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Rapid Recap: Bucks 108, Lakers 97

........................Yes, it was preseason, and yes, there is a lot of basketball to be played, but the debuts of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard went about as well as we could hope as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Los Angeles Lakers, 108-97.

Game Recap

From the jump, it was the Giannis and Lillard (and Beasley) Show, with the hoped-for pick-and-roll connection flashing immediately. The first P&R had Giannis seamlessly dragging three defenders his direction at the elbow before finding Jae Crowder for a disgustingly open three — which he promptly missed as we’re come to expect from role players.