, on the road, and the game turns on the arc, Milwaukee at 41 percent from three to Detroit's 36 and the turnovers, Detroit giving it away 14 times a game to Milwaukee's 11. Call it Milwaukee 122, Detroit 119, Detroit keeping it close.
1/22 @ DET — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Detroit comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 120 a night and allowing 125, shooting 50 percent and 40 from three, 21 free throws a game; Burks at 23 and Ivey at 22 a game. Without Cunningham (6 straight). One day's rest. Milwaukee comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 129 a night and allowing 126, shooting 52 percent and 39 from three, 25 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 29 and Lillard at 28 a game. One day's rest.
So: Milwaukee wins, on the road, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Milwaukee 124, Detroit 121, Detroit keeping it close.
1/24 vs CLE — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Milwaukee comes in 4-1 over its last five, scoring 126 a night and allowing 129, shooting 49 percent and 36 from three, 28 free throws a game; Antetokounmpo at 30 and Lillard at 27 a game. One day's rest. Cleveland comes in 5-0 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 96, shooting 49 percent and 39 from three, 22 free throws a game; Mitchell at 31 and Niang at 15 a game. That is 5 straight wins. It has won the glass by 8 a night. Without Garland (16 straight), Eva. Mobley (20 straight), LeVert (2 straight). One day's rest.
So: Cleveland wins, on the road, and the game turns on the defense, Cleveland allowing 96 a night to Milwaukee's 129 and the glass, where Cleveland has been plus-8 a night and Milwaukee minus-0. Call it Cleveland 120, Milwaukee 115.
1/07 vs NOP 100-133 — SAC notes
SAC lost 100-133. SAC took 9 more shots (91 to 82), but shot 42% to NOP's 61%, 15 of 45 from three. SAC turned it over 9 times to NOP's 16. The glass went 25-51 against them. Sabonis led with 17 (8 of 12); Huerter added 17, Ellis 13. Q4 was theirs, 39-30, the deficit cut from 42 to 33, but the other 3 periods went 103-61 against them. Sabonis's -32 in 29 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/09 @ DET 131-110 — SAC notes
SAC won 131-110. SAC shot 57% (54 of 94) to DET's 47%, 13 of 33 from three, and got to the line 14 times to DET's 21. Sabonis led with 37 (16 of 21); Murray added 32, Fox 26. The hinge was Q2, 39-18: SAC came in trailing by 18 and left it ahead by 3, and the lead reached 21. Murray was the night's best plus/minus at +32.
1/10 @ CHA 123-98 — SAC notes
SAC won 123-98. SAC shot 52% (46 of 89) to CHA's 40%, 13 of 35 from three, and went to the line 23 times to CHA's 16 — 18 points from the stripe to their 12. The glass went 53-36 for them. Murray led with 25 (11 of 18, 3 of 7 from three); Sabonis added 24, Monk 20. The hinge was Q4, 28-18: a lead of 15 became 25. Len was the night's best plus/minus at +28.
1/12 @ PHI 93-112 — SAC notes
SAC lost 93-112. SAC shot 34% (32 of 95) to PHI's 43%, 8 of 38 from three, and went to the line 26 times to PHI's 18 — 21 points from the stripe to their 17. Fox led with 21 (5 of 15, 2 of 7 from three, 9 of 11 at the line); Murray added 15, Monk 15. Q3 was theirs, 27-22, the deficit cut from 19 to 14, but the other 3 periods went 90-66 against them. Fox's -25 in 38 minutes was the worst on the floor.
1/14 @ MIL 142-143 — SAC notes
SAC lost 142-143 in 1 overtime. SAC took 13 more shots (105 to 92), but shot 52% to MIL's 52%, 17 of 41 from three, and got to the line 20 times to MIL's 32. Fox led with 32 (12 of 26, 2 of 6 from three, 6 of 7 at the line); Monk added 28, Huerter 26. Q1 was theirs, 37-32, but the other 4 periods went 111-105 against them.
1/16 @ PHX — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Phoenix comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 116, shooting 51 percent and 37 from three, 24 free throws a game; Booker at 26 and Durant at 23 a game. One day's rest. Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 118 a night and allowing 119, shooting 47 percent and 34 from three, 19 free throws a game; Sabonis at 23 and Fox at 20 a game. One day's rest.
So: Phoenix wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Phoenix 119, Sacramento 115, Sacramento keeping it close.
1/18 vs IND — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 116, shooting 49 percent and 37 from three, 19 free throws a game; Fox at 26 and Sabonis at 23 a game. That is 3 straight losses. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Ellis (2 straight), Mitchell (2 straight). One day's rest. Indiana comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 117 a night and allowing 118, shooting 50 percent and 38 from three, 21 free throws a game; Mathurin at 16 and Turner at 14 a game. Without Haliburton (4 straight), Nesmith (2 straight). 2 days' rest.
So: Sacramento wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Sacramento 122, Indiana 117.
1/22 vs ATL — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Sacramento comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 120, shooting 48 percent and 37 from three, 23 free throws a game; Fox at 26 and Sabonis at 20 a game. That is 4 straight losses. It has won the glass by 4 a night. Without Mitchell (3 straight). 3 days' rest. Atlanta comes in 3-2 over its last five, scoring 104 a night and allowing 111, shooting 43 percent and 33 from three, 22 free throws a game; Young at 22 and Murray at 20 a game. Without Hunter (15 straight), Krejčí (14 straight). One day's rest.
So: Sacramento wins, and the game turns on the defense, Atlanta allowing 111 a night to Sacramento's 120 and the turnovers, Atlanta giving it away 15 times a game to Sacramento's 12. Call it Sacramento 119, Atlanta 114.
1/25 @ GSW — I Know, the desk before tip-off
Written before tip-off, from the five games each side brought in.
Golden State comes in 2-3 over its last five, scoring 121 a night and allowing 126, shooting 50 percent and 39 from three, 19 free throws a game; Curry at 23 and Kuminga at 22 a game. Without Paul (6 straight), Moody (4 straight), Payton II (8 straight). Second night of a back-to-back. Sacramento comes in 1-4 over its last five, scoring 119 a night and allowing 121, shooting 47 percent and 36 from three, 23 free throws a game; Fox at 24 and Huerter at 19 a game. 2 days' rest.
So: Golden State wins, in a game with no one edge to lean on. Call it Golden State 121, Sacramento 120, Sacramento keeping it close.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MILAG A. Green
AJ A. Jackson Jr.
BL B. Lopez
BP B. Portis
CP C. Payne
DL D. Lillard
GA G. Antetokounmpo
MB M. Beasley
PC P. Connaughton
SACAL A. Len
AV A. Vezenkov
DF D. Fox
DS D. Sabonis
HB H. Barnes
KH K. Huerter
KM K. Murray
MM M. Monk
TL T. Lyles
MIL/SAC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur
Bucks stun Kings on Lillard's buzzer-beating 3-pointer in overtime
MILWAUKEE -- — Damian Lillard swished a 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime to give the Milwaukee Bucks a stunning 143-142 win over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
The Kings led by four late in overtime, but Brook Lopez made a 3-pointer from the corner to pull the Bucks to 141-140 with 11.5 seconds remaining. De'Aaron Fox made one of two free throws. Lillard then inbounded the ball to Lopez, who passed it back to Lillard, who then dribbled across half court and sank a shot from about 30 feet that gave the Bucks their 15th consecutive win over the Kings as the Fiserv Forum crowd erupted and teammates mobbed him.
Lillard said the play called for him to inbound the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo , not Lopez.
“Two guys ran to Giannis and as soon as I looked up Brook was already running toward me and I knew that was what the play was going to get to eventually,” Lillard said.
After crossing half court, Lillard said he glanced at the clock before making a move to set up his game-winner, which marked the 2,500th 3-pointer of his career. Lillard is in his first year with the Bucks after 11 years with Portland.
“I just changed direction and got into space where I could get a good look at the rim. It was a pretty comfortable shot," he said. “These are the kinds of game that you don’t want to let them slip. It’s a quality win against a good team.”
Lillard led the Bucks with 29 points. Antetokounmpo had a triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, Malik Beasley scored 23 points and Bobby Portis added 22.
The Bucks improved to 19-3 at home.
Fox finished with 32 points to lead the Kings, and Domantas Sabonis had his 10th triple-double of the season with 21 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds. Sabonis trails only Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets , who has 12.
Milwaukee built a 12-point early in the fourth quarter but Sacramento fought back late to force overtime.
“It was like we had the game and they stole it from us and we took it back at the end,” Bucks coach Adrian Griffin said. "When they went up six (in overtime) it would have been easy for us to throw in the towel, but those guys are resilient. Probably one of our best wins of the season.”
Kings coach Mike Brown stormed onto the court with 9:27 left in the fourth and began screaming at referee Intae Hwang and was immediately ejected while having to be restrained by Sacramento players. Malik Monk wrapped his arms around Brown and directed him off the court.
Brown brought out a laptop in his post-game media session to highlight multiple calls that he found frustrating, as well as a disparity in free throws.
“The referees are human, and they’re going to make mistakes, but you just hope that there’s some sort of consistency and there’s some sort of communication between the refs,” Brown said. “The refs tonight, they were great, they communicated with me all night. But in terms of consistency, you guys saw it right here. In my opinion, the consistency wasn’t here tonight."
Griffin said Brown's ejection fueled the Kings.
“It was a good tactic because his team rallied," Griffin said. "But I think our team was more resilient tonight.”
Antetokounmpo showed up on a late-afternoon injury report as being questionable with a right shoulder contusion but took the court for the 29th consecutive game. The two-time MVP has missed just one game this season, on Nov. 15 against Toronto.
The Bucks were without Khris Middleton , who rested his surgically repaired right-knee as the Bucks played their third game in four days.
Kevin Heurter, who sat out Sacramento’s 112-93 loss on Friday night to the Philadelphia 76ers with a right ankle sprain, returned to the lineup and finished with 26 points.
The Bucks made 63% of their first-half shots, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range, but held a slim 68-66 margin as the Kings took 53 shots compared with 35 for Milwaukee.