The 2024-25 Sixers hit the midway point with a winless weekend. The team lost its sixth consecutive game Sunday night in Milwaukee, losing a 123-109 contest to the Bucks. Through 41 games, the Sixers are 15-26.

Damian Lillard added 25 points for Milwaukee, which completed a 4-0 homestand. Khris Middleton had 13 points and eight assists in 25 minutes off the bench. Brook Lopez added 12 points, and Taurean Prince had 11.

Tyrese Maxey scored 37 points but the shorthanded Sixers, who were without Joel Embiid and Paul George among others, had no answer for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Co. down the stretch.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points and 15 rebounds to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 123-109 on Sunday night.

Tyrese Maxey’s Philadelphia 76ers (15-25) and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks (23-17) hit the court at Fiserv Forum on Sunday, January 19, starting at 7:00 PM ET.The Bucks won

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 34 points and 15 rebounds to help the Milwaukee Bucks beat the short-handed Philadelphia 76ers 123-109 on Sunday night in the NBA. Damian Lillard added

The Milwaukee Bucks beat the stubborn Philadelphia 76ers, who did not have Joel Embiid and Paul George, on Sunday. After leading 30-21 in the first quarter, the Bucks could not blow the game open.

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The Philadelphia 76ers are dealing with injuries to several key players and it goes far beyond star center Joel Embiid, who has played in only 13 games this season and skipped the team’s current trip with swelling in his left knee.

Two teams in highly contrasting forms will go head to head at the Ball Arena on Wednesday as the Denver Nuggets entertain the challenge of the Philadelphia 76ers. The home side have won six of their last seven matches leading up to this one, while the visitors make the journey aiming to avoid a seventh straight defeat.