Drummond leaves debut with bruised toe, Bucks beat LA 112-97

<p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Andre Drummond left his Lakers debut with a bruised right toe, and Jrue Holiday scored 28 points in the Milwaukee Bucks’ 112-97 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Khris Middleton added 17 points and eight assists as the Bucks snapped their three-game losing streak with a workmanlike victory over the depleted defending NBA champions, who are still without LeBron James and Anthony Davis.</p>
<p>Drummond scored four points in 14 minutes before limping off the court early in the third quarter. X-rays were negative on Los Angeles’ new center, but the bruise adds another injury problem to the Lakers’ list ahead of a tough schedule in April.</p>
<p>James missed his sixth straight game for the Lakers with a sprained right ankle, and Davis missed his 20th consecutive game with a right calf injury. Montrezl Harrell scored 19 points and Dennis Schröder added 17 points for the Lakers’ supporting cast, whose two-game winning streak ended.</p>
<p>Drummond started for the Lakers in his first NBA game in 6 1/2 weeks, but he wasn’t on the floor to start the second half while apparently getting treatment on his toe. He checked in and made it through just a few more possessions before taking himself out of the game in clear pain.</p>
<p>The Lakers signed Drummond last weekend after 8 1/2 NBA seasons in Detroit and Cleveland. The center was playing in his first game since Feb. 12 because the Cavaliers shut him down to give playing time to younger contributors.</p>
<p>The four-time NBA rebounding champ is expected to play significant minutes for Los Angeles at the expense of Marc Gasol, who didn’t play until the fourth quarter against Milwaukee.</p>
<p>TIP-INS</p>
<p>Bucks: Bobby Portis missed his fourth straight game under the NBA’s health and safety protocols. … PJ Tucker missed his fourth straight game with a strained left calf. … Donte DiVincenzo was called for a flagrant foul on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in the third quarter.</p>
<p>Lakers: Kyle Kuzma scored 16 points, but went 1 for 9 on 3-pointers. … They hit eight of their first 12 3-pointers, a solid effort by a team ranked 23rd in 3-point shooting percentage. They then missed 22 of their final 24.</p>
<p>UP NEXT</p>
<p>Bucks: At Portland on Friday.</p>
<p>Lakers: At Sacramento on Friday.</p>
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