Kyle Kuzma scores 31 as Bucks snap 5-game skid with 131-115 win over
Bulls
[February 04, 2026]
By STEVE MEGARGEE
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Kuzma matched a season high with
31 points and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped a five-game skid, beating the
Chicago Bulls 131-115 in a meeting of short-handed teams Tuesday night.
Milwaukee was missing its top two scorers due to injury, while the Bulls
traded away three players earlier in the day. |

Chicago Bulls' Matas Buzelis gets past Milwaukee Bucks' Myles Turner
during the first half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026,
in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) |
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The Bulls sent Kevin Huerter and Dario Saric to Detroit as part
of a three-team deal in which they acquired Mike Conley Jr. from
Minnesota and Jaden Ivey from the Pistons. They also traded
Nikola Vucevic and a second-round pick to Boston for Anfernee
Simons and a second-round selection.
Chicago was missing leading scorer Josh Giddey due to a strained
left hamstring.
Milwaukee was again without two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo,
who strained his right calf on Jan. 23. Antetokounmpo was on the
court taking shots and working out before the game.
The Bucks improved to 4-15 without Antetokounmpo.
Milwaukee also didn’t have Kevin Porter Jr. (oblique strain),
Bobby Portis (hip bruise) and Gary Harris (left hamstring
strain). Bucks coach Doc Rivers said before the game that Porter
could return Wednesday or Friday.
Ryan Rollins had 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for
Milwaukee. Kuzma had 10 rebounds and six assists.
The Bucks made a season-high 23 3-pointers and shot 60.5% from
beyond the arc.
Chicago's Matas Buzelis scored 22 points. Coby White had 21
points and 10 rebounds.
Two nights after scoring their fewest points of the season in a
107-79 loss at Boston, Milwaukee nearly equaled that output by
halftime, leading 77-52 at the break. That was the Bucks'
highest first-half point total of the season.
Chicago cut Milwaukee’s lead to 90-84 late in the third quarter
but couldn't get any closer.
Up next
Bulls: Visit Toronto on Thursday.
Bucks: Host New Orleans on Wednesday.
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