The Milwaukee Bucks laughed at the confrontation between the NBA champions in the last two seasons.
The 2020-2021 season champion Milwaukee Bucks beat the “defending champion” Golden State Warriors 128-111 in the 2022-2023 season regular league home game held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Milwaukee, who lost in the game 메이저놀이터 against the Houston Rockets immediately after winning 4 games in a row, added the number of victories again and closely followed the Boston Celtics, who led the Eastern Conference (22-7) with a record of 20-7.
Golden State, who recorded 3 losses in the last 4 games, is 14-14 and is in 10th place in the Western Conference.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Milwaukee victory with 30 points and 12 rebounds with five assists.
In particular, Antetokounmpo got 17 free throws while receiving intensive checks from opponents, and 11 of them were successful.
The performance of Bobby Portis, who posted 25 points and 11 rebounds, also shone.
In Golden State, Stephen Curry struggled with 20 points and 6 rebounds, including 3 3 points.
Milwaukee ran away with a 20-point lead in the middle of the third quarter thanks to Antetokounmpo’s successive goals and Chris Middleton’s outer shell.
Golden State tried hard to catch up with Curry and Klay Thompson’s outer catchers, but it was not enough.
In the 4th quarter, while Golden State’s turnovers came one after another, Middleton’s 3-pointer, which maintained a 116-96, 20-point gap in the 4th minute, clearly tilted the pendulum toward Milwaukee.
At the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California, Boston escaped their second losing streak by beating rival Los Angeles Lakers 122-118 in overtime.
While Boston’s 3-pointer missed the rim in a row in the beginning of overtime, Lakers’ Russell Westbrook scored 4 points to lead 114-110.
However, Boston immediately reversed it to 115-114 with Marcus Smart’s floater score and Grant Williams’ three-pointer.
Afterwards, three points from Westbrook and Anthony Davis ignored the rim one after another, and Boston took the win by accumulating points one by one.
Jayson Tatum led Boston’s victory by scoring 44 points, the most by both teams, including a stepback score to make the score 119-114 in overtime.