The Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 132-117 with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard racking up a consolidated 57 factors.
DALLAS– Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 factors, 9 rebounds and 9 helps, Damian Lillard racked up 28 and the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Dallas Mavericks 132-117 on Saturday evening.
Gary Trent Jr. included 20 factors as the Bucks won for the 6th time in 7 video games, rising right into 4th location in the Eastern Seminar.
Kyrie Irving racked up 31 factors for the short-handed Mavericks, that are attempting to survive in the West playoff race till Anthony Davis returns from a groin injury, perhaps by mid-March. The celebrity ahead obtained harmed in his Dallas launching after the seismic profession that sent out Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Irving made all 11 of his cost-free tosses, however was simply 2 of 9 from 3-point array as the Mavs fired 28% (11 of 40) from past the arc.
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Takeaways
Bucks: Milwaukee boosted to 21-1 when racking up a minimum of 120 factors, which they provided for the 3rd time in the previous 4 video games.
Mavericks: Moses Brown had 18 factors and 9 rebounds on the last day of the 7-foot-2 facility’s 10-day agreement. That sought Brown had 20 factors and 11 rebounds in a triumph over Charlotte. The Mavericks severely require his dimension with Davis, Dereck Lively II and Daniel Gafford sidelined by injuries, however they can not authorize him to one more 10-day bargain due to wage cap constraints.
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Key moment
Lillard and Antetokounmpo incorporated to rack up Milwaukee’s last 13 factors prior to the break, transforming a one-point deficiency right into an eight-point side. Lillard made the initial container of the 2nd fifty percent, which began with a 10-2 Milwaukee run for an 81-65 lead.
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Key stat
Antetokounmpo, that got in shooting 58% on cost-free tosses, was 11 of 13 from the line.
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Up next
Milwaukee goes to Atlanta on Tuesday, while Dallas is home versus Sacramento on Monday. The Bucks and Mavs reunite in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
