Beal, Wizards send NBA champion Bucks to 5th loss in 6 games

Bradley Beal scored 30 points and the Washington Wizards defeated the visiting Milwaukee Bucks, 101-94, on Sunday, November 7 (Monday, November 8, Manila time).

Beal made 14-of-22 shots and added 8 assists as Washington won its second straight game. Kyle Kuzma had 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Montrezl Harrell also scored 15 points.

The Wizards shot 50.6% from the field, including 11-of-27 (40.7 %) from three-point range.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 29 points and 18 rebounds. Grayson Allen added 19 points for the Bucks, who opened a five-game road trip with their fifth loss in their past six games. Bobby Portis had 13 points and 13 rebounds.

The Bucks shot 39.4% from the field and 10-of-36 (27.8%) from three-point range.

Washington won despite being outrebounded 49-42 and committing 19 turnovers to just 13 for the Bucks.

Beal’s driving layup, his 29th and 30th points of the night, gave the Wizards an eight-point lead, 96-88, with 3:57 left in the fourth quarter.

After Allen missed, Beal and Harrell connected for an alley-oop to push the lead to 10.

Antetokounmpo answered with a dunk and then added two free throws to pull the Bucks within 98-92 with 2:26 to play. Beal turned the ball over and Jrue Holiday’s basket on a goaltending call appeared to make it 98-94, but the call was overturned after a video review.

Antetokounmpo’s dunk did make it 98-94. The teams exchanged misses and then turnovers before Spencer Dinwiddie’s three-pointer off a pass from Beal iced it with 20.3 seconds remaining.

Allen hit two free throws to give the Bucks a 63-60 lead with 7:45 left in the third quarter, but Beal’s layup sparked a 17-4 Wizards run capped by Corey Kispert’s pull-up jumper and Washington led 82-71 after three quarters.

Antetokounmpo scored 4 straight points to pull the Bucks within 90-83 with 6:20 remaining, and Pat Connaughton’s three-pointer made it 92-86 with 4:51 left. – Rappler.com