Bucks advance to semifinals of NBA in-season tournament after a second half explosion fuels 146-122 blowout win in quarterfinals over New York Knicks

The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the New York Knicks 146-122 in the quarterfinals of the NBA regular season tournament.

Scoring 146 points in the win also gave the Bucks their highest point total of the season to date.

Milwaukee now advances to the semifinals and will play the Indiana Pacers in Las Vegas in the next leg of the tournament.

The game was a hard-fought battle during the first half, before the Bucks pulled away in the third quarter and never looked back.

Milwaukee's success from the three-point line proved to be the deciding factor: the Bucks shot 60.5 percent from beyond the arc, while New York shot a miserable 30.4 percent from deep.

The Bucks defeated the NY Knicks 146-122 in the quarterfinals of the regular season tournament

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way for the Bucks with a double-double of 35 points and 10 asts

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the way for the Bucks with a double-double on 35 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds.

Bucks point guard Damian Lillard also had a strong performance in the win after finishing with 28 points and seven assists.

New York was led in the loss by a huge effort from Julius Randle, whose 41 points, six rebounds and five assists were lost.

Randle had a great first half after starting the game 9-9 from the field before ultimately missing several shots in the second half.

RJ Barrett and Jalen Brunson also broke 20 points for New York in the loss.