Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 29 points and topped the 21,000-point mark for his career as the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 116-99 victory over the short-handed Brooklyn Nets.

The Bucks have dropped seven straight games, and if the playoffs started today, the 8-12 Milwaukee wouldn't even make the East play-in games. Four of those recent losses came without Giannis Antetokounmpo,

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Michael Porter Jr. (Low Back Tightness) and Egor Demin (Left Plantar Fascia Tear, Injury Management) are OUT for the Nets tonight at Milwaukee. Terance Mann (Right Rib Soreness) is questionable. Ben Saraf is available. Nolan Traore remains with Long Island and is out.

That juicy little nugget came to the surface in recent reporting from HoopsHype's Michael Scotto, who shares that in addition to having "discussed several trade scenarios involving Simons that ultimately fell through" with Brooklyn, the Bucks "also kept tabs on Simons" as a potential trade target.

Bucks big man Myles Turner threw it down hard in the second quarter of their game againt the Nets Saturday night.

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