NBA: Bucks manage win over Hornets without top 3 scorers

Bobby Portis scored 20 points and the Milwaukee Bucks used some makeshift lineups in a 105-96 road victory against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night.

Jordan Nwora’s 17 points went with 14 points apiece for Brook Lopez and Jevon Carter for the Bucks, who overcame a 23-15 deficit in points at the free-throw line. Milwaukee made up for some of that with 12-for-32 shooting on 3-pointers.

Milwaukee, which lost a night earlier to the Los Angeles Lakers, played without scoring leader Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had six consecutive games of 30 or more points, and Khris Middleton, who made his season debut Friday night and wasn’t expected to play in the second part of the back-to-b…

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