Bucks 104 - 114 Suns summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA

Beal followed up his best game as a Sun with 25 points as the Phoenix Big Three all ended the night with 25+. The Big Three is showing just how good they can be, and they are only going to get better as time goes on. 

The Bucks lost their 4th game in the last 5, and the Doc Rivers era has got off to a bumpy start.  

These two 7 foot+ phenoms went toe-to-toe all night. While Giannis may have ended up with more points, KD got the win and the highlight of the night. He had 14 of his 28 in the 4th quarter, but none were more spectacular than this one. 

Booker ended the night with a team high 32 points, scoring 16 in the third quarter giving Phoenix a 15 point lead they would not give up. 

There was just too much firepower on the court for the Bucks who couldn't keep up with the Suns Big Three who all put up 20+ points. Milwaukee came into the game without Damian Lillards missed the game with a sprained ankle and Brooks Lopez was back home as his wife just gave birth to a newborn baby. They would also lose Khris Middleton to a sprained ankle in the first quarter which left most off the scoring burden on Giannis who finished the game with 34 points. 

The Suns trailed by a point going into half after scoring just 48 points, and hitting only one three pointer. Booker changed that a third quarter in which he would put up 16 points. 

KD had just four points in the first quarter, but he would start to warm up in the second and was saving the best for last in Phoenix on Tuesday night. 

Giannis and KD were matched up on both ends of the court for the majority of the game, and both gave each other problems on the offensive end to start the game. Whenever either one found a mismatch they were looking to expose it. 

The Phoenix Suns returned home after a long road trip out East, and they did it in fashion with a win over the Milwaukee Bucks who came into the game missing a couple of starters and lost a starter along the way. The Suns Big Three all had 20+ as we continue to see them get better as each game goes by. 

Devin Booker got things started off in the first quarter with 11 points, all coming from the mid range. 

IT'S ALL OVER!! 

The Suns return home after a seven game road trip and edge the reeling Bucks who have won just one of five in the Doc Rivers era. 

Connaughton finishes the game with a lay up. 

Goodwin to the line after the foul on Connaughton and he hits both FTs. 

Beasley hits a three but it's a little to late for those threes to start falling. 

KD with the baseline slam and he's going to end the night with 28! He's got 14 in the 4th quarter!

Beal puts the icing on top with a high arching step back deep two with the shot clock running out!

Beal heads to the line after the foul on Portis but he misses both FTs.

Timeout Bucks with 1:09 left. 

Allen sends Giannis to the line and where he hits one of two FTs. That's the 10th missed FT tonight. 

Connaughton to the line after the foul on Beal and he hits one of two FTs. 

Portis picks off Durant and he finds Giannis for the transition slam. 

Crowder with the finger roll aftr the drive from the perimeter. 

Giannis at the line after the foul on Nurkic and he hits one of two FTs. 

KD with a triple try that might just end it! He's got 12 in the quarter!

Durant got knocked to the floor and still hit the shot! He missed the FT after the foul on Crowder. 

Connaughton drills the three ball out of the timeout!

Durant pulls up from the baseline, and that puts all of the Suns big three over 20 for the night. 

Timeout Bucks with 5:30 to go. 

Beasley with a three ball form the top of the key and the Bucks are going to see some more of that. 

Allen to the line after the foul on Connaughton and he hits both FTs. 

Allen steps into a three ball and drills it from the wing!

Crowder driving to the rack and drops the lay up in traffic. 

Giannis eurosteps through the lane and he slams it home again! 

Timeout Suns with 7:11 to go in the 4th quarter. 

Beal gets his own rebound and puts it back up and in. 

Giannis returns the favor, exploding to the rim for the jam!

KD COCKS IT BACK AND THROWS IT DOWN ON GIANNIS AND GETS THE FOUL!!! FT is good and the Suns lead by 13, their largest advantage of the game!

Beal off the dribble and he hits the mid range from outside the lane. 

Payne to the line after the foul on Gordon and he hits one of two FTs. 

Beal with a move on Payne and lay it up over Portis and off the glass. 

Giannis puts it on the deck, blows by Bol, gets fouled and a goaltending is called. FT is no good. 

Durant with the jumper off the glass from the mid range. 

Payne drills the triple try in the corner off the feed from Connaughton 

Nurkic gets the bucket and the foul after a drive from the three point line! FT is no good. 

Payne to the line after the foul on Beal. He hits one of two FTs. 

Beal drills the triple try to start the quarter, and he finally sees one go down after missing his first 6. 

WE ARE HEADED TO THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH THE SUNS UP BY 6!

Booker had 16 in the quarter as the threes started to fall for the Suns. 

Beal pulls up from the mid range and he drills it. 

Bol with the pump fake on the perimeter, puts it on the deck and scoops his way to the iron for the finger roll. 

Payne speeds to the iron and he lays it up and in. 

Booker on the runner falling out of bounds and he gets the friendly roll off the timeout out. 

Beasley with a three ball in the corner off the feed from Crowder and the Suns need a timeout after seeing their 9 point lead cut down to 2. 

Timeout with 2:46 to go in the 3rd quarter. 

Giannis to the line after the foul on Durant and he hits both FTs. 

Eubanks on the hook shot in the lane over the defender. 

Giannis with the dump down and Crowder finished it in traffic. 

Giannis soars to the rack and throws it down, almost ripping the rim off!

Booker running the break and he splits the defense for a lay up AND 1!!! FT is good and he's got 31 already, 14 in the quarter. 

Booker comes out of the timeout and hits a turn around jumper from the FT line. 

Giannis backing down KD from the block and he gets the bucket
to go!!

 He landed awkwardly and was slow to get up. That's the last thing the Bucks need on a night in which they are already short handed. Timeout with 5:32 to go in the third quarter. 

Beal gets underneath the basket and he gets the lay up to fall in traffic. 

Connaughton drills the three ball from the wing and these two team are starting to heat up. 

Booker driving to the lane and he lays it up and in. 

Giannis going to the rack and finishing with the finger roll. 

Booker drills a three ball and they've got three threes in the quarter after hitting just one in the first half. 

Lopez with another hook shot in the lane and he's got the hot hand right now. 

Allen drills the three ball from the wing off the Booker dish. 

Lopez with the spin and the jump hook in the lane. 

Booker to the line after the foul on Connaughton and he hits one of two FTs. 

Nurkic with an offensive board and put back. 

Booker drills his first three of the night in the corner off the Beal dish, and that's just three pointer No. 2 for the Suns. 

Giannis to the line after the foul on Nurkic and he hits both FTs. 

KD drops a catch and shoot mid range jumper to start the third quarter. 

WE ARE BACK IN PHOENIX FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION!

KD did a pretty good job containing Giannis on the offensive end, but when he's on the bench it's up to Bol Bol and that's easy pickings for the two time MVP. 

Beal is coming off his best game as a Sun, scoring 43 against the Wizards. Tonight he's got 9 points on 3/9 shooting including 0/3 from downtown. Phoenix are just 1/9 from DT after two quarters. 

The Bucks had 10 offensive rebounds in the first half, and Giannis punished them on one of the few second chance three off those rebounds. Giannis has 14 and 8 rebounds already. 

It's been mostly a KD vs. Giannis matching up on each side of the floor, but when he doesn't have the Greek on him, he's got the green light. 

Booker got going in the first quarter, scoring 11 all from just around this area. 

Khris Middleton came back after missing last game, but went down with a sprained ankle in the first quarter and he will not return. The Bucks are already shorthanded, missing Liillard and Brooks Lopez. 

Beasley got the night started with two straight threes to start the game. He's got 11 on 3/9 shooting from downtown. 

WE ARE HEADED TO HALFTIME WITH THE BUCKS UP BY A POINT!

Booker into the land and he hits all net. He's got 16 on the night. 

Payne pulls up from the FT line and drills it. 

Allen with the dump off to Nurkic who went into the body of Lopez and still watched it fall. 

Durant with the steal and the score AND 1!!! He goes to the line after going coast to coast and hits the FTs. 

Booker fouled by Lopez and he hits one of two from the line. 

Lopez with the up and under and he gets the jump hook to fall for his first points of the night. 

Nurkic with the offensive rebound and slam. 

Beasley with a quick trigger three ball and he's got three triples tonight. 

Booker gets to the FT line and drops the jumper for his first bucket of the second quarter. 

Giannis spins around Bol and lays it up and in. 

Bol back into the game and he hits a mid range jumper as the crowd goes wild for the fan favorite here in Phoenix. 

Giannis to the line after the foul on Nurkic and he hits one of two FTs. 

Giannis with a quick step around Durant and he slams it home. 

Durant fouled by Giannis and he hits one of two FTs. What a match up we have with KD and Giannis going at each other at both ends of the floor. 

Payne stretches to the iron and finishes with a finger roll. 

Beal to the line after the foul on Payne and he hits both FTs. 

The 10th offensive board leads to another three ball, this time from Giannis!

The Bucks 9th offensive rebound lads to a Portis three ball!

KD gets into the land and drops the floater over the defense. 

Beasley missed the three ball but Giannis was there for the tip in. 

Timeout Suns with Under 8:00 to go. 

Crowder to the line after a foul on Bol and he hits both FTs. 

Crowder gets his own rebound and puts it up and in. 

Beal going back to work in the paint and this time he hits the turn around in the lane. 

Timeout Bucks with 10:08 to go in the half. 

Beal backing down Payne, and he hits it over him in the land and gets the foul! FT is good to complete the three point play. 

KD with a pull up over Crowder and he starts the 2nd with a bucket after having to wait a few minutes to get his first basket of the night. 

We are at the end of the first quarter, and it's been a low scoring affair so far. 

Giannis was held scoreless until the last minute as the Bucks shot under 35% from the field. Booker had 11 first quarter points, going 4-6 from the field but the rest of the team is 4-15

Giannis with back to back buckets, this time with a lay up down the lane. 

Giannis on the baseline drive around Bol and he slams it home for his first FG of the night. 

Gordon pulls up in transition and he drills the three ball from the wing!

Booker to the line after the foul on Crowder and he hits both FTs to get into double digits. 

Connaughton drills a three ball in the corner off the feed from Giannis. 

Booker pulls up from the elbow and he's got nine in the quarter. 

Portis into the game out of the timeout and he hits the baseline J. 

Nurkic gets his own rebound and puts it back up and in. 

Timeout Bucks with under 4:00 to go in the first quarter. 

KD spots up from the baseline and he has his first field goal. 

Middleton hit Beasley in stride and he laid it up high off the glass. 

Crowder called for a foul on KD's lay up attempt in transition. He hits both FTs and he is on the board for the first time tonight. 

Middleton landed on KDs foot after his long jumper and twisted his ankle pretty bad. KD was called for a foul on the play, and that is going to be upgraded to a flagrant one. 

Middleton hits one of two FTs and the Bucks get the ball back. 

Booker missed the FT after the timeout. 

Booker was fouled on his jumper, and this time he drills it and gets the foul! 

We are headed to a timeout from Phoenix with 6:30 left in the first quarter. 

Middleton comes off the Lopez screen and drills the long two from the top of the key. 

Booker fouled by Giannis and he hits one of two FTs. 

Beal found an opening on the perimeter and attacked the rack for a lay in. 

Middleton sent a defender flying with a pump fake and drills the three from the top of the key. 

Beasley with another three ball and he's got the first two buckets of the night for the Bucks. 

Booker with back to back buckets and he doesn't need much to start scorching. This time he hit it on the turn around fade away from outside the lane. 

Booker gets on the board after a scoreless two minutes from the Suns and he drops it from the elbow. 

Beasley with the triple try from the top of the key after the Bucks start the game with two offensive rebounds. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM THE DESERT!

Suns starting five 

The Bucks may be banged up but that's not the case for the home side tonight. Phoenix have all hands on deck as their Big Three continues to grow stronger with every game they play together. Beal, Booker, and KD are joined by Allen and Nurkic in the starting five in tonight's late tip off. 

Bucks starting five 

Milwaukee closes out their road trip severely undermanned. Damian Lillard is out tonight, and Brooks Lopez will join him as he tends to personal issues. That means that the other Lopez brother, Robin, and Pat Connaughton will fill in the starting five with Giannis, Middleton and Beasley.

NBA

Will Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard play tonight against the Phoenix Suns?

One of Bucks two stars out tonight

The Milwaukee Bucks will end their five game road trip against the Suns in Phoenix with both of their star players listed on the injury report tonight.

NBA Standings

When you consider the fire power on both of these teams, these are two teams that should be fighting for the top spot in their respective conferences, but right now that’s not quite the case. After going 1-3 in their last four since Rivers took over the Bucks have lost their grasp on second place in the East. The Cavaliers come into the night in second although both are five games back of the Celtics who are 38-12. The Suns are six games back of the Western Conference leading Thunder, but they find themselves in sixth place with the T’Wolves, Clippers, Nuggets and Kings between them and OKC. 

Beal is rising in Phoenix 

It was one of the signings of the summer in the NBA. Bradley Beal came to Phoenix just a few years removed from being one of the top scorers in the NBA. He teamed up with Devin Booker, and Kevin Durant and the Suns instantly became one of the favorites in the West. It’s been a slow start to his Suns career thanks to back and ankle injuries that have kept Phoenix from having their three super stars on the court, but things are starting to pick up as they get more and more court time together. Beal is coming off best game since making the move to the desert and he did it in the place he used to call home. 

A work in progress

You have to wonder what Giannis is thinking after the first few games of the Doc Rivers era. The Greek was very outspoken about his teams’ deficiencies, especially on the defensive end and while it hasn’t been directly connected, there is a lot of speculation that the coaching switch in Milwaukee had something to do with the opinions of players, none more than the two time MVP. Since Doc Rivers took over on the sidelines, the Bucks are 1-3. The Bucks and Rivers are going to need time to build an understanding between them, but the first week has not gone according to plan for Giannis, Doc or the Bucks. 

Suns last game

Phoenix wrapped up their seven game road trip with a much needed blowout win in Washington. The Suns jumped out of the gate scoring 42 points in the first quarter, and would shoot 61% from the field while holding the Wizards to 7/32 shooting from downtown. Bradley Beal led the way, scoring 43 points missing only five of his 21 shots against his former team while the Suns stretched their lead up to 32 at one point and cruised to victory to bring their long Eastern Conference road swing to an end. 

Bucks last game 

The Bucks have lost three of their last four games, including last game in Utah. Milwaukee went into the final quarter of the game leading by 12 points, but scored just 13 points as the Jazz erased a one time 19 point deficit and cruised to a 123-108 victory. Utah dominated the paint, scoring twenty more points in the lane, and grabbing 52 rebounds, as opposed to the Bucks 32. Giannis had 33 and 13 assists while Bobby Portis added another 27, but the Bucks went cold and Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz to a come back win. 

We are live from the Footprint Center 

Hello everyone and welcome to Phoenix where the Suns are back home after a seven game swing out East. They ended their road trip with a blowout win over the Wizards in DC, and now Booker and company return home for a NBA Finals match up from three seasons ago. Both of these teams look very different from the 2021 title series. Giannis and Booker are still the anchors of their teams but the Suns and the Bucks have a whole lot more fire power this year. KD and Bradley Beal have joined forces in Phoenix and Damian Lillard has made the Bucks one of the favorites in the East, although Milwaukee has gone through one coaching change, and struggled under new coach Doc Rivers. 

Bucks vs. Suns live

The Doc Rivers era in Milwaukee has got off to a rough start, but they look to turn things around and while wrapping up a five game road trip in Phoenix. Giannis and the Bucks take on Devin Booker and the Suns and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from the Footprint Center.