Overview
- Milwaukee beat Chicago 131-115 to end a five-game skid and followed with a 141-137 overtime win over New Orleans for its first two-game streak in weeks.
- Kyle Kuzma posted 31 points and 10 rebounds and Ryan Rollins added 21 points and 10 assists against the Bulls, as the Bucks hit a season-high 23 threes and shot 60.5% from deep.
- The Bucks moved to 4-15 without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who has been out since Jan. 23 with a right calf strain and has no official return timetable.
- Chicago entered short-handed after deadline moves reported and detailed by multiple outlets, dealing Nikola Vucevic, Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric and adding Anfernee Simons, Mike Conley Jr. and Jaden Ivey.
- Trey Murphy III drilled 12 threes in a 44-point night for the Pelicans, but Kevin Porter Jr. returned from an oblique strain with 18 points and nine assists as Milwaukee prevailed in overtime.