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With less than 10 seconds to go, George Hill made a lob pass to
Lopez from the sideline, with the basket putting the Bucks ahead
by one. After a Mavericks timeout, Luka Doncic missed a
potential game-winning 3-point shot.
The decisive finish was Lopez's only field goal of the night.
Doncic wound up with 33 points, 11 assists and six rebounds,
shooting 13-for-28 from the field. Spencer Dinwiddie and
Christian Wood had strong showings for Mavericks as well,
scoring 15 and 14 points, respectively, and Wood led the team
with nine rebounds.
Antetokounmpo scored five points in the first half. His night
came to an end with 2:55 to go in the fourth quarter when he
fouled out, winding up two points shy of his ninth consecutive
game scoring over 30 points.
Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday stepped up with Antetokounmpo
in foul trouble. Holiday finished with 17 points and Middleton
had 19, with both scoring 12 of their points in the first half.
The Bucks made a strong comeback, tying the game with an 8-0 run
with under seven minutes to go after being down by 11 at the end
of the third. They were able to quiet a Dallas crowd that was
energized after a third-quarter poster dunk from Doncic over
Holiday that put the Mavericks up 75-66.
Doncic had a strong start to this one, scoring 16 points in the
first quarter. He scored or assisted on 25 of the Mavericks' 33
points in the quarter, but Dallas held a one-point lead at the
end of the opening frame. Doncic is leading the NBA in
first-quarter points and assists.
Milwaukee swept the two-game season series against Dallas for
the first time since the 2018-19 season.
--Field Level Media
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