Khris Middleton and Greg Monroe once again held up their end of the bargain. The Bucks' defense once again made sure it didn't matter.
Despite the best efforts of Monroe (22 points and 11 rebs) and Middleton (22 points, 7 rebs, 5 ast, 5 to) to keep things close through three quarters, the Bucks' porous defense once again proved too much to overcome in New Orleans on Saturday, as the Pelicans buried 17 threes and outscored Milwaukee 26-8 on turnovers to power New Orleans to a 116-99 home win. Ryan Anderson tormented the Bucks' scattered defense with 23 points on 6/11 shooting, while Anthony Davis was contained for much of the night but still managed 22 points (8/17 fg) to go with seven boards, five assists and four blocks.