"We needed to go on a run," Bucks head coach Doc Rivers said. "We'd come back from that long road trip. The Atlanta game was going to be a hard game anyway, we knew that, alright, we were still trying to figure it out with what lineups without Dame (Lillard) and all that.

After Thursday's win, Antetokounmpo said he likes the level the Bucks are competing at.

The Milwaukee Bucks won their sixth straight game on April 10, beating the New Orleans Pelicans 136-111. Giannis Antetokounmpo put up 28, delivering 5 assists and 11 rebounds and Kevin Porter Jr. came off the bench to add 20, getting 5 rebounds, 5 steals and 7 assists.