Bucks vs. Cavs Final Score: Passive Giannis and Bucks Lose to Lebron Cavaliers

On a night when Giannis Antetotkounmpo slithered into the shadows repeatedly on offense, the rotating cast of Bucks’ role players couldn bring enough to stop the Cleveland Cavaliers in a 102-95 loss.Giannis looked passive almost all night, failing to attack isolations, not commanding the ball from a ball-pounding Delly and finishing with just nine points, seven rebounds and eight assists. Malcolm Brogdon looked like the Bucks’ best player tonight https://www.bucksfansstore.com/Ray_Allen_Jersey-20, ending at 20 points on a team-high 15 attempts and five assists, with Michael Beasley contributing 11 points before leaving the game with a ghastly knee injury. For the Cavaliers, Lebron James played after some question about his availability pregame, ending with 24 points, ten rebounds and six assists. Kyrie Irving added 25 points and nine assists and Derrick Williams tallied 14 points and seven rebounds. Milwaukee hung with the Cavs for the first half tonight, turning the ball over only two times and hitting two more threes than the Cavaliers at that point. However, as the second half unfolded, Cleveland started finding easier shots against Milwaukee to finish shooting 50.0% compared to Milwaukee final 44.6% mark. Weirdly, the Bucks actually made and attempted more three-pointers than Cleveland, 11-29 versus 10-27 for Cleveland. However, that mattered little when the Cavs had a 12-point advantage at the free throw line and Milwaukee mustered only two fast break points all game. Milwaukee fell behind Cleveland early, as Michael Beasley looked like the only Buck willing to attack the Cavalier defense, and the Cavs had a 15-6 lead at the first break after a Richard Jefferson three. Soon after, the game became more watchable both because TNT went away from some art school, experimental, headache-inducing camera work, and because the Bucks started playing competently https://www.bucksfansstore.com/Karee...bbar_Jersey-12. Giannis had a slick wraparound post pass for Moose before hitting a runner and dishing to Tony Snell for a transition wing three as the Bucks got it back within three. Malcolm Brogdon subbed in and grabbed four quick points, but a Kyrie Irving buzzer-beater gave the Cavaliers a 27-25 lead after one https://www.bucksfansstore.com/Chris_Copeland_Jersey-6.The second quarter opened with Michael Beasley one-man show, shimmying against former number two overall pick Derrick Williams like he was a marionette. Beasley scored seven straight for the Bucks, before kicking to Rashad Vaughn for a knockdown triple from the wing. As is the case with any showstopping number though, it must eventually end, and Michael Beasley ended bittersweetly as he gruesomely hyperextended his knee and was helped off the court by his teammates and diagnosed with a knee sprain. He didn return.WARNING: graphic Beasley's injury.