The Milwaukee Bucks arrived in town just a few hours before tipoff, but they were still able to find their rhythm after six minutes.
Rivers credited Antetokounmpo and Lillard for making sure the team would be ready to play Thursday even after all they had encountered the last few days.
The Milwaukee Bucks have put a slow start behind them and are playing some of their best basketball of the season. They'll face another team that is playing better of late when they visit the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.
Lillard totaled 29 points (9-21 FG, 5-14 3Pt, 6-6 FT), nine rebounds, 11 assists and two steals over 35 minutes during Thursday's 125-96 victory over Miami.
The NBA announced that Wednesday's game between the Bucks and Pelicans has been postponed. Due to extreme weather conditions in New Orleans, the NBA had no choice but to postpone this game. The reschedule date has yet to be announced,
The Bucks made it to Milwaukee less than three hours before the start of their Thursday night game, which was delayed an hour before they routed Miami 125-96.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Damian Lillard had 29 points ... pushed back an hour due to the Bucks’ troubles getting out of New Orleans, which had a historic snowstorm Tuesday. The Bucks’ scheduled ...
Despite landing in Milwaukee hours before their scheduled game, Giannis Antetokounmpo shrugged off the team's jet lag in a dominant win.
Stranded in New Orleans amid a historic snowstorm, the Milwaukee Bucks spent so much time in the Big Easy that they got to know the staffers working in their hotel. They finally got back to Milwaukee less than three hours before the start of their Thursday night game,
The Milwaukee Bucks didn't lose any of their momentum while stranded at a hotel in New Orleans ... on Thursday night at Fiserv Forum. Damian Lillard had 29 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds ...
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The NBA has postponed Wednesday night’s game in New Orleans between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Pelicans after a historic winter storm dumped about a foot of snow in the Big Easy.