The struggling Milwaukee Bucks opened a three game road trip with a 104-88 loss to the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City Wednesday night.
Gordon Hayward led the Jazz with 27 points with Rudy Gobert putting up 26 with 15 rebounds. Utah broke open the game with a big second quarter.
Jabari Parker was Milwaukee’s leading scorer with just 17. Giannis Antetokoumnpo was held to 9 on 2 of 10 shooting.
The Bucks have dropped four straight and nine of their last 10 to slip to 21-27 and they sit in 10th place in the NBA’s Eastern Conference playoff race, 2 and a half games behind Charlotte for the 8th and final spot.
The road trip continues in Denver Friday night.
