With the help of Giannis Antetokounmpo (24 points), Damian Lillard (23 points), and Bobby Portis (21 points), the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Charlotte Hornets 123-85 on Tuesday night to record their most spectacular win of the year.

Despite Charlotte scoring the fewest points any team had scored in a half this season, Milwaukee led 58–26 at the half. The 25 points the Bucks gave up in their 94-81 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on March 3, 1972, was the lowest point total the team has ever allowed in the first half of a game. 

Under head coach Doc Rivers, Milwaukee has improved to 6-7 with three straight victories since the All-Star break. After scoring so many points only once in their first 52 games of the season, the Bucks have allowed fewer than 100 points in four of their last seven games.

The Bucks started a four-day run that includes three games, and this blowout allowed them to give their two greatest stars some more rest. Just five and a half minutes remained in the third quarter before Lillard left the game with seven assists and nine rebounds. After one and a half minutes, Antetokounmpo left.

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Despite failing to score, Brook Lopez managed two blocks to overtake Alton Lister and take second place on the Bucks career list with 806. With 966 bricks, Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks in career blocks.

In his 16-year career, Lopez has amassed 1,876 blocks, including a franchise-high 972 while playing for the Brooklyn Nets from 2008 to 2017.

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For the Hornets, who dropped their only defeat in their previous seven games, Miles Bridges scored 17, Tre Mann scored 16, Brandon Miller scored 14, and Davis Bertans scored 12.

In their three meetings with the Hornets this season, the Bucks have dominated. They prevailed 120-84 at Milwaukee on February 9 and 130-99 in Charlotte on November 17.

Since these two teams’ last meeting, Charlotte had made significant roster additions, including Mann, Bertans, Grant Williams, Vasa Micic, and Seth Curry during the trade deadline. Although such players had contributed to the Hornets’ recent success, they were unable to halt the Bucks.

Before Lillard made a play that sent Cody Martin of Charlotte falling to the floor and buried a wide-open 3-pointer to break an 11-all tie, the Bucks had missed their first five 3-point tries.

In the first half, Bobby Portis and Damian Lillard took turns getting hot.

In the first quarter, Lillard scored 14 points after missing his first two shots. He then made five of his subsequent attempts, two of which were three-pointers.

The Bucks went on a 15-0 run that included that incredible play, which helped them overcome an 11-9 deficit to take a 24-11 lead. During that time, Lillard scored eight points and added another three-pointer to cap the run.

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With 12 points in the first 6 and a half minutes of the second quarter, Portis assisted the Bucks in opening up a big lead. .Charlotte shot 1 of 13 from 3-point range and 3 of 21 overall in the second quarter, scoring only 10 points.

With four points in the first quarter and twelve in the second, Portis helped the Bucks build a commanding 58-26 advantage at the half.

In the history of the team, the 26 points scored in the first half were the second fewest allowed by the Bucks. On March 3, 1972, Milwaukee gave up 25 against Philadelphia.

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With eight rebounds and 24 points in the game, Giannis Antetokounmpo completed. Portis had 21 and Lillard had 23. In the end, the Bucks had a 49-point advantage. In the fourth quarter, none of them made a play.