Milwaukee lost 127-116 at Philadelphia on the second day of a back-to-back, its third straight defeat to open 2026-27. Two Sixers runs of 8-0 in the fourth quarter settled a game the Bucks had kept within reach.
First half
Philadelphia took a 34-25 lead when Tyrese Maxey hit a 47-foot buzzer-beater to end the first quarter. Milwaukee answered with a 9-0 run, tied it at 34, and went ahead 40-37 on a Ryan Rollins three. The Bucks led 56-54 late in the second, then a 10-0 Philadelphia burst gave the Sixers a 64-60 edge by halftime, with Myles Turner's turnovers in the middle of it.
Third quarter
The game stood at 82 apiece eight minutes into the second half. Then Turner picked up his fourth foul and Nate Ament sat with foul trouble of his own. Philadelphia won the quarter 33-27 and led 97-87 going to the fourth. Turner finished with no points on 0-for-3 shooting, and his minus-16 was the worst on the team.
The fourth-quarter break
An 8-0 run pushed the Sixers to 105-89, and Taylor Jenkins burned a timeout down 13. Milwaukee fought back to 114-117 with two minutes left, helped by a Kel'el Ware and-one. Then Philadelphia ran off another 8-0 and made it 125-114 with under a minute to play. Joel Embiid's dunk with 47 seconds left ended it.
Grades
Ware earns a B-plus: 19 points, 13 rebounds, two blocks and a plus-4, though he drew three turnovers. Jaime Jaquez Jr. gets a B for 21 points on 7-of-13 shooting, offset by a minus-15 and, per the Journal Sentinel's Jim Owczarski, trouble with the ball in the open court. Tyler Herro, 6-of-14 for 13 points with three turnovers, gets a C. AJ Green was the quiet bright spot: 11 points, plus-5, in 19 minutes.
What it changes
At 0-3 the Bucks sit 15th in the East, two games behind sixth-place Washington and one behind tenth-place Chicago. They played with no rest, and Philadelphia, now 3-0, had one day. The schedule offers no pause: Indiana comes to Fiserv Forum on Monday, then Houston on Wednesday.
What was the score of the Bucks-76ers game on October 24?
Philadelphia won 127-116. Joel Embiid scored 28 points with 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Milwaukee fell to 0-3.
Who played best for the Bucks against the 76ers?
Kel'el Ware had 19 points and 13 rebounds off the bench, and Jaime Jaquez Jr. led the team with 21 points. Ware was the only one of the two to finish with a positive plus-minus, at plus-4.
