MILWAUKEE -- It was the Giannis and Jabari show Thursday night for the Milwaukee Bucks.Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 30 points and Parker added 28 in leading Milwaukee to a 108-97 victory over the Chicago Bulls.Milwaukee led the entire game and held a 24-point advantage early in the fourth quarter but had to hold on to snap a three-game losing streak, its longest of the season.Antetokounmpo has totaled 88 points and 35 rebounds in his last three games, and Parker has reached at least 27 points in four of his past five.If were just being judged on points, then theyre playing really well, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said. But its not all about points. Unfortunately, thats all you guys write about. Its a team game, but it comes down to winning and doing your job. Both of those guys did their jobs tonight.Chicago lost for the fifth time in seven games and dropped its third straight on the road despite 21 points from Jimmy Butler and 20 from Dwyane Wade. The Bulls also got 19 points from Taj Gibson in the opener of a home-and-home between the teams on back-to-back nights.The Bucks went up 95-71 on a dunk by Antetokounmpo with 10:01 remaining. Chicago cut the deficit in half by scoring the next 12 points, with 10 of them coming from Wade. His two free throws trimmed the margin to 95-83 with 7:14 to go.Milwaukee led by at least eight the rest of the way, marking just the second time this season the Bucks never trailed in a game.I think everybody did a great job keeping the lead, Antetokounmpo said. Its hard to keep a lead for 24 minutes, for a half. Its hard sometimes.The Bucks biggest lead of the night was 27 on a dunk by Tony Snell that made it 58-31 with 3:40 left in the second quarter.The advantage was 64-45 at halftime, as Antetokounmpo (20), Parker (17) and Mirza Teletovic (10) combined to outscore Chicago by two points.Milwaukee shot 80 percent (8 for 10) from 3-point range while Chicago was 1 for 9 (11.1 percent) from beyond the arc in the first two quarters.They were too comfortable early, Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. We didnt want to give them dare shots, we wanted to keep them out of the paint, and they were hitting them.TIP-INSBulls: Rajan Rondo returned to the starting lineup after missing Tuesdays game against Minnesota because of a right ankle sprain. ... Butler has 79 points in his last three games and has scored at least 20 in 18 of his last 19 outings. ... Chicago lost at Milwaukee for just the fifth time in the last 15 games.Bucks: There was a moment of silence following the death of longtime TNT sideline reporter Craig Sager, and Milwaukee players wore Sager Strong T-shirts during pregame warmups that resembled the outfit he wore at the recent ESPYs. Even mascot Bango donned a funky blue sport coat and plaid pants in Sagers honor. ... Michael Beasley missed his first game of the season with a left foot sprain.STRONG DIVISIONMilwaukee improved to 12-12, making the Central Division the only one in the NBA with every team at .500 or better.LETS PLAY TWONot only does Milwaukee play Chicago on consecutive nights, the Bucks also play back-to-back games against Cleveland on Tuesday and Wednesday, and then against Washington on Dec. 23 and Dec. 26. Scouting reports are easy, quipped Kidd.TRADE TALKMilwaukee traded Michael Carter-Williams to Chicago for Tony Snell on Oct. 17. Carter-Williams has missed the last 22 games for the Bulls with knee and wrist injuries, while Snell has started all but two games for the Bucks.UP NEXTBulls: Begin a three-game homestand Friday night against Milwaukee.Bucks: Play at Chicago on Friday.LeBron James Shoes Outlet . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. LeBron James Shoes For Sale . -- The Bishops Gaiters are showing they belong among the countrys top varsity football teams. https://www.cheapshoeslebronjames.com/ . Listen to the game live on TSN Radio 1050 at 7pm et. The Raptors traded Rudy Gay, Quincy Acy and Aaron Gray to the Sacramento Kings on Monday, in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, John Salmons, Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes. LeBron James Shoes Deals . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. Wholesale LeBron James Shoes . The 43-year-old closer, in his 19th and final big league season, has said hed like to play the outfield. Yankees manager Joe Girardi says hes thinking about allowing Rivera to do it this weekend, when the Yankees finish their season with a three-game series at the Houston Astros.Right-arm medium pacer DP Vijayakumars six-wicket haul studded Andhras dominant display with the ball against Kerala at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati. Vijaykumars 6 for 37 reduced Kerala to 188 for 8 after Andhra had sent them in. Six of Keralas top seven fell to Vijaykumar after his new-ball partner B Ayyappa provided the first breakthrough in the 10th over of the morning when he sent back Bhavin Thakkar. Vijaykumar then scythed through Kerala, reducing them to 36 for 4, before Rohan Prem, the captain, and Mohammed Azharuddeen, who top-scored with 82, got together for a 71-run stand. Prem was caught behind off Vijaykumar for 42. Azharuddeen then added 48 with Iqbal Abdulla for the sixth wicket, before being dismissed off what turned out to be the last ball of the day.Hyderabad captain S Badrinath struck his 32nd century and passed 10,000 first-class runs to take his side to 267 for 4 against Chhattisgarh in Valsad. Badrinath walked out with Hyderabad having lost Akshath Reddy in the second over. Badrinath stitched together 120 for the second wicket with Tanmay Agarwal, who ground it out for 124 balls for 39, and added 122 more for the third wicket with BP Sandeep before becoming right-arm pacer Abhimanu Chauhans first victim. Badrinaths 134 came off 254 balls, and contained 20 fours and two sixes. Sandeep remained not out on 73 and had Mehdi Hassan, batting on 10, for company at stumps.In Surat, Services rode on centuries from Ravi Chauhan and Nakul Verma to put up 276 for 3 against Himachal Pradesh in Surat. Chauhan struck his maiden century in his 12th first-class game, while Verma struck his second hundred and reacched his career-best score.ddddddddddddThe two came together at the fall of captain Anshul Gupta for 8 with just 10 on the board and shared a 264-run second-wicket partnership. However, Himachal hit back late in the day, with Chauhan falling for 149, caught off Pankaj Jaiswal - who had also taken out Gupta - before Jaiswals new-ball partner Rishi Dhawan bowled Vikas Yadav in the next over - the penultimate over of the day. Verma remained not out on 113.Bowlers called the shots at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Ghaziabad where Goa were reduced to 197 for 6 against Haryana. Goa opener Sumiran Amonkar stuck around at one end, but Goa lost wickets around him. When Amonkar was bowled by Amit Mishra, he had made 34 out of Goas 74 for 4. Reagan Pinto and Snehal Kauthankar got together to repair the damage, before Pinto had to retire hurt on 25. Goa lost late wickets, but Kauthankar was still at the crease at stumps on 80. Right-arm medium pacer Harshal Patel took three wickets for Haryana.At the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, a solid team effort took Jammu & Kashmir to 270 for 6 after they were put in by Tripura. J&K lost their openers early and were 14 for 2 before Pranav Gupta and Ian Dev Singh struck half-centuries and shared a third-wicket stand of 109. Tripura wrested back the advantage with three quick wickets as J&K went from 123 for 2 to 131 for 5, before Aditya Singh (65 not out) put on 50 for the seventh wicket with Puneet Bisht and an unbroken 89 with Samiullah Beigh (35 not out) for the seventh. ' ' '
