It wasn’t as rousing a contest as the Christmas Day Comeback, but the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Orlando Magic, 127-110. The first quarter was a slow-but-steady exercise in lead-building from the Bucks, as the Milwaukee lead was buoyed by a trio of Bobby Portis threes flanked by a bunch of buckets from others. But the second quarter saw a scoring explosion as Milwaukee grew their advantage beyond the 20-point mark, as the short handed Magic simply didn’t have enough talent to muster much resistance.
The Bucks maintained a steady lead throughout the first half and entered halftime up 72-45.