Milwaukee Bucks @ Los Angeles Lakers
Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22400996
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAL 19 27 23 20 89MIL 34 23 34 27 118
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Antetokounmpo and Bucks pull away from short-handed Lakers for comfortable 118-89 win
LOS ANGELES -- — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28 points and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 118-89 on Thursday night.
Gary Trent Jr. had 23 points off the bench, Kyle Kuzma added 20 and the Bucks swept the season series with two comfortable wins eight days apart.
Bronny James had 17 points to reach double figures for the first time in 22 NBA games, but the Lakers had their nine-game home winning streak snapped.
Los Angeles was without its top four scorers and five of its top six. Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves didn't play in the second game of a back-to-back because of sprained right ankles, joining starters LeBron James and Rui Hachimura on the injury report. Key reserves Dorian Finney-Smith (left ankle) and Jarred Vanderbilt (right groin strain) were also held out.
Milwaukee, which didn't have Damian Lillard available because of a calf injury , created separation by closing the first quarter on a 20-5 run that proved to be enough the rest of the way.
Takeaways Bucks: Having lost five of their previous seven, this was a gift Milwaukee couldn't give away if it hopes to secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Lakers: Dalton Knecht (17 points) and Gabe Vincent (9 points) struggled to help make up for so much missing offense, combining to shoot 8 for 26 (30.8%).
Key moment Los Angeles came up empty on an extended offensive possession in the last two minutes of the first half, and Trent knocked down a 3-pointer on the other end to push Milwaukee’s lead back to 11 at the break.
Key stat Trent picked up the slack while the rest of the Bucks struggled from 3, going 6 for 10 (60%) as the rest of the team was a lackluster 20% (5 for 25).
Up next The Bucks visit Sacramento on Saturday, and the Lakers host Chicago on Saturday.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MILAG A. Green
AJ A. Jackson Jr.
BL B. Lopez
CL C. Livingston
GA G. Antetokounmpo
GT G. Trent Jr.
KK K. Kuzma
KP K. Porter Jr.
PC P. Connaughton
PN P. Nance
RR R. Rollins
TP T. Prince
TS T. Smith
LALAL A. Len
BJ B. James
CR C. Reddish
DK D. Knecht
GV G. Vincent
JG J. Goodwin
JH J. Hayes
MM M. Morris
SM S. Milton
TJ T. Jemison III
MIL/LAL 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
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