Cam Thomas scored 34 points off the bench as the visiting Milwaukee Bucks snapped the Orlando Magic’s three-game winning streak with a 116-108 victory on Wednesday.
Thomas hit 4 of 6 from 3-point range in just 25 minutes. Kevin Porter Jr. paired 18 points with 11 assists, Ousmane Dieng contributed 17 points and Jericho Sims posted a career-high 17 points to go with 11 rebounds.
Orlando’s Desmond Bane scored 20 of his 31 points in the first half while equaling his career best with eight 3-point makes on 11 attempts.
Paolo Banchero added 17 points, and Jalen Suggs combined 16 points with 10 assists.
The Magic hit a season-high 20 3-pointers on 47 attempts, while Milwaukee went 24-of-24 from the free-throw line.
The score was tied at 106 and Orlando should have gone up when Banchero missed a running dunk with 1:48 remaining following Franz Wagner’s steal.
Instead, Kyle Kuzma put the Bucks ahead with a layup, which was followed by a pair of Porter free throws.
Suggs hit two foul shots with 1:12 left to trim Milwaukee’s cushion to 110-108 before Myles Turner and Thomas drained threes to seal it for the Bucks.
Kuzma scored 11 of Milwaukee’s first 13 points, but the Bucks misfired as a team in the opening frame, hitting 6 of 22 from the floor.
Bane hit his first five 3-pointers, then missed his sixth attempt from deep in the dying seconds of the first quarter, at the end of which the Magic led 24-20.
Bane’s sixth three extended Orlando’s advantage to 32-24 before Milwaukee discovered its radar.
Thomas and Dieng combined for 18 points off the bench in the second period for the Bucks, who crept ahead 52-51 at halftime.
The lead changed hands six times in the third quarter, which ended with Milwaukee up 88-83. Thomas exploded for 15 of the Bucks’ 17 points inside the last 4:21 of the period.
–Field Level Media
