Milwaukee Bucks 123, Houston Rockets 114 — Recap

December 10, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Milwaukee Bucks 123, Houston Rockets 114. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIL 26-23 HOU; Q2 MIL 32-42 HOU; Q3 MIL 32-30 HOU; Q4 MIL 33-19 HOU.

Top performers (box score): Giannis Antetokounmpo (MIL) 41 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 threes on 15-of-20 shooting; Garrison Mathews (HOU) 23 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 6 threes on 7-of-13 shooting; Christian Wood (HOU) 21 points, 13 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 9-of-19 shooting; Khris Middleton (MIL) 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 threes on 6-of-18 shooting; Bobby Portis (MIL) 21 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assists, 3 threes on 7-of-15 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIL

Giannis Antetokounmpo

41 PTS, 17 REB, 5 AST, 1 3PM · 15-20 FG

Scoring · HOU

Garrison Mathews

23 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 6 3PM · 7-13 FG

Scoring · HOU

Christian Wood

21 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST, 3 3PM · 9-19 FG

Season highs

Garrison Mathews · Season-high 23 pointsArmoni Brooks · Season-high 21 pointsJae'Sean Tate · Season-high 9 assistsD.J. Augustin · Season-high 8 assistsGarrison Mathews · Season-high 6 threesKhris Middleton · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIL	26	32	32	33		123
HOU	23	42	30	19		114

🧮 How They Scored

MILHOU

52Points in the paint44

27Fast-break points5

20Second-chance points22

18Points off turnovers21

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

59.6%Effective FG%57.9%

13.4%Turnover %14.1%

31.7%Offensive rebound %25.5%

0.386Free-throw rate0.225

Box Score

Milwaukee Bucks

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Giannis Antetokounmpo F	37	41	17	5	3	2	5	15-20	1-3	10-14	+4
Khris Middleton F	36	21	8	5	1	0	3	6-18	5-11	4-5	+20
Jrue Holiday G	35	12	3	7	1	1	2	3-8	0-2	6-6	+10
Bobby Portis F	33	21	7	1	2	3	2	7-15	3-7	4-6	+4
Pat Connaughton G	31	16	6	0	3	2	0	6-8	4-5	0-0	+14
Grayson Allen G	28	8	3	0	1	0	2	3-8	2-7	0-1	0
Wesley Matthews G-F	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-3	0-2	0-0	+11
Rodney Hood G	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-1	0-0	-12
Javonte Smart G	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-8
DeMarcus Cousins C	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	+2

Houston Rockets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Garrison Mathews G	39	23	4	0	2	2	1	7-13	6-11	3-5	-3
Armoni Brooks G	34	21	5	3	0	1	0	7-17	4-13	3-4	-16
Eric Gordon G	33	14	1	6	1	0	2	5-12	3-7	1-3	-18
Jae'Sean Tate F	33	6	2	9	1	0	1	2-7	1-2	1-2	-2
Christian Wood F	32	21	13	1	0	0	5	9-19	3-7	0-0	-20
D.J. Augustin G	18	3	1	8	0	0	3	1-3	1-2	0-0	+4
Alperen Sengun F-C	16	15	5	0	1	0	1	6-8	0-0	3-6	+11
Kenyon Martin Jr. F	15	2	3	3	0	0	0	1-1	0-0	0-0	-6
Josh Christopher G	13	7	3	0	3	0	3	3-6	1-3	0-0	+1
David Nwaba G	7	2	3	0	1	1	0	1-3	0-1	0-0	+4

🔬 Advanced Stats

Milwaukee BucksTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Giannis Antetokounmpo	Bench	37	41	78.4	36.8	+3.6	26.7
Khris Middleton	Bench	36	21	52.0	25.6	+25.3	12.2
Bobby Portis	Bench	33	21	59.5	23.8	+4.1	12.8
Pat Connaughton	Bench	31	16	100.0	10.3	+15.7	17.4
Jrue Holiday	Bench	35	12	56.4	14.9	+10.3	8.2
Grayson Allen	Bench	28	8	47.4	15.2	0.0	2.6
Wesley Matthews	Bench	18	2	33.3	6.3	+21.3	0.0
Rodney Hood	Bench	12	2	50.0	7.1	-52.6	3.3
DeMarcus Cousins	Bench	4	0	0.0	11.1	+38.9	-21.1
Javonte Smart	Bench	6	0	0.0	7.7	-80.3	-4.0

Houston RocketsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Garrison Mathews	Bench	39	23	75.7	16.7	-2.2	10.1
Christian Wood	Bench	32	21	55.3	31.2	-27.2	9.8
Armoni Brooks	Bench	34	21	56.0	23.8	-18.6	9.8
Alperen Sengun	Bench	16	15	70.5	30.8	+36.5	15.5
Eric Gordon	Bench	33	14	52.6	19.0	-25.0	5.2
Josh Christopher	Bench	13	7	58.3	27.3	+13.9	14.1
Jae'Sean Tate	Bench	33	6	38.1	11.4	-1.1	4.0
D.J. Augustin	Bench	18	3	50.0	13.6	+10.8	7.1
Kenyon Martin Jr.	Bench	15	2	100.0	2.9	-9.1	13.5
David Nwaba	Bench	7	2	33.3	16.7	+34.8	8.0