LOS ANGELES — Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points to lead the top-seeded Milwaukee Bucks in a hard-fought 114-109 victory over the depleted but determined Orlando Magic in the quarter-finals of the NBA Cup on Tuesday.
Damian Lillard scored 15 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter and handed out nine assists for the Bucks , who had all they could handle from Orlando despite the absence of injured Magic stars Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner.Antetokounmpo added seven rebounds and blocked four shots for the Bucks , who reached the semi-finals of the in-season tournament for the second year in a row and will face either the New York Knicks or Atlanta Hawks for a place in the final.
We didn't have the greatest experience there last year,' he said. 'So I think all of us are thinking going back and finishing what we started last year and doing it right this time.'Jalen Suggs scored a career-high 32 points and pulled down nine rebounds for the Magic, who got off to an aggressive start on the way to a 33-25 lead after one quarter.Suggs had three of the Magic's seven steals in the first period as Orlando kept the Bucks off-balance.
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