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The Milwaukee Bucks struggled mightily without Damian Lillard on Friday night.

With Lillard ruled out due to a calf strainthe Bucks suffered a lopsided 124-101 loss at the hands of the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Head coach Doc Rivers’ team fell into an early 17-8 hole and couldn’t recover as Cleveland led by 18 at the half on the back of a 40-point second quarter.

The Cavaliers shot 51 percent from the field as a team and hit 20 of their 47 three-point attempts. The Bucks struggled with ball security, committing 20 turnovers compared to 23 assists.

Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 33 points and 14 rebounds to go along with three steals, but no other member of Rivers’ rotation scored at least 15 points.

While Cleveland owns the best record in the league at 24-4, it was still a disappointing result for Milwaukee following the team’s 2024 NBA Cup win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday.

Fans called Rivers and the Bucks.

Eric Nehm @eric_nehm

Doc Rivers may run out of timeouts in the first half with the way the Bucks return in transition defense.

Buck’s Film Room @BucksFilmRoom

Terrible game by the Bucks so far. Safe to say Doc Rivers is unhappy as he just used two timeouts less than 75 seconds apart.

Brian Spaulding Jr @Bspauld12

Bucks really sold lol

Ben Say @say_50

Bucks get blown out by the Cavaliers, it’s a “letdown” game. They didn’t show up tonight and got the job done after the NBA Cup contest against a really, really good team in Cleveland.
It’s time to get back to it tomorrow fast and bounce back against a lesser opponent: the Wizards.

Lance P @LancePiep

Bucks getting boated tonight was not on my bingo card

LET’S GO GRIZZ!!!!! (18-9) @will_edmunds04

doc rivers bad at coaching

Nationalize Blizzard @CallMeGdubG

I don’t comment much on the NBA, but I have to say the Milwaukee Bucks played atrocious tonight and should be embarrassed.

Donovan Mitchell led the way for Cleveland, finishing with 27 points and six assists on 9-15 shooting. He also connected on three of his seven attempts from behind the arc.

NBA @NBA

SPIDA SHOW TO END 1H
Kudos to Mobley for the HUGE smack… to steal and smack his own! pic.twitter.com/yZxuWGAnTO

Friday marked the third time this season that the Bucks and Cavs met, with Cleveland winning all three matchups.

Milwaukee will look to bounce back against the Washington Wizards on Saturday. Tip-off is at 20 A.M.