(LEARFIELD) DETROIT – Bobby Portis led the way for the Milwaukee Bucks with 16 points off the bench, but Milwaukee fell short 120-87 against the Detroit Pistons to open the preseason.
Damian Lillard got going early, hitting all four of his three pointers in the first quarter before finishing with 15 points and four assists.
Worse than the loss might have been and injury to Gary Trent Jr, who the Bucks signed this offseason.
Trent Jr. left the game in the second quarter after banging his elbow into Detroit’s Jalen Duren. The Bucks said Trent Jr. wouldn’t return to the game with what they called a hyperextended elbow.
The Bucks continue the preseason Thursday against LeBron James and the Lakers.
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