Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoenix Suns Match Player Stats and Ratings for February 6, 2024

The Milwaukee Bucks were on the last leg of a five-game road trip when they took on the Phoenix Suns on Tuesday. It promised to be an exciting game between two teams that could potentially meet in the 2024 NBA Finals. The game lived up to the hype with the superstars delivering as expected.

Despite playing without Damian Lillard, who is dealing with an ankle injury, the Bucks went toe-to-toe with the Suns. The visiting team took a 49-48 lead after the first 12 minutes of the game behind Giannis Antetokounmpo’s 14 points, eight rebounds and two assists. Devin Booker paced the Suns with 16 points while Kevin Durant added 14.

The third quarter was when the home team put a bit of a cushion against Milwaukee. Booker sizzled with 16 points in the period, helping the Phoenix Suns outscore the Bucks 31-24. Phoenix had the lead 79-73 and a little bit of momentum entering the final frame.

After Booker’s third-period explosion, Bradley Beal and Kevin Durant took over in the fourth quarter. Beal had 12 points while Durant put on a show with 14 to squeeze the life out of the undermanned Milwaukee Bucks.

The Suns improved their record to 30-21 following the 114-104 win. Milwaukee dropped to 33-18 and is 1-4 since Doc Rivers took over from Adrian Griffin as coach.

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Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoenix Suns game player stats

Milwaukee Bucks player stats

Doc Rivers used a nine-man rotation for the game against the Suns. The Bucks didn’t have Damian Lillard and had Khris Middleton for only eight minutes after injuring his ankle in the first quarter. Cameron Payne and Jae Crowder had extended minutes due to the aforementioned injuries to key players.

Crowder played the most minutes with 40 while Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 34 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Giannis Antetokounmpo	34	10	6	0	0	5	13-24	1-3	7-13	+1
Khris Middleton	6	3	1	1	0	1	2-3	1-1	1-2	-1
Robin Lopez	6	1	0	1	2	0	3-8	0-1	0-0	-13
Pat Connaughton	12	6	6	0	0	0	4-6	3-5	1-2	-15
Malik Beasley	22	4	2	0	0	3	7-17	6-14	2-2	0
Jae Crowder	10	6	3	2	1	1	4-9	0-4	2-2	-8
Bobby Portis	5	9	2	4	1	1	2-9	1-4	0-0	+3
Marques Bolden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0
Cameron Payne	11	4	3	2	0	1	4-10	1-4	2-4	-3
AJ Green	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-4	0-4	0-0	-4

Phoenix Suns player stats

Suns coach Frank Vogel counted on his starters big-time against Milwaukee by playing them at least 32 minutes each. Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal and Devin Booker took turns torching the Bucks while Jusuf Nurkic had a quietly impressive night.

Vogel went deep into his rotation by using 11 players for Tuesday’s matchup. Eric Gordon, Bol Bol and Drew Eubanks provided contributions coming off the bench.

Players	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3-PT FG	FT	+/-
Kevin Durant	28	10	1	1	2	5	11-21	1-5	5-7	+8
Jusuf Nurkic	10	10	4	2	0	2	5-9	0-1	0-1	+10
Bradley Beal	25	10	3	3	0	4	10-22	2-8	3-5	+9
Grayson Allen	8	3	3	1	1	0	2-4	2-4	2-2	+2
Devin Booker	32	1	4	0	0	1	12-21	2-6	6-10	+5
Drew Eubanks	2	5	0	1	1	0	1-3	1-3	0-0	-2
Yuta Watanabe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Josh Okogie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-11
Bol Bol	4	6	1	0	1	1	2-3	0-1	0-0	+8
Eric Gordon	3	4	1	0	0	0	1-4	1-3	0-0	+17
Jordan Goodwin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	2-2	-3

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Milwaukee Bucks vs Phoenix Suns game player ratings

Milwaukee Bucks player ratings

The Bucks, the losing team, unsurprisingly have several players with a negative net rating. Only Antetokounmpo, Beasley and Bobby Portis had positive advanced ratings versus the Suns.

Below are the rest of the Bucks' advanced stats:

Players	OFF Rating	DEF Rating	Net Rating
Khris Middleton	87.5	93.8	-6.3
Giannis Antetokounmpo	103.6	101.2	2.4
Robin Lopez	94.9	125.0	-30.1
Pat Connaughton	102.9	126.1	-23.2
Malik Beasley	113.5	112.0	1.5
Jae Crowder	104.8	111.6	-6.9
Bobby Portis	110.4	107.6	2.9
AJ Green	86.2	103.6	-17.4
Cameron Payne	102.0	108.2	-6.1

Phoenix Suns game player ratings

Meanwhile, the Suns had every starter and two bench players getting positive ratings. Jusuf Nurkic’s +10 tops the team while Josh Okogie’s -11 is the worst among Phoenix’s players.

See here for the Suns' advanced ratings:

Players	OFF Rating	DEF Rating	Net Rating
Grayson Allen	114.5	111.6	2.9
Kevin Durant	114.5	103.6	10.9
Jusuf Nurkic	116.4	98.6	17.9
Bradley Beal	111.4	97.5	13.9
Devin Booker	110.4	102.6	7.8
Eric Gordon	114.3	79.6	34.7
Drew Eubanks	100.0	105.6	-5.6
Bol Bol	105.0	85.0	20.0
Josh Okogie	87.5	225.0	-137.5
Jordan Goodwin	100.0	250.0	-150.0
Yuta Watanabe	100.0	250.0	-150.0