Ryan Rollins scores 26 points for Bucks in 108-105 win, sending Suns to 5th straight loss

PHOENIX (AP) — Ryan Rollins had 26 points and 10 rebounds, Kyle Kuzma scored 20 before leaving with an injury and the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks beat the Phoenix Suns 108-105 on Saturday night.

The Suns have lost five straight. The Bucks won for just the third time in 12 games.

Rollins made a tough floater in the lane with 23.8 seconds to push the Bucks up 107-104 and added a free throw with 9.7 seconds left to seal the win. He shot 10 of 19 from the field and also added seven assists.

Kuzma left in the third quarter because of tightness in his right Achilles tendon.

The Suns took an 82-81 lead after three quarters and the game stayed tight throughout the fourth. Ousmane Dieng's short jumper pushed the Bucks ahead 102-97 with 2:21 left.

Phoenix All-Star Devin Booker responded with a 3-pointer while being fouled and made the free throw to cut the deficit to 102-101. It was one of the few highlights for Booker, who finished with just 14 points on 4-of-17 shooting.

Jalen Green led the Suns with 24 points, while Collin Gillespie had 18.

Milwaukee — playing without injured star Giannis Antetokounmpo — trailed for much of the first half, but used a 42-point second quarter to take a 57-52 halftime lead. Kuzma led the Bucks with 17 points before the break while Green had 15 for the Suns.

The Suns were without several rotation players, including Grayson Allen (knee), Royce O'Neale (knee), Dillon Brooks (hand) and Mark Williams (foot).

Bucks: At Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.

Suns: Host Toronto on Sunday.

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Pete Nance (35) shoots over Phoenix Suns forward Oso Ighodaro during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Bucks forward Pete Nance drives on Phoenix Suns forward Oso Ighodaro (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Bucks forward Kyle Kuzma shoots over Phoenix Suns forward Ryan Dunn (0) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Bucks forward Ousmane Dieng (21) shields the ball from Phoenix Suns forward Oso Ighodaro during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Milwaukee Bucks guard Ryan Rollins (13) drives on Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, March 21, 2026, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Skipper Rishabh Pant led a successful chase on Sunday in Indian Premier League cricket with 68 not out off 50 balls as Lucknow Super Giants beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by five wickets with one ball remaining for its first win this season.

Pant hit nine fours but no sixes in his first half-century of the season, and opener Aiden Markram scored a 27-ball 45 as Lucknow finished with 160-5 in 19.5 overs in reply to Hyderabad’s 156-9.

Hyderabad’s top order failed to get going again, and it was reduced to 26-4 before Heinrich Klaasen (62) and Nitish Reddy (56) revived the innings.

Pacer Mohammed Shami picked up 2-9 in four overs for Lucknow. Prince Yadav (2-34) and Avesh Khan (2-36) also contributed.

It was a second loss for Hyderabad in three games this season.

Put into bat, Hyderabad struggled against Shami’s pace. Abhishek Sharma was out for a two-ball duck, while opening partner Travis Head was caught for seven.

A major blow came when in-form Ishan Kishan was bowled for just one to leave Hyderabad at 11-3 in 3.3 overs. That became 26-4 when Liam Livingstone was caught behind for 14 off wrist spinner Digvesh Rathi (1-46).

The Klaasen-Reddy partnership resisted though, adding 116 off 63 balls for the fifth wicket. South African Klaasen scored a second consecutive half-century — off 33 balls – following up on his 52 against Kolkata Knight Riders.

Reddy hit 50 off 30 balls and their 100-stand came off only 56 balls.

Left-arm spinner Manimaran Siddharth got the breakthrough in the 18th over with Reddy caught at deep cover. Three balls later, Klaasen was caught behind in another serious blow to Hyderabad at the death.

The Sunrisers lost four wickets for only 12 runs off the last 12 balls to lose all momentum and finished with a sub-par score.

In reply, Lucknow lost Mitchell Marsh for 14 but Markram still got his team off to a swift start. He hit two sixes and six fours, adding 40 off 28 balls with Pant for the second wicket.

Markram was dismissed just prior to the halfway stage but Pant was still there. He reached 50 off 43 balls, anchoring the innings with a 20th half century in the IPL.

Ayush Badoni (12), Nicholas Pooran (1) and Abdul Samad (16) fell cheaply in the middle order but Pant finished the job for Lucknow.

In Sunday’s late game, defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru faced Chennai Super Kings in the southern derby in Bengaluru.

Chennai won the toss and chose to bowl first.

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Lucknow Super Giants' Mohammed Shami, centre, celebrates with teammates the wicket of Sunrisers Hyderabad's Travis Head during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Sunrisers Hyderabad's Heinrich Klaasen celebrates his fifty runs during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Lucknow Super Giants' captain Rishabh Pant hits a boundary during the Indian Premier League cricket match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Lucknow Super Giants in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)