The Milwaukee Bucks beat the Memphis Grizzlies 131-115 on April 5, 2026, and did it with enough ease that the night only got interesting in stretches before Milwaukee took control. The win was the Bucks’ first against Memphis since January 2022.
Ryan led the way with 29 points, four rebounds, three assists and five steals in 26 minutes, while TP delivered 19 points in 23 minutes and made all five of his 3-point attempts. Rollins added 24 points in 32 minutes, Ous finished with 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists in 31 minutes, Simmons scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and Pete had five points, four rebounds and four assists. AJ struggled, finishing with six points, one assist and four turnovers in 26 minutes.
The Bucks have not exactly been chasing the Grizzlies with urgency this season, and the opponent was described as tanking, but the result still matters because Milwaukee had gone since January 2022 without beating Memphis. That made this more than a routine April win, especially with several rotation players putting up clean stat lines that reflected a team moving comfortably through the game.
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The sharp edge came from the contrast inside the box score. TP’s perfect shooting from deep drew praise, with one evaluation calling him a terrific shooter and noting how much his development has stood out this year, while AJ was summed up far more bluntly as having a nothing game. That split tells the story as clearly as the final score: Milwaukee had plenty of production, and Memphis never found enough resistance to make it matter over four quarters.
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For Thanasis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks, the bigger takeaway is not just the 16-point margin. It is that Milwaukee finally ended a three-year drought against Memphis and did so with a performance that looked settled long before the buzzer.
