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The triple-double was the second of the season
for Antetokounmpo, who collected 30 points, 13 rebounds and 11
assists in Milwaukee's 117-111 win at Houston on Oct. 24.
Eric Bledsoe scored 30 points and Pat Connaughton added a
season-high 18 to help the Bucks notch their season-high sixth
straight win and their 10th victory in 11 outings. The point
total was a season best for Milwaukee.
CJ McCollum highlighted his 37-point performance by making five
3-pointers, and Skal Labissiere added 22 points, 12 rebounds and
five blocks for the Trail Blazers, who were without four-time
All-Star Damian Lillard (back) for the second consecutive
contest.
Carmelo Anthony scored 10 of his 18 points in the first half
while playing in his second game with Portland after a year away
from the NBA.
Labissiere was credited with a layup following a goaltending
call on Antetokounmpo before sinking a pair of jumpers as
Portland closed to within 114-110 with 8:26 to go.
McCollum added a pair of jumpers to bring the Trail Blazers
within two, but Brook Lopez and Wesley Matthews each drained a
3-pointer on consecutive possessions to build the lead back to
eight with 6:30 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Antetokounmpo made a pair of baskets and Bledsoe and Donte
DiVincenzo added layups to push Milwaukee's lead to 131-119 just
under two minutes later. DiVincenzo received a lead pass from
Antetokounmpo, marking the latter's 15th assist of the night to
eclipse his previous high set against Brooklyn on March 13,
2016.
Milwaukee opened the contest by making its first seven shots --
including three from 3-point range -- to seize a 17-6 lead
before Portland answered with a 12-2 run of its own.
The Bucks bounced back as all nine players found the scoresheet
to lift the team to a 37-27 advantage at the end of the first
quarter.
Milwaukee boosted its advantage to 16 points midway into the
second quarter and claimed a 72-58 lead at intermission, marking
an NBA-best seventh time that it has scored at least 70 points
in a half.
--Field Level Media
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