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Milwaukee Bucks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

January 21, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Thunder beat the Bucks 122-102 on 2026-01-21 on the road against the Bucks. The Bucks started Giannis Antetokounmpo, Gary Harris, Kyle Kuzma, Ryan Rollins, and AJ Green. The Thunder started Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Luguentz Dort, Chet Holmgren, Cason Wallace, and Ajay Mitchell. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder) scored 10 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Kyle Kuzma as his primary defender. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) scored 3 points (1/7) in his matchups, with Chet Holmgren as his primary defender.

Box score

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

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks 102

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
AJ Green GS 31:32 15 3 1 0 0 2 2 5-10 4-9 1-1 -14
Giannis Antetokounmpo GS 31:29 19 14 7 1 0 3 2 8-11 0-0 3-6 -11
Ryan Rollins GS 29:06 10 3 7 3 0 3 3 4-11 2-5 0-0 -9
Kyle Kuzma GS 28:18 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 4-12 0-5 1-1 -20
Gary Harris GS 8:51 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1-1 1-1 0-0 -15
Bobby Portis 37:25 15 6 9 1 0 1 3 6-14 2-7 1-1 0
Pete Nance 29:42 11 4 1 1 0 2 1 4-7 3-5 0-0 +3
Cole Anthony 24:15 17 3 3 0 0 5 4 7-9 3-4 0-0 -7
Andre Jackson Jr. 6:02 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1-4 1-3 0-0 -10
Gary Trent Jr. 5:56 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-1 0-0 -2
Jericho Sims 2:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Thanasis Antetokounmpo 2:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 0-1 0-0 -5
Amir Coffey 2:28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 -5
Totals 102 39 30 6 0 16 19 40-81 16-41 6-9

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder 122

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander GS 33:20 40 7 11 1 0 2 0 16-19 2-2 6-7 +19
Luguentz Dort GS 32:50 13 4 3 2 0 0 4 5-11 3-7 0-0 +8
Chet Holmgren GS 31:47 10 7 2 1 1 2 1 3-9 1-4 3-4 +11
Cason Wallace GS 31:07 9 2 2 4 1 0 2 3-9 2-6 1-2 +5
Ajay Mitchell GS 25:10 18 3 2 2 0 2 1 8-12 2-2 0-1 +13
Kenrich Williams 27:57 18 8 2 0 0 1 1 8-13 2-5 0-1 +6
Isaiah Joe 25:17 5 1 1 0 0 1 1 2-8 1-7 0-0 +14
Branden Carlson 16:13 9 6 1 0 1 0 0 4-8 1-3 0-0 +9
Brooks Barnhizer 13:06 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 +11
Chris Youngblood 1:40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 +2
Ousmane Dieng 1:33 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0-0 0-0 +2
Totals 122 42 24 12 3 8 11 49-90 14-36 10-15

Did not play: Aaron Wiggins (DND - Injury/Illness)

Lineups

MIL
Milwaukee Bucks
Milwaukee Bucks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

OKC
Oklahoma City Thunder
Oklahoma City Thunder

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
Giannis Antetokounmpo Luguentz Dort: 41 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Cason Wallace: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Bobby Portis Jr. Kenrich Williams: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Chet Holmgren: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
AJ Green Ajay Mitchell: 16 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Isaiah Joe: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/4)
Ryan Rollins Cason Wallace: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Ajay Mitchell: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Kyle Kuzma Chet Holmgren: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 13 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Pete Nance Branden Carlson: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Chet Holmgren: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Cole Anthony Isaiah Joe: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · Kenrich Williams: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Harris Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Chet Holmgren: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Trent Jr. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Joe: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Andre Jackson Jr. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Kenrich Williams: 2 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Jericho Sims Branden Carlson: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Kenrich Williams: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Amir Coffey Brooks Barnhizer: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Branden Carlson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Thanasis Antetokounmpo Ousmane Dieng: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Brooks Barnhizer: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1)

Thunder defense

Defender Guarded most
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Ryan Rollins: 21 poss., 9 pts (4/6) · Kyle Kuzma: 20 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Chet Holmgren Giannis Antetokounmpo: 32 poss., 1 pts (0/3) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Luguentz Dort Giannis Antetokounmpo: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bobby Portis Jr.: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Cason Wallace AJ Green: 15 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Cole Anthony: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Ajay Mitchell Ryan Rollins: 16 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Kyle Kuzma: 8 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Kenrich Williams Bobby Portis Jr.: 20 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Pete Nance: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Isaiah Joe AJ Green: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cole Anthony: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Branden Carlson Bobby Portis Jr.: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Pete Nance: 6 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Brooks Barnhizer Cole Anthony: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Pete Nance: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Chris Youngblood Giannis Antetokounmpo: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jericho Sims: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ousmane Dieng Andre Jackson Jr.: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Cole Anthony: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)