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Bucks owners praise Doc Rivers’ ‘class and professionalism’ after parting ways

Bucks owners praise Doc Rivers’ ‘class and professionalism’ after parting ways

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The Milwaukee Bucks parted ways with head coach Doc Rivers on Sunday, ending his nearly three-season tenure with the franchise. Doc Rivers reacts during the first half against the Philadelphia 76ers at Xfinity Mobile Arena on April 12, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Getty Images via AFP) The Bucks are at present searching for their third head coach in three years. After Milwaukee lost to the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday, Rivers was candid about the situation. The setback brought the team’s record to 32-50. Rivers said, “The season didn’t go the way I wanted it to go.” “Our health may have been better. We could have had a lot of things,” he quoted. The experienced coach said looking back at his work with the team, “Looking back won’t help you. We did a lot of things to make a lot of the young kids better. That was the road that came up for us, and we took it.” The team’s problems were made worse by injuries. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard both missed time during the …

NBA Playoffs: Tyrese Haliburton’s father, Giannis Antetokounmpo clash after Pacers hand Bucks first round exit | Sport-others News

NBA Playoffs: Tyrese Haliburton’s father, Giannis Antetokounmpo clash after Pacers hand Bucks first round exit | Sport-others News

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In the first round of the NBA Playoffs, the Indiana Pacers took down the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 with the final game in the series ending 119-118 for the Pacers. In the final moments of the game, Pacers’ guard Tyrese Haliburton scored the winning bucket over Bucks’ franchise player Giannis Antetokounmpo. After the moment when the players were shaking hands, Haliburton’s father was caught on camera having a confrontation with Antetokounmpo. After the match, the Greek centre was asked about his version of events. “At the moment I thought he was a fan,” Antetokounmpo said. “But then I realised it was Tyrese’s [father]. I love Tyrese. I think he’s a great competitor. [But] it was his dad … Coming in the floor and showing me his son, a towel with his face, [and saying], ‘This is what we do. This is what we F-ing do. This what the F we do.’ I feel like that’s very, very disrespectful,” said Giannis on his take of the incident. The former NBA MVP and NBA Champion admitted that he …

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

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The Milwaukee Bucks will look for improved energy and a desired result when they visit the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night. HT Image After losing 125-96 on Monday in a road game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Bucks go from playing one of the NBA’s best teams to one of the league’s worst. The Bucks used a makeshift lineup in the loss at Oklahoma City, with what coach Doc Rivers referred to as a fatigued team. Milwaukee’s losing streak reached four games. “My instincts told me to fly them directly to Charlotte ,” Rivers said of several starters who didn’t play. “But that’s a bad look and so I didn’t do that. And didn’t want to waste the owners’ money on fines.” The Hornets are on a five-game losing streak and have just two games left on a nine-game homestand. They have won once during the stretch so far. “I definitely have to figure out how to keep these guys to be a little bit more consistent,” Charlotte coach Charles Lee said. The Bucks …

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

Giannis Antetokounmpo carries Bucks past Thunder in NBA Cup final

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LAS VEGAS Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 26 points, grabbed 18 rebounds and dished 10 assists and to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA Cup title with a 97-81 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday. HT Image Milwaukee becomes the second winner of the Cup, following the Los Angeles Lakers’ championship in the inaugural tournament last season. Damian Lillard added 23 points for the Bucks. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 21 points but shot just 8-for-24 from the field, including 2 of 9 from 3-point range. Jalen Williams added 18 points on 8-of-20 shooting, while Isaiah Hartenstein added 16. Lillard gave the Bucks an 11-point lead by draining one of his signature long range 3-pointers with 9:08 remaining in the third quarter. The bucket came directly following back-to-back technical fouls on Thunder forward Luguentz Dort and coach Mike Daigneault, leading to two free throws that Lillard sank. Milwaukee carried a 77-64 lead to the fourth period. Antetokounmpo scored 14 points in the first half and Lillard chipped in 12 as Milwaukee led 51-50 …

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

Postseason feel for Thunder, Bucks in NBA Cup final

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LAS VEGAS Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks hope to add the NBA Cup to their list of accomplishments, but they’ll need to go through an Oklahoma City Thunder group that’s established itself as the premier force in the West. HT Image The Bucks and Thunder will square off here Tuesday in the second-ever NBA Cup championship game. Antetokounmpo rose to the occasion in the Bucks’ 110-102 win over the Atlanta Hawks in Saturday’s semifinal. He fell one assist shy of a triple-double but was dominant nonetheless, tallying 32 points and 14 rebounds. A victory in the Cup final would punctuate a drastic early-season turnaround for Milwaukee, which has won 12 of its last 15 games after starting the year 2-8. Antetokounmpo is averaging a league-high 32.7 points over 23 games this season and is firmly in contention to win his third MVP award. Damian Lillard’s recent performance has also been key in Milwaukee’s turnaround, as the eight-time All-Star is scoring 25.7 points per game. As much as Antetokounmpo wants to be the greatest, he …

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

Bucks get second crack at NBA Cup semis vs. Trae Young, Hawks

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LAS VEGAS The Milwaukee Bucks are making a return trip to the NBA Cup semifinals after falling short in Sin City last season. This time around, they’ll have the responsibility of stopping one of the game’s great entertainers in Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. HT Image Young rolled a pair of imaginary dice over the New York Knicks’ midcourt logo in the closing moments of the Hawks’ 108-100 win in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, a nod to the Hawks’ trip to Vegas. It was yet another example of Young’s showmanship, something the Knicks have seen firsthand over the years. The Bucks also got to experience a bit of Young’s big-game prowess in the 2021 Eastern Conference finals, but Young suffered an ankle injury in Game 3 of that series and wasn’t the same the rest of the way. If “Ice Trae” has it his way, the Bucks will be the latest victim of his prime-time heroics on Saturday night. Even if he doesn’t like to linger on the memories of that series. “I don’t …

Well-rested Bucks out to end four-game skid vs. Hornets

Jayson Tatum pours in 34 as Celtics beat Bucks

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Dec 07, 2024 09:01 AM IST BASKETBALL-NBA-BOS-MIL/RECAP Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Boston Celtics extended their home winning streak to seven games by beating the Milwaukee Bucks 111-105 on Friday. HT Image Boston used a 10-2 run to take a 105-101 lead with 1:29 left, and Jrue Holiday hit a jump shot that put the Celtics up 107-102 with 25.6 seconds to play. Holiday, who finished the game with 20 points, also made two free throws that handed Boston a 109-105 lead with 14.9 seconds remaining. Jaylen Brown added 25 points for Boston, which was outrebounded 51-41 and shot 32.1 percent from 3-point range . Derrick White was 0-for-8 from 3-point territory, 1-for-10 overall, and scored six points. Damian Lillard tossed in a team-high 31 points for Milwaukee, which received 30 points and 11 rebounds from Giannis Antetokounmpo. Bobby Portis finished with nine points and 18 rebounds. Khris Middleton came off the bench and made his season debut for the Bucks, amassing 11 points, five assists and …