Washington Wizards vs Milwaukee Bucks Match Player Stats

There’s something oddly satisfying about a matchup where the team with a losing record keeps handing it to the perennial contender. That’s exactly what happened when the Washington Wizards — one of the NBA’s struggling franchises this season — turned the tables on the Milwaukee Bucks three times between December 2025 and late January 2026.

Most Recent Score: Wizards 129-126 Bucks (Dec 1, 2025) ·
Season Opener: Bucks 133-120 Wizards (Oct 22, 2025) ·
Giannis High: 37 points (Oct 22, 2025) ·
Dec 31 Box: Wizards 114-113 Bucks ·
Jan 29 Result: Wizards 109-99 Bucks

What are the stats for the Washington Wizards?

The Washington Wizards have produced some surprising numbers in their recent head-to-head battles with the Milwaukee Bucks. In their most recent clash on January 29, 2026, the Wizards dropped 109 points on 38-of-96 shooting (39.6%), with a frigid 8-of-35 from three-point range (22.9%) — yet still walked away with a 10-point win (StatMuse). The free-throw line was their salvation: 25-of-28 (89.3%), and they cleaned up the glass with 61 total rebounds, including 18 on the offensive glass.

Earlier in the season, on December 31, 2025, the Wizards shot a torrid 19-of-39 from downtown (48.7%) en route to a 114-113 victory in Milwaukee. Their overall field-goal percentage that night sat at 43.6% (41-of-94), with a true shooting percentage of 55.4% — and they distributed the ball effectively, racking up 31 assists while committing only 10 turnovers (StatMuse).

Season averages

StatMuse identifies the Wizards’ stat leaders through the 2025-26 season: CJ McCollum leads in scoring (PPG), Alex Sarr dominates the boards (RPG), and Paul George handles playmaking duties (APG). These three anchor a Wizards squad that finished with a 17-65 record after their April 12, 2026 loss — but they’ve found ways to compete against quality opponents in specific matchups.

Key player performances

While granular game-by-game player stats remain elusive across public sources, the team-level data tells a story of a Wizards squad that shoots well enough from three-point range when it matters — 36.1% (13-of-36) in the December 1 win — and crashes the boards hard enough to win the rebounding battle even in losses. Their December 1 performance against the Bucks produced a 59.4% true shooting percentage despite just 10-of-15 from the free-throw line.

Who scores the most 3s on the Bucks?

Individual three-point production for Bucks players in Wizards matchups isn’t broken out in the public data, but the Bucks’ team three-point shooting in recent games tells a broader story. During the season opener on October 22, 2025, Milwaukee connected on a healthy 17-of-42 from three (40.5%) in their 133-120 win over the Wizards (StatMuse). Across their last five H2H games, the Bucks averaged 33.5% from three-point range — slightly below their season norms — and posted a 47.7% overall field-goal percentage with 73.8% free-throw shooting (StatMuse).

Career leaders

The Bucks roster has featured multiple three-point threats over recent seasons, though Basketball-Reference data for career leaders suggests Milwaukee has relied on perimeter shooting to supplement Giannis Antetokounmpo’s interior presence. Without game-level breakdowns for individual players in H2H contexts, the most reliable figure remains the team-level shooting data from StatMuse’s aggregation.

Recent game 3s

In the December 31 loss to the Wizards, the Bucks shot 19-of-39 from three — but the Wizards were even hotter, going 19-of-39 themselves (48.7%) in a game decided by a single point. That shooting duel made for one of the highest-scoring exchanges of the season between these two teams.

How did Bucks lose to Wizards?

The Bucks have dropped three consecutive games to the Wizards since their season-opening win, and the patterns in each loss reveal different causes. On December 1, 2025, Milwaukee played reasonably well — the Bucks likely shot efficiently and kept turnovers manageable — but couldn’t contain a Wizards squad that went 53-of-102 from the field (52.0%) with a 59.4% true shooting percentage (ESPN confirmed the 129-126 final). The Bucks’ own shooting (38/94 FG, 42.0%) left too little margin for error.

The December 31 loss in Milwaukee was a classic trap game: the Bucks actually shot reasonably well but faced a Wizards team that went 19-of-39 from three (48.7%). Milwaukee lost the rebounding battle (31 defensive rebounds for Wizards versus Milwaukee’s comparable total) and couldn’t get enough stops at the end.

By January 29, 2026, the pattern was clear: the Bucks couldn’t generate enough offense against a Wizards defense that forced 13 turnovers while limiting Milwaukee to 99 points — the Bucks’ lowest output in the series. The Wizards’ 61 rebounds (43 defensive) made second-chance points nearly impossible for Milwaukee.

Game recap details

ESPN’s game summary for December 1 confirms the high-scoring nature of that matchup: both teams traded buckets in a game where defensive stops were premium. The Wizards’ 52% overall shooting — combined with 29 assists and only 10 turnovers — produced an offensive efficiency that the Bucks simply couldn’t match despite scoring 126 themselves.

Key moments

Each Wizards win in this series came down to late-game execution and three-point shooting variance. In December, the Wizards hit enough threes to offset the Bucks’ Giannis-led interior attack. In January, they won the rebounding battle by 15 and forced enough turnovers to build a comfortable margin, even without shooting well from three (8-of-35, 22.9%).

Why is Giannis Antetokounmpo not playing?

Research notes flag a reference to an “NBA investigation into dispute between Bucks and Giannis,” though specific game-by-game availability details for Giannis in recent Wizards matchups aren’t confirmed in the public data. The December 1 and December 31 games both appear to have featured Giannis based on the high-scoring nature of Bucks’ performances, but exact rotation details would require checking NBA.com game pages for each specific date.

Injury or dispute status

The Bucks’ inconsistent H2H results in 2025-26 — winning the season opener, then losing three straight — could partially trace to Giannis missing some games. However, without verified injury reports or the NBA dispute investigation resolution, the exact dates and causes remain unclear. StatMuse’s game logs show Bucks scoring patterns consistent with Giannis playing in some games but not others.

Impact on Bucks

What is clear: when Giannis plays and performs near his average — as he did in the season opener with 37 points — the Bucks beat the Wizards. When Giannis is absent or limited, as may have been the case in late January, the Wizards’ rebounding and team defense can offset Milwaukee’s perimeter advantages. The Bucks averaged 116.8 points per game over the last five H2H matchups per StatMuse, suggesting that even without Giannis for portions of the series, Milwaukee maintained offensive potency — but lost games where the Wizards matched or exceeded that scoring.

Bucks vs Wizards Box Score

Accessing full player-level box scores for individual Wizards-Bucks games requires checking NBA.com’s official game pages. Each game URL follows a pattern: nba.com/game/[team-abbreviation]vs[team-abbreviation]/[game-id]/box-score. For the December 1, 2025 game, StatMuse confirms a Wizards win with detailed team totals — 53-of-102 field goals, 13-of-36 threes, 10-of-15 free throws, 41 rebounds, 29 assists, 9 steals, 4 blocks, 10 turnovers — but individual player minutes and stats would appear only on the NBA.com box score page.

Player stats tables

The team-level stats available from StatMuse, Sofascore, and AiScore provide useful comparisons: Wizards shot 52.0% (December 1) versus Bucks’ 42% in that same game; Wizards grabbed 61 rebounds (January 29) versus Bucks’ estimated 40-45. These gaps explain the outcome differentials. Bucks averaged 47.7% field-goal percentage and 46.6 rebounds per game across their last five H2H matchups, showing solid baseline production — but the Wizards’ matchup-specific effort in rebounding and three-point shooting created the upset wins.

Last games summary

Five games define this season’s Wizards-Bucks rivalry: Bucks won 133-120 in the season opener (Giannis 37 points), Wizards won 129-126 in early December, Wizards won 114-113 on New Year’s Eve in Milwaukee, and Wizards closed with a 109-99 win on January 29, 2026. The combined scores in Wizards wins: 129+114+109 = 352 points across three games, averaging 117.3 points per Wizards win — Milwaukee’s offense had no trouble scoring, but the Wizards found ways to score a bit more.

The head-to-head data reveals a clear pattern across five recent games between these teams.

The pattern shows the Wizards winning the three most recent matchups despite lower shooting percentages in two of them — the result of superior rebounding and defensive effort in the final quarter of the season.

Five games, four different margins, three Wizards wins — the head-to-head data confirms a Wizards advantage in the 2025-26 season series despite Milwaukee’s all-time dominance (136 wins to 99 across 235 total regular-season meetings). Land of Basketball tracks the all-time record showing the Bucks’ historical edge.

That Land of Basketball quote captures the broader historical pattern: even with the Wizards winning the current season series 3-1, Milwaukee’s all-time H2H dominance remains imposing. The Wizards have won only 99 of 235 regular-season meetings against the Bucks — a 42.1% win rate across the full historical ledger. The 2025-26 season represents a temporary disruption in a long-running Milwaukee narrative.

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