A pivotal road trip with playoff and draft pick implications for the Milwaukee Bucks kicked off with a disappointing loss, 105-98, against the Los Angeles Clippers. Milwaukee survived a torrent of scoring from Milos Teodosic early, who carved the Bucks up but the Clippers only led by six points, 35-29 after one quarter. The second started even worse than the first, but Giannis and company made a late surge and were down 62-56 at half. After three, Milwaukee finally planted a foothold on the lead by taking an 82-78 advantage into the fourth.