Where: Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
Officials: #28 Mousa Dagher, #55 Bill Kennedy, #40 Leon Wood
Attendance: 3316
Khris Middleton collected 21 points and eight rebounds to lift the visiting Milwaukee Bucks to a 124-87 victory over the Orlando Magic on Sunday.
Middleton made 8 of 13 shots from the floor in his return from a one-game absence from a sore right knee. He wasn't alone, as Jrue Holiday (bruised left knee), Donte DiVincenzo (bruised right hip) and Brook Lopez (sore back) returned after sitting out Milwaukee's 127-119 setback to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday.
Bobby Portis recorded 16 points and 10 rebounds and Holiday added 12 points and seven assists for the Bucks, who snapped a three-game skid despite playing without Giannis Antetokounmpo (sore left knee). The two-time reigning NBA Most Valuable Player sat out his fifth straight game and for the seventh time in the last 12 contests.
Orlando's Mo Bamba highlighted his career-high 21-point performance by shooting 8 of 11 from the field, including 5 of 6 from 3-point range.
Rookie Cole Anthony had 12 points and seven rebounds for the Magic, who have dropped five in a row and 18 of their last 22 games. Orlando also has lost six straight regular-season games to Milwaukee, including a 121-99 decision on Jan. 11.
Portis scored eight points to stake the Bucks to a 32-19 lead at the end of the first quarter. Milwaukee shot 60 percent from both the floor (12 of 20) and 3-point range (6 of 10) and saw eight different players contribute on the scoreboard.
Bamba made his third 3-pointer to trim the Bucks' advantage to 39-29, however Middleton and Pat Connaughton each scored five points during their team's 14-3 surge to stake the Bucks to a 21-point lead. Orlando faced a 57-38 deficit at halftime due in large part to its porous 3-point shooting (4 of 20), with everyone outside of Bamba combining to go 1 of 16.
Milwaukee kept the Magic at arm's length in the third quarter before Portis and Sam Merrill each drained a pair of 3-pointers as part of the Bucks' 26-9 run to start the fourth. The Bucks, who led 111-76 at the time, put it on cruise control from there.
--Field Level Media
| Milwaukee | Orlando | |
| Khris Middleton 21 | Scoring | Mo Bamba 21 |
| Jrue Holiday 7 | Assists | Cole Anthony 5 |
| Bobby Portis 10 | Rebounds | Cole Anthony 7 |
| Khris Middleton 3 | Free Throws Made | Dwayne Bacon 4 |
| Bryn Forbes 3 | Steals | Dwayne Bacon 2 |
| Thanasis Antetokounmpo 2 | Blocks | Wendell Carter Jr. 2 |
| Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
| Milwaukee | 124 | 48.9 | 19-40 | 13-15 | 28 | 56 | 7 | 8 | 12 |
| Orlando | 87 | 37.2 | 8-36 | 15-19 | 19 | 37 | 6 | 8 | 14 |
- Orlando will play their next game at home against San Antonio. The Magic have a W/L % of .444 after a win and .257 after a loss.
- Milwaukee will play their next game on the road against Minnesota. The Bucks have a W/L % of .719 after a win and .476 after a loss.