Philadelphia 76ers @ Milwaukee Bucks
Friday, December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM ET
Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee, WI | Game ID: 22500348
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
MIL 20 29 28 24 101PHI 33 36 24 23 116
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Big night from bench players helps 76ers beat Bucks 116-101
MILWAUKEE -- — Quentin Grimes scored 22 points to lead a productive performance from Philadelphia's bench as the 76ers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 116-101 on Friday night.
Paul George added 20 points and Jabari Walker had a season-high 18 off the bench as the 76ers won for a second straight night after beating the Golden State Warriors 99-98 on Thursday.
Philadelphia's reserves scored 61 points to make up for the fact Milwaukee limited Tyrese Maxey to a season-low 12 points.
Neither team had its former league MVP on the floor.
Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo was out after straining his right calf in the first few minutes of a 113-109 victory over Detroit on Wednesday. With the 76ers playing for a second straight night, Philadelphia rested Joel Embiid .
Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before Friday’s game that he anticipates Antetokounmpo will miss about four weeks.
Milwaukee’s AJ Green left with a bruised shoulder in the second quarter.
Bobby Portis scored 22 points, Kevin Porter Jr . 20 and Myles Turner 19 for the Bucks.
It was tied until the 76ers began a 15-2 run that started about seven minutes into the game and put Philadelphia ahead 28-15. Jared McCain sank a pair of 3-pointers during that spurt.
Philadelphia stayed ahead the rest of the way and led by as many as 26 in the second quarter.
Milwaukee got the margin down to single digits for the first time since the first quarter when Portis hit a corner 3-pointer to cut Philadelphia’s lead to 103-94 with 4:16 left.
After Ryan Rollins got a steal on Philadelphia’s ensuing possession, the ball went back to Portis, who drove to the basket but couldn’t finish. Maxey made a basket with 3:45 remaining, and the 76ers maintained a double-figure edge the rest of the way.
Up next 76ers: Host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHIAB A. Bona
AD A. Drummond
DB D. Barlow
JM J. McCain
JW J. Walker
KL K. Lowry
PG P. George
QG Q. Grimes
TM T. Maxey
VE V. Edgecombe
MILAG A. Green
AJ A. Jackson Jr.
AN Anthony
BP B. Portis
GH G. Harris
GT G. Trent Jr.
JS J. Sims
KK K. Kuzma
KP K. Porter Jr.
MT M. Turner
RR R. Rollins
TA T. Antetokounmpo
PHI/MIL 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