Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 32 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists, Khris Middleton had 27 points and 10 assists, and the Milwaukee Bucks beаt a preseason-like Brooklyn Nets squad 144-122 on Wednesday.

After a win in Detroit that extended the Pistons’ losing run to 27, an NBA single-season record, the Nets rested three starters and hardly played two others.

Their youngsters and two-way guys battled for three quarters before the Bucks sealed the deal.

Cameron Payne and Malik Beasley both scored five 3-pointers to help the Bucks reach 10-2 in December. They won two games in their three-game holiday trip in New York after losing to the Knicks on Christmas.

Beasley had 17 points and Payne 18 off the bench. Bobby Portis scored 14 and the Bucks shot 23/51 (45%) from deep.

Rookie Jalen Wilson scored 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Nets. Noah Clowney and Dennis Smith Jr. both had 14 points, while Trendon Watford had 17.

Spencer Dinwiddie, Nic Claxton, Cam Johnson, and top reserve Dorian Finney-Smith, who played the whole fourth quarter Tuesday, rested.

The Nets returned from a five-game trip to the West a week before Christmas, finished their second set of back-to-back games, and face another four-game trip later this week. Coach Jacque Vaughn said he would put the players “in harm’s way” if they didn’t rest.

Mikal Bridges began to maintain his 423-game record but left after the first quarter. Nor did Brooklyn’s top scorer Cam Thomas, who scored 45 points against Milwaukee last month.

Milwaukee led by one until a 9-2 third-quarter run made it 100-92. Another flurry early in the fourth made it 13, and the Bucks finally reached 20.

Bucks beаt Nets 44-30 in fourth.