Milwaukee Bucks trample the Dallas Mavericks in a 103-99win
The Milwaukee Bucks showed a marvelous team effort as they left the Dallas Mavericks scratching their heads with a 103-99 loss at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Monday night.
Stats
This was the fourth victory of the Bucks in the last five games that blocked a five game road skid and finished a seven game slide for Dallas.
Box score
Milwaukee Bucks (10-13)
The Dallas Mavericks scored 103 points altogether as Brandon Jennings moved ahead with 23 points, Andrew Bogut added 21 and Keyon Dooling scooped 16 for his team.
The team grabbed seven rebounds altogether.
Dallas Mavericks (19-5)
Dirk Nowitzki scored game high 30 points, Shawn Marion added 14, Jason Terry contributed 12 whereas Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd both scored 11points apiece for the Mavericks.
The team reconciled to grab eight rebounds altogether.
Game stats
The Milwaukee Bucks grabbed 40 rebounds in contrast to the Mavericks who had 41. The Milwaukee Bucks grabbed 11 offensive rebounds whereas the Mavericks had nine. The Bucks carefully gave 11 turnovers only and the Mavericks were
charitable enough to give 13.
The Bucks took 10 fast break points and the Mavericks clinched 19. The Bucks took the biggest lead with nine points and the Mavericks took it with 20. The Bucks had 52 points in the paint and the Mavericks had 38.
What the losing team said
"This was a game we should have won, a game we clearly had under control," said Chandler on the Mavericks’ loss. "We let them back in it."
Awesome players
Jennings and Bogut scored in double-doubles for the Milwaukee Bucks and laid some powerful streaks as they had a 3 point shooting for the Bucks Monday night.
Man of the match
Nowitzki was the top scorer as he clinched his potentially game high 30 points for the Mavericks but he missed a jumper that would have tied the game with 11.8 seconds on the clock.
Replay
The Bucks played a great game and went on to play really well in the third quarter to revive the game for themselves.
The Bucks had a season high shooting percentage of 69.2 (9 for 13) and that too from 3 point distance.
Jennings and Dooling went on to shoot 3 for 4, Ersan Ilyasova went shooting 2 for 3 and John Salmons was shooting 1 for 2.
Turning point
The Bucks were not leading the game from the start and the Mavericks were leading them by a huge margin of 20 points in the first half 44-22. They would not have imagined that the game would change directions after the third quarter.
The Bucks went on to rally with just 6:12 on the clock in the fourth quarter when they were trailing 88-85.
Ilyasova and Salmons combined to fetch 3 pointers for the Bucks as Bogut surged to carry two dunks. They leaped on with a 14-0 run that gave them a 97-88 advantage over the Mavericks.
Strongest links
Bogut was awesome as he scored his fifth straight double-double for the Bucks that consisted of 21 points and 14 rebounds. This is marvelous as the player had missed five consecutive games because of back spasms. He went 10 for
12 from the field but was later fouled with just 1:06 on the clock.
Bogut blocked two of the Mavericks shots and has 499 now, this means that he has to acquire one more for career rejection No. 500.
It was Nowitzki’s two free throws rendered at point that extended the lead to 101-99 with just 32 seconds left.
Coming up next
For the Mavericks, Wednesday vs. Portland, Friday vs. Phoenix, Monday @ Miami.
For the Bucks, Wednesday @ San Antonio, Saturday vs. Utah, Monday @ Portland.
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