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Charlotte Hornets at Milwaukee Bucks

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11-23, 4-13 Away
Final
121 - 122

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Antetokounmpo's dunk in closing seconds gives Bucks 122-121 win over Hornets

Bucks win on Giannis clutch slam and final defensive stop

Antetokounmpo had 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for his NBA-leading 158th game with at least 30 points, 10 rebounds and five assists. Antetokounmpo overtook Oscar Robertson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who each accomplished that feat 157 times.

The lead changed hands three times in the last 10 1/2 seconds.

Milwaukee’s Kyle Kuzma sank a 3-pointer to put the Bucks ahead 120-118 with 10.3 seconds left.

After Charlotte called a timeout, Sion James inbounded the ball to Miles Bridges, who was heading toward the basket. Bridges laid the ball in while drawing Kuzma’s sixth foul with 8.8 seconds left. Bridges then hit the ensuing free throw to complete a 3-point play that put Charlotte back ahead.

Milwaukee called a timeout, then Porter threw an inbounds pass to Antetokounmpo. Antetokounmpo passed to Porter and then headed toward the basket and caught the lob to dunk home the winning basket.

Charlotte still had one more timeout. LaMelo Ball inbounded to Brandon Miller, whose contested driving layup attempt bounced off the backboard and didn’t go through as the buzzer sounded.

Kon Knueppel scored 26 points, Bridges 25, Miller 19 and Collin Sexton 16 for Charlotte. Ryan Rollins had 29 points and eight assists for Milwaukee, while Bobby Portis scored 20 points.

Milwaukee’s dramatic victory came two nights after the Bucks lost 114-113 to the Washington Wizards on a last-second jumper from CJ McCollum.

The Bucks and Hornets were facing off for the second time in five days, as the Bucks won 123-113 at Charlotte on Monday.

Milwaukee was playing its final home game before starting a four-game trip west.

Up next Hornets: At Chicago on Saturday.

Bucks: At Sacramento on Sunday.

Regular Season Series

MIL wins series 3-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 121 - 122
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 121 - 122
4th 0.8 Hornets offensive team rebound 121 - 122
4th 0.8 Brandon Miller misses two point shot 121 - 122
4th 4.7 LaMelo Ball enters the game for Josh Green 121 - 122

Statistics

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40-82 FG 45-87
49 Field Goal % 52
18-40 3PT 16-37
45 Three Point % 43
23-28 FT 16-18
82 Free Throw % 89
39 Rebounds 36
8 Offensive Rebounds 8
31 Defensive Rebounds 28
27 Assists 31
5 Steals 7
3 Blocks 4
14 Turnovers 11
0 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 11
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 1
13 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
14 Fast Break Points 16
38 Points in Paint 48
18 Fouls 23
16 Largest Lead 3
11 Lead Changes 11
79 Percent Led 10
Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee Bucks Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Myles Turner, C Day-To-Day Jan 22
Kevin Porter Jr., G Out Jan 21
Taurean Prince, F Out Jan 1
Charlotte Hornets Charlotte Hornets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Grant Williams, F Day-To-Day Jan 23
KJ Simpson, G Day-To-Day Jan 23
Tre Mann, G Day-To-Day Jan 23
Mason Plumlee, C Out Dec 31

Game Information

Fiserv Forum

Location: Milwaukee, WI
Attendance: 17,673 · Capacity:

2025-26 Southeast Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Orlando 23 20 .535 - L2
Miami 23 22 .511 1 L1
Atlanta 21 25 .457 3.5 W1
Charlotte 17 28 .378 7 W1
Washington 10 33 .233 13 L8

2025-26 Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit - 10 W4 0.7619048 32
Cleveland 8.5 20 W1 0.5555556 25
Chicago 11 22 W3 0.5 22
Milwaukee 14.5 25 L1 0.41860464 18
Indiana 23.5 35 L3 0.22222222 10
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