SACRAMENTO, Calif. - (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and 11 rebounds as the Milwaukee Bucks sailed to a 115-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
Antetokounmpo made 13 of 17 shots from the field and 11 of 13 at the free-throw line in 31 minutes as the Bucks won for the fifth time in their last seven games. Kevin Porter Jr. added 25 points and 10 assists, while Myles Turner scored 15 points.
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Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. (7) goes up for a layup with Sacramento Kings center Maxime Raynaud, second from left, and guard Demar Derozan, right, defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) makes a layup over Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwaduring the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Sacramento Kings center Drew Eubanks, center, makes an alley-oop dunk surrounded by Milwaukee Bucks defenders during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, left, drives to the basket with Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Russell Westbrook had 21 points and Zach LaVine had 20 for the Kings, who have lost five games in a row.
Antetokounmpo scored on a layup, and A.J. Green made a technical foul shot to put the Bucks up 62-42 late in the second quarter. Antetokounmpo made 6 of 7 shots from the floor and all three attempts at the foul line for 15 points in the first half.
After shooting 54.5% in the first quarter, the Kings descended to 26.1% in the second for 18 total points.
Behind by 24 points in the third quarter, the Kings went on a 29-8 run, capped with a basket by Drew Eubanks to cut the Bucks’ lead to 88-83 . Milwaukee responded with an 18-5 run, completed with two free throws by Antetokounmpo.
LaVine returned to the lineup after missing the last nine games due to a left ankle sprain, but was not part of the starting five.
Milwaukee Bucks: At the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
Sacramento Kings: Host the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night.
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Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr. (7) goes up for a layup with Sacramento Kings center Maxime Raynaud, second from left, and guard Demar Derozan, right, defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) makes a layup over Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwaduring the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Sacramento Kings center Drew Eubanks, center, makes an alley-oop dunk surrounded by Milwaukee Bucks defenders during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo, left, drives to the basket with Sacramento Kings forward Precious Achiuwa (9) defending during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)
SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — Israel’s air force struck areas in southern and eastern Lebanon on Monday and early Tuesday, including in the country's third-largest city.
A strike around 1 a.m. Tuesday leveled a three-story commercial building in the southern coastal city of Sidon, a few days before Lebanon’s army commander is scheduled to brief the government on its mission of disarming militant group Hezbollah in areas along the border with Israel.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in a statement Tuesday condemned the attacks as counter to both international efforts to deescalate hostilities and Lebanon’s efforts to extend the government's authority into areas long dominated by Hezbollah and to disarm militants.
An Associated Press photographer at the scene in Sidon said the area was in a commercial district containing workshops and mechanic shops and the building was uninhabited.
At least one person was transported by ambulance and rescue teams were searching the site for others, but no deaths have been reported.
Israel's military said Tuesday they targeted weapons storage sites and infrastructure belonging to the militant groups Hezbollah and Hamas. They acknowledged the sites were located in civilian areas but blamed the groups for operating there.
The strikes were the latest in near-daily Israeli military action since a ceasefire signed more than a year ago that included a Lebanese pledge to disarm militant groups, which Israel says has not been fulfilled.
They took place nearly two hours after Israel’s military Arabic language spokesman Avichay Adraee posted warnings on X that the military would strike targets in two villages in the eastern Bekaa Valley and two others in southern Lebanon.
Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said a home struck in the village of Manara in the Bekaa Valley belonged to Sharhabil al-Sayed, a Hamas military commander who was killed in an Israeli drone strike in May 2024.
The areas were evacuated after Israel's warning. There were no reports of casualties in those strikes. Earlier Monday, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a drone strike on a car in the southern village of Braikeh earlier Monday wounded two people. The Israeli military said the strike targeted two Hezbollah members.
The Lebanese army last year began the disarmament process of Palestinian groups while the government has said that by the end of 2025 all the areas close to the border with Israel — known as the south Litani area — will be clear of Hezbollah’s armed presence.
The Lebanese government is scheduled to discuss Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting Thursday that will be attended by army commander Gen. Rudolph Haikal.
Monday’s airstrikes were in villages north of the Litani river and far from the border with Israel.
The disarmament of Hezbollah and other Palestinian groups by the Lebanese government came after a 14-month war between Israel and Hezbollah in which much of the political and military leadership of the Iran-backed group was killed.
The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began Oct. 8, 2023, a day after Hamas attacked southern Israel, when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in solidarity with Hamas. Israel launched a widespread bombardment of Lebanon in September 2024 that severely weakened Hezbollah, followed by a ground invasion.
The war ended in November 2024 with a ceasefire brokered by the U.S.
Israel has carried out almost daily airstrikes since then, mainly targeting Hezbollah members but also killing at least 127 civilians, according to the office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Mroue reported from Beirut. Associated Press writer Abby Sewell in Beirut contributed to this report.
People check a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike at a commercial district, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
People check a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike at a commercial district in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
People check the site where an Israeli strike destroyed a building at a commercial district in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
People look through the rubble of a destroyed building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike at a commercial district in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese fire fighter extinguish a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Rescue workers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers search for possible victims in a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, early Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
