Milwaukee needs wins right now, whatever it takes to get them.
What it took on Wednesday was a monster 59-point game from Giannis Antetokounmpo and surviving a wild ending to regulation, allowing the Bucks to win in overtime.
Antetokounmpo took on the added scoring load with Damian Lillard still out — especially scoring in the clutch — with his best outing of the season, scoring 59 total and taking charge in overtime.
How this game got to overtime was wild. It started with a crazy broken play that included a Cade Cunningham pass while sitting, and it ended with a Pistons 3-pointer to tie the game.
After Taurean Prince missed a 3-pointer to win it for the Bucks, the Pistons got the ball back with 1.2 seconds remaining and their own chance. The night before Detroit, in a similar situation, ran a rip screen that led to a Jalen Duran alley-oop at the rim that tied the game (then Erik Spoelstra called a timeout the Heat didn’t have, a technical foul, and the Pistons won on a free throw). The Pistons ran a variation of that play and it worked again — Ron Holland didn’t get the alley-oop but he did get fouled by Antetokounmpo (it was a questionable call but was reviewed). Then Holland missed both free throws.
Pistons try the inbounds lob to win the game and they miss, but Giannis was called for a foul
Ron Holland II went to the line and missed BOTH free throws. Pistons-Bucks go to overtime.pic.twitter.com/CFZC5zZ45b
— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) November 14, 2024
That sent it to overtime, where Antetokounmpo and the Bucks took charge and got the win.
The Bucks will take the win any way it comes.
