Houston Rockets at Milwaukee Bucks
Final
Recap
MILWAUKEE – Fred VanVleet scored 24 points and Amen Thompson added 23 as the Houston Rockets remained undefeated with a 132-100 rout of the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night. Center Alperen Sengun, the leading scorer for Houston (5-0) at 24.5 points per game, sat out with low back soreness. VanVleet, who missed all of last season with a torn ACL, hit 7 of 14 shots, including 4 of 9 from deep. He scored 15 consecutive points for Houston midway through the third quarter, hitting three free throws to put the Rockets up 81-61.
How the bets landed
Moneyline favoriteHOU -345 · 74% to win
WonSpreadHOU -8.5
CoveredTotalO/U 227 · 232 scored
OverAgainst the consensus line at the start, across 16 books
Team stats
55%Field goal %40%
45%3-point %29%
88%Free throw %78%
44Rebounds40
8Offensive rebounds14
25Assists19
12Steals8
10Blocks3
14Turnovers16
16Fouls20
Box score
Players
| Players | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | FGM | FGA | 3PM | 3PA | FTM | FTA | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jae'Sean TateF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah CrawfordF | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Reed SheppardG | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Bogdan BogdanovicG | 15 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Bruce ThorntonG | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Clint CapelaC | 22 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oscar TshiebweC | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tari EasonF | 31 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Amen ThompsonG | 33 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Kevin DurantF | 31 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Jabari Smith Jr.F | 30 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Fred VanVleetG | 29 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 240 | 132 | 44 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 84 | 17 | 38 | 23 | 26 | 16 |