Cavs show depth and balance, extend winning streak to 14 with 112-100 win over Bucks
The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) gets past the Cavaliers’ Jarrett Allen (31) during Sunday’s game in Milwaukee. The Cavs won, 112-100.AP
MILWAUKEE — Who can stop the surging Cavs?
Not Milwaukee. Not even on a night the Cavs’ MVP didn’t look the part.
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Balanced offense lets Cavs beat Bucks for 14th straight win
Max Strus had 17 points to lead eight Cavaliers who scored at least nine as Cleveland won 112-100 at the Milwaukee Bucks on Sunday night.
It was the Cavaliers’ 14th consecutive victory, one shy of their season-best streak they started the season with. Donovan Mitchell scored 15, Evan Mobley and Darius Garland added 13 apiece and Jarrett Allen tallied 11. Strus also led the team with nine rebounds.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks, who lost their second in a row, with 30 points and nine rebounds. Damian Lillard added 22 while Kyle Kuzma scored 14.
Cleveland swept the four-game season series against the Bucks for the first time since the 2008-09 season and has won five in a row over Milwaukee overall.
Both teams came out firing, with Cleveland going into the second quarter up 34-32 thanks to 56.5 percent shooting from the floor.
They gained a bit of separation going into the halftime break as they led 62-52.
Strus had 14 of his points in the first half to lead Cleveland while Antetokounmpo had 18 for Milwaukee. The Cavs shot 10-for-26 from beyond the arc (38.5 percent) compared to just 29.4 percent for the Bucks.
In the third, Milwaukee pulled closer but could not get its deficit below four as the Cavs went into the fourth up 84-77. Antetokounmpo and Lillard combined for 14 in the quarter to pull the Bucks closer.
Cleveland proved to be too much in the fourth, shooting 52.6 percent as a team and winning the final frame 28-23. Dean Wade and Issac Okoro combined for 11 off the bench in the quarter to propel the Cavs.
Milwaukee shot just 9-for-31 (29.0 percent) from beyond the arc, much lower than its 38.4 percent average which had them second in the league behind Cleveland (39.2), which shot 40.4 percent on Sunday.
Cleveland also won the turnover battle 18-15 and led by as many as 19.
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Milwaukee Bucks fall to 0-9 against top teams in East with loss to Cavaliers at home
The Milwaukee Bucks still haven’t won a game this season against the top teams in the Eastern Conference.
Even with a refurbished roster since the last time the Bucks played the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was more of the same with Milwaukee suffering a 112-100 loss to the East’s top team on Sunday at Fiserv Forum.
The Bucks fell to 0-9 against the top three in the East: Cleveland, Boston and New York.
Milwaukee (36-27) was within striking distance in the fourth quarter, at one point cutting the deficit to five points, then Cleveland (54-10) slammed the door with a 13-0 run that made it 102-84 with 4 minutes 35 seconds left.
BOX SCORE:Cavaliers 112, Bucks 100
The Bucks have dropped back-to-back games and are in the midst of a challenging stretch over the next month that includes a five-game road trip to the West Coast.
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points to lead the Bucks, and Damian Lillard added 22.
The Cavaliers had five players in double figures, lead by Max Strus’ 17 points.
5 Dunks in the first half for Giannis Antetokounmpo
50th Place on the NBA’s all-time scoring list for Antetokounmpo after he passed Tom Chambers in the first quarter.
4 Turnovers in the first four minutes of the second quarter for the Bucks
35 Bench points for the Cavaliers
21 Seconds that the Bucks had the lead in the game
Yes. Giannis Antetokounmpo was considered probable to play, as he had been managing the after-effects of a left calf strain suffered on Feb. 5. But before the game, Bucks coach Doc Rivers said Antetokounmpo, Kyle Kuzma and Gary Trent Jr. are all available to play.
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Spread: Cavaliers by 8
Over/under: 239.5
Moneyline: Cavs -345, Bucks +270
