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Everything you need to know to watch Game 2 of first round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs between the Chicago Bulls and Milwaukee Bucks.

Bucks series in the NBA playoffs? Bucks series in the NBA playoffs? Games 2 and 3 can be streamed online through NBC Sports Chicago right here, and in the MyTeams app. It looked bleak for the Chicago Bulls at the start of Game 1. Despite Giannis Antetokounmpo being in foul trouble, the Bulls couldn't seal a shocking win. Here’s all the information you need to watch the Bulls take on the Bucks in Game 2 of the first round of the NBA playoffs:

The Bulls were surprisingly competitive in their Game 1 loss to the Bucks after going down by 16 points early. They battled back to lead by as many as five ...

Expect a more focused Bucks team in Game 2 after the Game 1 clunker. The Greek Freak was a plus-19 in his 34 minutes, but he was limited to those 34 minutes because of foul trouble. This is especially true because the Bucks struggling offensively like they did in Game 1 is unlikely. One thing the Bulls have going for them is it’s hard to see their three stars shooting collectively as poorly as they did in Game 1. It’s also worth noting that the Bucks did destroy the Bulls when Giannis Antetokounmpo was on the court. The Bulls were surprisingly competitive in their Game 1 loss to the Bucks after going down by 16 points early.

Giannis Antetokounmpo will put his playoff dominance on display again when the Milwaukee Bucks play host to the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night in Game 2 ...

Vucevic paced the Bulls with 24 points and 17 rebounds on 9-of-27 shooting. Milwaukee's supporting cast had to step up in the fourth quarter after Antetokounmpo went to the bench with five fouls and 8:14 remaining. "We went out there (and) showed it defensively," DeRozan said. Shots were not falling from deep either, as Chicago went just 7 of 37 (18.9 percent) from 3-point range. The 6-foot-4 guard was held scoreless in Game 1 across 18 minutes. Reserve Bobby Portis also had a strong showing, providing 10 points and 12 rebounds.

(3) Milwaukee Bucks vs. (6) Chicago Bulls · When: Wednesday, April 20 | 9:30 p.m. ET · Where: Fiserv Forum -- Milwaukee, Wisconsin · TV: TNT | Live stream: FuboTV ...

In theory, the Bulls should be able to score in this matchup. The Bucks should be heavily favored to win the series, but the Bulls are going to shoot better in Game 2 because it would be almost impossible for them not to. Neither team was on top of its game Sunday, but for the Bulls to cover the spread with their best players all shooting terribly from the field says a lot about what this series is ultimately going to look like. If the Bucks control the paint in this series, they win easily. Or will the Bulls even things up in Game 2? But the Bulls didn't go away quietly.

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The Bulls need him to keep it up. • More Derrick Jones Jr.? The versatile forward played roughly 10 minutes in Game 1, and he provided a nice change of pace off the bench in the second half. — Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls)April 19, 2022 • Nikola Vucevic played a really good game on Sunday. I know that sounds weird to say with a 9-27 night from the field, but he was the most reliable scorer and played some of his most aggressive basketball of the season around the rim. — Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls)April 19, 2022 On the other hand, I will not be surprised in the slightest if the reigning champions come out fuming and blow the doors off the Bulls. I lean a little bit more toward the latter happening, but I do genuinely believe the fight the Bulls showed to open this series isn’t going anywhere. If he gets the same kind of looks tonight, I like his chances to lead his team in scoring. Although, whether or not that leads to the kind of execution it takes to build arguably the best team in the East is a real question. — Bleacher Nation Bulls (@BN_Bulls)April 18, 2022 But, at the same time, Vegas likely needs more than a one-game sample size to believe this can be a close series … so let’s give ’em just that! Instead, the defending champs are looking to take a commanding lead in Milwaukee with the odds heavily in their favor. On one hand, I’m optimistic the Chicago Bulls learned some lessons about how to set themselves up for success in Game 1.

MILWAUKEE -- — DeMar DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the Chicago Bulls outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks 114-110 on Wednesday night in Game 2 ...

Milwaukee went on a 15-2 spurt to cut the Bulls’ lead to three late in the third period. DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the Bulls outlasted the Bucks 114-110 on Wednesday night in Game 2. Bucks: George Hill missed a third straight game with an abdominal strain. The Bulls still led by 15 before Milwaukee rallied in the final 7 ½ minutes. The Bulls lost 15 of their final 22 regular-season games. “No matter what you did in the regular season, this is a brand new start and new mindset," DeRozan said. “We dug ourselves some big holes.” Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 33 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, putting him one assist from his second career playoff triple-double. They’ve been there before, so we expected them to make a run.” It's helped us be able to have that kind of mentality that we've got to move on to the next play. “We just want him to get back as quickly as possible and be healthy so he can come out here and help us win games.” "You could see it in all the guys.

Thanks to a stifling defense and 41 points from DeMar DeRozan, the visiting Bulls beat the Bucks for the first time this season, and at the most important ...

You can see it in all the guys. DeRozan stayed hot, but the defense stifled the run, and within minutes the lead was back up to 16 with 9:47 left in the fourth. As for the defending champions, they are suddenly in some trouble. “I think I said it the other day, it’s the playoffs. They now go back to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday, and a chance to take control against the defending champions. While Williams had Antetokounmpo most of the night, it was Alex Caruso who seemed to have everyone else.

DeRozan bounced back and the Bulls grabbed a game on the road.

This was a humongous victory for Chicago as getting a game on the road now gives them some hope going back home. Khris Middleton had 18 points but left the game in the fourth quarter. The starters for the Bulls may have let them down in the series opener but they were relied upon heavily with much better results tonight. If the Bulls want a chance at making this series a competitive one, they have to continue to stretch the floor and drill three-pointers. He deferred mostly to DeRozan in the fourth quarter as DeMar had the hot hand but it didn’t stop LaVine from getting involved. It was emblematic of his night as Caruso was everywhere for Chicago and made big play after big play.

During the first quarter of Game 2 of Milwaukee's first-round series with Chicago Wednesday night, Bucks forward Bobby Portis exited after being hit in the ...

The injury news wasn't much better prior to Game 2 for the defending NBA champions. Hill said after returning from that injury that he'd been dealing with a partial tear between the sixth and seventh thoracic vertebra in his spine. Portis attempted to warm up briefly after halftime, but only stayed on the court for a short period of time before heading back to the locker room.

After an excruciating Game 1 loss in Milwaukee to the defending champions, It's safe to say the Bulls flipped that script in Game 2.

In this one, roles reversed, and it was Mike Budenholzer in that position at the 10:13 mark of the first quarter. But the Bucks engineered multiple runs that the Bulls had to weather en route to victory. Then, there were multiple Bucks surges in the final frame. The Bucks committed 10 turnovers in the first half, seven of which came off Bulls steals. This is the identity the Bulls thrived off of during their hot start to the season. The Bucks cleaned their ball security up a bit in the second half, but finished with 15 giveaways (off of which the Bulls scored 19 points) to give them 36 through this series’ first two games. First and foremost, there was Caruso hitting three 3-pointers and slinging 10 assists at the offensive end while making winning play after winning play defensively. They finished the evening 45.8 percent from the field and 14-for-36 (38.9 percent) from beyond the arc. He lived on the glass to the tune of 13 rebounds. DeRozan got 20 points between the paint and 3-point line, challenging every Bucks defender in his path, from Wesley Matthews to Jrue Holiday to Giannis Antetokounmpo. Each player shot better than 50 percent from the field one game after going 21-for-71 as a trio. Courtside tickets are going for nearly $6,000 while tickets in the 100 level start around $187.

The defending champion Milwaukee Bucks are reeling and ailing. The Bulls, losers of 15 of their last 23 games since All-Star break and swept 4-0 by the ...

We as players have to focus on a game plan and do our part, and obviously the fans are going to be huge and it's going to be exciting. His sources are not known to the Bulls and he has no special access to information beyond the access and privileges that go along with being an NBA accredited member of the media. I think it was Giannis with me, and I couldn't get the ball. And then to start the fourth quarter, it was nine straight Bulls points for a 96-80 Bulls lead, DeRozan right in the middle of everything with a steal on a Giannis shot to start and then a pair of baskets between a Vucevic three and another score. This is a new opportunity for us to go out and compete, and we have to take advantage of it." That was the talk, that we've got to move to the next play, the next situation. "I think our approach is very different going into the playoffs," said Vucevic. "We obviously understood we had a bad stretch to end the season, and we came in after a day off and we talked about what we didn't do well and what we needed to do to have a chance going forward. We got the lead back up and that's what you've got to be able to do. The Bucks did close within 29-28 after the first quarter, but the Bulls opened up a 63-49 halftime lead thanks to a smothering run of defense led by Caruso late in the second quarter to force multiple turnovers. The Bulls primarily stayed with their starters, and the effort was inspiring. The Bulls did most of those things in Game 1 in narrowly losing after taking a third quarter lead and toggling with Milwaukee though most of the fourth Sunday before falling back. But Jrue Holiday was slowed again, now with 10 turnovers in the two games, and the Bucks bench virtually disappeared with eight combined points on two of 13 shooting.

With a 114-110 road win, the Bulls stole momentum from the defending champion Bucks in their first-round playoff series.

But the Bucks engineered multiple runs that the Bulls had to weather en route to victory. In this one, roles reversed, and it was Mike Budenholzer in that position at the 10:13 mark of the first quarter. The Bucks cleaned their ball security up a bit in the second half, but finished with 15 giveaways (off of which the Bulls scored 19 points) to give them 36 through this series’ first two games. The Bucks committed 10 turnovers in the first half, seven of which came off Bulls steals. He lived on the glass to the tune of 13 rebounds. DeRozan got 20 points between the paint and 3-point line, challenging every Bucks defender in his path, from Wesley Matthews to Jrue Holiday to Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks resume their best-of-seven first-round NBA playoff series Wednesday night against the Chicago Bulls with Game ...

"Top of the key, around the free-throw line. "I think we've been in a lot of situations where we grab those rebounds or it goes our way," Holiday said. After the game, Budenholzer said Middleton suffered a MCL sprain and the team would know more about his status after a MRI on Thursday. The Bucks' last gasp came when Brook Lopez converted a three-point play with just under a minute remaining. DeRozan had 13 points in the quarter. To make matters worse for Milwaukee, Middleton hurt his left leg and went to the locker room with 6:49 remaining. They had three turnovers, a missed three-pointer and an errant jumper as the Bulls raced out to a 9-0 lead. The only highlight for Milwaukee in the first half was Antetokounmpo passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s 1,692 points as the franchise’s career playoff leader. "Credit to Chicago," Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said. Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton combined for eight miscues in the first half. "We got to play better," Antetokounmpo said. I don't feel like we were enjoying the game as much as possible."

DeMar DeRozan bounced back from an uncharacteristically poor shooting performance in Game 1 to set a playoff career high in Game 2 as the Bulls tied up ...

"We had a lot of adversity. Chicago has challenged Milwaukee through a competitive first two games of this series, a stark contrast from the Bulls team that scuffled to the end of the regular season, dropping 10 of its last 15 games. We did our job and at the end of the day, sometimes you do your job and it still is not enough." "But at the end of the day, I feel like we contested every shot. DeRozan set a career high in scoring during his first season in Chicago, carrying the Bulls to victory with performances like these. "I looked at all my missed shots from Game 1, most of them shots are my shots," DeRozan said after the game Wednesday. "I'll never let a miss deter me from taking my next jump shot.

Bucks forward Khris Middleton suffered a sprained MCL in his left knee during Milwaukee's 114–110 loss to the Bulls Wednesday night, head coach Mike ...

In those games, he still averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists on the year. Budenholzer added that Middleton is scheduled for an MRI on Thursday before the team gives the forward a timetable to return. The injury happened in the fourth quarter, when Middleton fell awkwardly on a drive to the basket.

The Bulls are hanging with the defending champion Bucks in a playoff environment, and Alex Caruso is a big part of why.

"Can you tell?" So does the Bulls' team-wide commitment to focus on the next play instead of dwelling on past possessions. We were kind of in a hole," Caruso said. "We had a long season. "Lot more games to play." "Go to Game 3.

Following an uncharacteristic 6-for-25 shooting performance in Sunday's Game 1, DeMar DeRozan vowed not to shoot that poorly again and produced 41 points.

He's a helluva player, a helluva scorer," Nikola Vucevic said. Then he continued his hot ways as part of an 9-0 run to open the fourth, burying back-to-back jumpers over Giannis Antetokounmpo. DeRozan came up biggest when the Bulls needed it most. "Pretty sure I go shoot at the United Center (Thursday) night." He's the first since Derrick Rose in 2011. He walked the walk.

DeMar DeRozan was spectacular, hitting tough bucket after tough bucket en route to a playoff career-high 41 points to lead the Bulls. His driving layup with ...

he has a chance to cut it to three with 56 seconds remaining. He will give you everything he has." Portis was officially diagnosed with an eye abrasion, and Budenholzer seemed hopeful it would not keep him out of Game 3, but it's something to monitor. In the regular season, the Bucks were 37-10 when all three of Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jrue Holiday played. Middleton's left leg gave out as he collapsed to the floor in an awkward fashion, and Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer announced after the game that he had suffered a sprained MCL. Even when the Bucks started to have a bit of success slowing him down in the fourth quarter -- Jrue Holiday had a remarkable block on one of his jumpers -- he just kept attacking. "We did our job, but at the end of the day sometimes you do your job and it's not enough," Giannis continued. Less than a minute into the game, DeRozan drove to the basket for the first points of the night, and never looked back. Despite the rough night, he maintained his confidence, telling reporters he would bounce back in Game 2. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way for the Bucks, finishing with 33 points, 19 rebounds and nine assists. The Chicago Bulls pulled off an upset on Wednesday night, beating the Milwaukee Bucks 114-109 in Game 2 of their first-round series, which is now tied 1-1. Nikola Vucevic and Zach LaVine also played well, combining for 44 points to supplement DeRozan's scoring.

Thanks to a stifling defense and 41 points from DeMar DeRozan, the visiting Bulls beat the Bucks for the first time this season, and at the most important ...

DeRozan stayed hot, but the defense stifled the run, and within minutes the lead was back up to 16 with 9:47 left in the fourth. You can see it in all the guys. “I think I said it the other day, it’s the playoffs. “We got our spirit back,” Caruso said of the defense that’s been played by the Bulls in this series. They now go back to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday, and a chance to take control against the defending champions. While Williams had Antetokounmpo most of the night, it was Alex Caruso who seemed to have everyone else.

Now it's the defending champion Bucks who are suddenly hurting as the teams head to Chicago all tied up. DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the ...

Milwaukee went on a 15-2 spurt to cut the Bulls’ lead to three late in the third period. DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the Bulls outlasted the Bucks 114-110 on Wednesday night in Game 2. Bucks: George Hill missed a third straight game with an abdominal strain. The Bulls still led by 15 before Milwaukee rallied in the final 7 ½ minutes. The Bulls lost 15 of their final 22 regular-season games. “No matter what you did in the regular season, this is a brand new start and new mindset," DeRozan said. “We dug ourselves some big holes.” Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 33 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, putting him one assist from his second career playoff triple-double. They’ve been there before, so we expected them to make a run.” It's helped us be able to have that kind of mentality that we've got to move on to the next play. “We just want him to get back as quickly as possible and be healthy so he can come out here and help us win games.” "You could see it in all the guys.

DeMar DeRozan scored a career playoff-high 41 points and the Chicago Bulls outlasted the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night in Game 2 to tie their Eastern ...

But the Bulls responded with 13 straight points and stayed in front the reset of the way. The Bulls were ahead 29-28 at the end of a first quarter that featured six lead changes. The Bulls still led by 15 before Milwaukee rallied in the final 7 ½ minutes. But after Alex Caruso and Vucevic got offensive rebounds on the Bulls' ensuing possession, DeRozan's driving layup made it 114-109 with 18.2 seconds remaining. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 33 points, 18 rebounds and nine assists, putting him one assist from his second career playoff triple-double. The series now heads to Chicago for Game 3 on Friday.

FINAL FROM MILWAUKEE: Bulls 114, Bucks 110. Series tied at 1-1. LEADING SCORERS: Bulls- DeRozan (41 pts), Bucks- Antetokounmpo (33 pts) LEADING REBOUNDERS: ...

Philadelphia 104, Toronto 101 OT: Joel Embiid with another monster game of 33 points and 12 rebounds as the Sixers took a commanding 3-0 series lead. CCI RECAP: From the opening tip the Bulls played with confidence and resilience as they take the series back to Chicago tied at one game apiece. Williams delivered 10 points nine rebounds, one steal and one block. The Bulls dished out 25 assists and blocked five shots. Caruso was tremendous with 10 assists, nine points, two steals and two blocks. Patrick Williams and Alex Caruso were huge contributors.

Milwaukee Bucks star Khris Middleton suffered an MCL sprain in his knee during Wednesday's Game 2 loss to the Chicago Bulls, leaving his status for the ...

I hope this is not bad.’ We need this guy. I hope this is not bad. “Obviously Khris is one of the best players on the team,” Antetokounmpo said. He had 24 points, 6.3 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in the NBA Finals. “You're thinking, ‘I hope this is not bad. Middleton had 18 points and eight assists before leaving the game.

DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls tied up their series with the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday evening in Wisconsin.

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In Game 2 against the Bulls, Milwaukee's bench contribution from Pat Connaughton, Grayson Allen, Jevon Carter and Bobby Portis was minimal.

The Bucks used to have a bench that made them so good they were basically drought resistant, being the highest scoring team in the NBA since the start of the 2018-'19 season. But in the last two games, they’ve struggled on offense and lacked a bench spark, and they missed Portis and Middleton late, for sure. "You never like to see guys get hurt, especially Khris. You know I got a good relationship with him, being Aggies,” said Caruso, who like Middleton played for Texas A&M. “We're going to have to see. They got a good team, so for us it's about trying to match the physicality and try and bring the young guys, our first-time playoff guys, into it. After the win, Chicago coach Billy Donovan and three top players were all asked about their improvements as a team, which lost all four times to the Bucks in the regular season. “But at the end of the day, I think they realize that some people have got to step up. Not to beat this drum to death here, but it is the most important thing to remember: from December 2020 to the present day, the Bucks have played 15 months of a competitive, demanding, busy schedule with roughly only a two-month break. They know what they've got to do. They know what the deal is. Giannis Antetokounmpo was in the hallway of Fiserv Forum late Wednesday night but then went back for treatment, it seems, because he had explained that he had been cramping up. But the Bench Mob and its sequel is long gone. Players to turn to for a spark — a three, a steal, drawing a charge, a hustle play.