(247NEWSSOURCE) MILWAUKEE – Damian Lillard lit up the 76ers for 43 points to lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the Philadelphia 76ers 135-127 from Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
The star guard also stuffed the stat sheet with eight assists and seven rebounds.
Gary Trent Jr. sunk 23 off the bench as Milwaukee has won two of its last three games and improved to 28-and-23 on the season.
The Bucks host Jimmy Butler and the Warriors tonight.
Idled Antetokounmpo: The Bucks are shutting down their star player through the All-Star break.
ESPN reported on Sunday that Giannis Antetokounmpo will be sidelined for the next week due to a left calf injury.
Coach Doc Rivers confirmed that the star forward will miss next weekend’s All-Star game as a result.
Giannis had already been ruled out of Sunday’s win over the 76ers and will miss six total games with the calf issue.
The 30-year-old was selected to his ninth-straight All-Star game and is averaging nearly 32 points per game this season, which is second only to the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at almost 33 per game.
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