Charlotte Hornets vs Milwaukee Bucks Match Player Stats On Apr 10, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Apr 10, 2017

MILWAUKEE -- Giannis Antetokounmpo recorded his third triple-double of the season and Jason Terry scored 15 points off the bench as the Milwaukee Bucks clinched a winning season with an 89-79 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night at the Bradley Center.

Antetokounmpo had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in 36 minutes while Terry hit 5 of 7 3-pointers. Milwaukee (42-39) also got 16 each from Tony Snell and Greg Monroe and 15 from Khris Middleton.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist led the Hornets (36-45) with 13 points.

Down by seven in the first quarter, Charlotte closed on a 16-3 run to take a 24-18 lead into the second. Kidd-Gilchrist and Jeremy Lamb scored seven each in the first half as the Hornets shot 45 percent and scored nine points off nine Milwaukee turnovers to take a 46-43 lead at halftime.

The Bucks went ice cold in the third, except for Snell who made all three of his 3-point attempts and hit 5 of 7 overall to score 13 in the quarter. But Milwaukee gave up seven more points off miscues and the Hornets shot 47 percent and led by five after three.

Antetokounmpo fed Monroe underneath for a reverse layup to tie the score at 68 with 10:34 to play, part of a 7-2 run.

A Middleton lob found Antetokounmpo for a dunk that let Milwaukee stretch the lead to five with 5:55 to play, and Terry's 3 from the corner put the Bucks up eight.

He knocked down another with 2:55 left to make it a 10-point game.

Antetokounmpo fed Middleton for a 3-pointer with 54 seconds left, giving him his 10th assist of the night.

NOTES: PG Malcolm Brogdon and F John Henson returned to the Bucks' lineup Monday and finished with five and two points, respectively. Brogdon had missed Milwaukee's last five games with back soreness while Henson had been sidelined for 10 games with a sprained left thumb. ... The Hornets were without PG Kemba Walker after the team decided to shut him down for the final two games of the season. Brian Roberts started in place of Walker. ... Milwaukee had clinched a playoff berth over the weekend but the Bucks' seed is still not determined. They began the night sixth in the Eastern Conference, a game ahead of Indiana, which beat Philadelphia on Monday. Charlotte was eliminated from playoff contention over the weekend.