MILWAUKEE (AP) โ Jrue Holiday scored a season-high 37 points and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Toronto Raptors 130-122 on Tuesday night.
The Bucks, playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo for the fourth consecutive game, shot 19 for 39 (49%) from 3-point range.
Grayson Allen added 25 points, hitting four of five 3-pointers.
Fred Van Vleet led Toronto with 39 points, tying his season high. Gary Trent Jr. added 28 points and Pascal Siakam had 23.
Play got chippy and action was halted at 6:40 of the fourth quarter with Milwaukee leading 113-110 after an altercation near the Bucksโ basket between Trent and Milwaukeeโs Brook Lopez. After a lengthy review by officials, Lopez was whistled for two technical fouls and ejected. Technicals were also called on Torontoโs O.G. Anunoby and Toronto assistant coach Jamaal Magloire on the play. No foul shots were awarded.
Bill Kennedy, the crew chief for the three referees, told a pool reporter that Lopez was given one technical for removing Trentโs headband and one for pushing Anunoby. Anunoby received a technical for pushing Lopez and Magloire for pushing Milwaukeeโs Bobby Portis, Kennedy said.
โI canโt expect the refs to get it right,โ Lopez said of his first career ejection. โIf theyโre not going to get it right during the game, why are they going to get it right when they replay it, or any other calls. Itโs what it is.โ
Lopez scored 15 of his 19 points in the third quarter before being ejected.
The Bucks enter a three-day break having gone 2-2 without Antetokounmpo. The two-time MVP and leagueโs fourth-leading scorer has left knee soreness. Khris Middleton missed his 17th straight game with right knee soreness.
After a tight first three quarters, Milwaukee never gave up the lead in the fourth, getting nine points from Holiday.
โI know when Giannis and Khris are out, I have to be aggressive at some point, touch the paint as much as I can, try to get as many 3s as I can for other players and myself,โ Holiday said.
Holiday also had seven assists, six rebounds and two assists. It was the second straight game that Holiday posted a season-high in points. He had 35 on Monday in the Bucksโ win over Indiana.
โObviously weโre a little bit down, a little bit undermanned and heโs just stepped up in a big way,โ Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. โItโs two games in a row, just vintage Jrue Holiday. He just seems like heโs got a bounce, heโs got a pop. The way heโs shooting the ball and…
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