CLEVELAND — (AP) Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 33 points, Jrue Holiday added 17 and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 123-105 in the opener of a six-game road trip that began with travel delays.
Antetokounmpo picked up two early fouls and started slowly, but the reigning NBA MVP found his groove in the second half, scoring 22 points. He added 12 rebounds.
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Collin Sexton scored 19 and Andre Drummond 18 for Cleveland, which has been one of the NBA's surprise teams but is starting a difficult stretch with back-to-back home games with the talented Bucks (14-8). The Cavs fell to 10-13, tied for ninth in the Eastern Conference.
Cleveland had its biggest crowd this season — 2,720 fans — after the state of Ohio granted a variance allowing the team to bump its attendance at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse from 10% percent of capacity to 14%. On the court, Larry Nance Jr. missed his fifth consecutive game with a sprained wrist.
Both teams will be back at it tomorrow night at 8 p.m.