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Milwaukee Bucks vs. New York Knicks

February 27, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Knicks beat the Bucks 127-98 on 2026-02-27 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Myles Turner, Kyle Kuzma, Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Josh Hart, Mikal Bridges, and Jalen Brunson. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 4 points (1/2) in his matchups, with AJ Green as his primary defender. Cam Thomas (Bucks) scored 14 points (5/5) in his matchups, with Landry Shamet as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 98

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Ryan Rollins GS 32:21 13 4 4 0 0 5 2 5-9 2-5 1-2 -30
AJ Green GS 30:12 7 2 0 0 0 1 2 2-6 2-6 1-1 -17
Kyle Kuzma GS 27:27 17 4 2 0 0 0 0 6-11 4-7 1-2 -16
Kevin Porter Jr. GS 27:09 11 6 10 1 1 3 4 4-12 1-2 2-2 -16
Myles Turner GS 24:44 19 4 2 0 1 2 2 5-8 4-7 5-7 -20
Jericho Sims 22:57 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1-1 0-0 0-0 -21
Cam Thomas 17:03 7 2 1 0 1 0 1 2-9 0-2 3-3 -17
Bobby Portis 16:40 14 2 0 0 0 2 2 5-8 2-3 2-3 -10
Ousmane Dieng 12:03 0 3 2 1 0 1 2 0-2 0-2 0-0 -11
Gary Trent Jr. 6:13 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 2-3 1-2 0-0 +3
Gary Harris 6:13 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 +3
Pete Nance 6:13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-2 0-2 0-0 +3
Andre Jackson Jr. 6:13 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0-3 0-2 0-0 +3
Thanasis Antetokounmpo 4:32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 1-2 +1
Totals 98 34 24 5 3 16 16 33-77 16-42 16-22

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 127

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Jalen Brunson GS 30:31 27 7 3 0 0 1 2 11-17 4-6 1-2 +15
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 28:50 17 13 1 0 0 1 3 6-13 1-1 4-4 +21
OG Anunoby GS 28:04 24 3 3 2 0 1 3 8-10 5-7 3-4 +20
Mikal Bridges GS 25:48 10 0 6 2 2 0 0 5-8 0-0 0-0 +14
Josh Hart GS 24:55 12 5 5 1 1 1 4 4-11 2-7 2-2 +18
Mohamed Diawara 22:39 10 3 2 0 0 1 4 2-6 2-3 4-4 +25
Landry Shamet 22:34 15 0 3 1 1 0 1 5-8 5-7 0-0 +20
Mitchell Robinson 15:39 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +10
Jose Alvarado 12:59 7 4 5 0 0 1 0 3-5 1-3 0-0 +14
Jordan Clarkson 6:13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-3 0-3 0-0 -3
Ariel Hukporti 6:13 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 -3
Jeremy Sochan 5:55 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1-3 0-2 0-0 -3
Tyler Kolek 5:31 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 1-3 1-3 0-0 -3
Trey Jemison III 4:09 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 127 44 33 7 6 10 20 46-88 21-42 14-16

Lineups

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Bucks defense

Defender Guarded most
AJ Green Jalen Brunson: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Ryan Rollins Mikal Bridges: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Landry Shamet: 11 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Kevin Porter Jr. Josh Hart: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Mikal Bridges: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/3)
Myles Turner OG Anunoby: 15 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Josh Hart: 12 poss., 9 pts (2/2)
Kyle Kuzma Karl-Anthony Towns: 18 poss., 12 pts (4/6) · Josh Hart: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jericho Sims Karl-Anthony Towns: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cam Thomas Mohamed Diawara: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Jose Alvarado: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Bobby Portis Jr. OG Anunoby: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Mohamed Diawara: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)
Ousmane Dieng Mohamed Diawara: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Mikal Bridges: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Andre Jackson Jr. Jeremy Sochan: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Jordan Clarkson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Pete Nance Ariel Hukporti: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Trey Jemison III: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris Tyler Kolek: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jordan Clarkson: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr. Jordan Clarkson: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Tyler Kolek: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Trey Jemison III: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mohamed Diawara: 1 poss., 1 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Karl-Anthony Towns Jericho Sims: 18 poss., 4 pts (1/5) · Kyle Kuzma: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/3)
Jalen Brunson Ryan Rollins: 17 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Kyle Kuzma: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
OG Anunoby AJ Green: 19 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 7 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mikal Bridges Ryan Rollins: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Kevin Porter Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Josh Hart Myles Turner: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · AJ Green: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Landry Shamet Ryan Rollins: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · AJ Green: 8 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Mohamed Diawara Ousmane Dieng: 10 poss., 5 pts (1/2) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Mitchell Robinson Jericho Sims: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jose Alvarado Ryan Rollins: 7 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Cam Thomas: 4 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson Gary Harris: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Andre Jackson Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jeremy Sochan Gary Trent Jr.: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pete Nance: 2 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Tyler Kolek Gary Harris: 4 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Andre Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ariel Hukporti Pete Nance: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Andre Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Trey Jemison III Andre Jackson Jr.: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Thanasis Antetokounmpo: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)