Published By: Siddarth Sriram
Last Updated: October 27, 2023, 08:57 IST
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Damian Lillard losing no time on his hunt for glory with the Bucks. (Credit: AP)
The former Portland Trail Blazers star set a report for essentially the most factors by a participant in his Bucks debut. Terry Cummings scored 34 factors in his first recreation for the Bucks in 1984.
Damian Lillard scored 39 factors in his first recreation along with his new staff and the Milwaukee Bucks regrouped after blowing a 19-level result in open their season by beating the Philadelphia 76ers 118-117 on Thursday evening.
The former Portland Trail Blazers star set a report for essentially the most factors by a participant in his Bucks debut. Terry Cummings scored 34 factors in his first recreation for the Bucks in 1984.
Giannis Antetokounmpo added 23 factors and 13 rebounds whereas taking pictures 10 of twenty-two from the ground to turn into the franchise’s profession chief in baskets. Antetokounmpo has 5,905 profession subject objectives, whereas Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made 5,902 baskets with the Bucks from 1969-75.
Tyrese Maxey scored 31, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 27 and Joel Embiid 24 for the 76ers.
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Lillard was enjoying with a special staff for the primary time after spending his first 11 seasons in Portland. Lillard requested a commerce within the offseason and landed in Milwaukee, which gave up two-time All-Star Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen and loads of draft capital to land the seven-time All-NBA guard.
This recreation marked the top teaching debut of Milwaukee’s Adrian Griffin, who was going through his former boss. Griffin spent the final 5 seasons as an assistant coach on a Toronto Raptors workers headed by Nick Nurse, who now coaches the 76ers.
The 76ers have been enjoying with out seven-time All-NBA guard James Harden. The 2018 MVP, hoping to be traded, arrived late to coaching camp and mentioned earlier than the season that his fractured relationship with staff president Daryl Morey couldn’t be repaired.
Harden arrived on the 76ers’ advanced in Camden, New Jersey, on Wednesday however was instructed to not accompany the staff to Milwaukee. Nurse mentioned Wednesday that Harden is again within the “ramp-up phase” after being away from the staff for 10 days.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Associated Press)
