вЂњI think weвЂ™re making progress defensively,вЂќ Budenholzer said of the home stand thus far. The Pistons will be without center Isaiah Stewart, who was suspended Monday for escalating an on-court altercation against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Bucks will finish their home stand Wednesday against Detroit.

Nwora scored 14 off the bench for the Bucks, and every player on the roster scored.

But, Orlando was able to start the fourth quarter on a 23-7 run to end those thoughts. The back end of the Bucks bench had a chance to make franchise history with a strong finish, as the record for largest margin of victory was 58 points against Detroit in 1978. Monday's game was the third straight double-double for Portis. The game was over for Holiday (18 points, six rebounds), Antetokounmpo (12 points, nine assists, eight rebounds) and Middleton (12 points) by the end of the third quarter, as well as fellow starters Grayson Allen (14 points) and Bobby Portis (13 points, 11 rebounds). ItвЂ™s good we work on it now and we were able to do it in the second half.' Down the line that will hurt us later in the season. WeвЂ™ve been up plenty of times and now we needed to make sure we made a push in the third quarter and really put teams away,вЂќ Jordan Nwora said. вЂњWe actually talked about that in the locker room during halftime. Their 77-36 lead set a franchise record for largest margin at a half. The Bucks also forced the Magic into 13 turnovers and scored 21 points off those. What helped the scoring effort was the BucksвЂ™ proficiency on the defensive glass, as they pulled down 21 defensive rebounds to prevent the Magic from scoring any second-chance points. TheyВ led by as many as 44.ДЄll nine players who played for the Bucks in the opening half scored as the team shot at a blistering 59.2% clipВ and went 11 for 25 from behind the three-point line (44%). On Monday the Bucks scored a season-high 77 points in the firstВ half and a season-high 41 points in the second quarter. ItвЂ™s good to play a team again and have that look and feel and our guys played well tonight, executed on both ends including coming out the third quarter. вЂњWe watched some film, the guys have been locked in, the leaders are ready to go. вЂњIt was good,вЂќ coach Mike Budenholzer said of the teamвЂ™s energy. The Bucks had not had a blowout victory since beating Detroit by 28 points on Nov.

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