On December 20, Beijing time, the NBA regular season Spurs challenged the Bucks away, before the game, the Spurs ranked 1st from the bottom in the West with 4 wins and 21 losses, while the Bucks were 19-7 and ranked 2nd in the East. Spurs starters: Sochan + Vassell + Keldon + Branham + Collins, Bucks starters: Lillard + Beasley + Middleton + Brother Alphabet + Da Luo.
Collins threw the first to score, Brother Alphabet made a layup, Lillard scored three points, Da Luo dunked, the Bucks quickly opened up the difference, Keldon made free throws to stop the bleeding for the Spurs, Lillard felt hot, counterattacked the layup, and there were all kinds of three-point shots, Middleton and Portis were also scoring, the Spurs couldn't stand it, the difference broke through 15 points, Vassell dunked, Da Luo also responded with a violent dunk, Portis tossed, Osman 2+ in a row1 helped the Spurs break the scoring drought, Mamukai Lashvili hit a three-point shot, Sochan made a layup, the Spurs played a wave, Lillard was unreasonable, three consecutive points soared again, how to shoot and how to have it, Portis was also constantly scoring, Osman pressed the whistle three-point iron, and the Bucks won by 18 points in a single quarter 44-26.
Lillard scored 19 points in the first quarter, which is too strong. At the beginning of the second quarter, Sochan dunked, Portis responded with three points, Payne 2+1, a difference of 22 points, and then the Bucks' shooting rate suddenly declined, Vassell 2+1, Keldon scored consecutive points, and the difference was only 13 points, the Bucks couldn't make mistakes all the time, Da Luo ate cake + threw and scored 4 points in a row, Payne made a foul, Middleton outside line** , the difference was re-opened, but the Spurs were also tenacious, Osman and Vassell led the team to counterattack, Brother Alphabet dunked in response, and then capped Jones, Beasley played an empty three-point iron, Middleton did not hit a layup, Lillard made a layup to stop the bleeding, Kyle responded with a layup, Sochan and Jones scored successively, Connaughton did not score three points, and the Bucks beat the Spurs 72-59 at halftime.
Halftime statistics, Lillard 24 points and 3 rebounds, Brother Alphabet 10 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, Portis 17 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals, Middleton 6 points and 3 assists, Da Luo 8 points. On the Spurs' side, Jones had 12 points, Vassell had 8 points, Collins had 12 points and 6 rebounds, Keldon had 9 points and 4 rebounds, Osman had 8 points, and Sochan had 5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists.
Yibian fought again, Branham threw at the beginning, Da Luo made a foul, Collins hit a three-point shot, Keldon made a basket, the difference was only 8 points, and the result was a foul made by Brother Alphabet, Lillard scored three points, Da Luo dunked with one arm, Middleton chased down a three-point shot, and the difference instantly came to more than 15 points, the Spurs were helpless, Vassell made a jumper, Lillard hit another three-point response, Collins made a layup, Vassell scored three points, Middleton, Beasley and Lillard responded in turn, the difference was around 18 points for a long time, Vassell dunked, Portis three points were not touched, Connaughton hit a three-point shot, Da Luo made a basket, Lillard made a layup, Jackson hit a three-point shot, Osman made a layup, Lillard made a three-point overtime, and the Bucks ended the third quarter 107-85 Spurs.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Bucks relaxed, the Spurs took the opportunity to counterattack, Sochan and Keldon led the team to play a wave, with a difference of 12 points, Brother Alphabet hurried back, assisted Portis and Beasley to score in a row, Middleton jumper, Lillard also appeared to make 2 + 1, Middleton shot, 18 points, the Spurs have gone, the Bucks do not talk about Wude Brother is still on the court, and both sides began to change to the bench lineup with 2 minutes left in the game, and finally the Bucks beat the Spurs 132-119.
Bucks stats: Lillard went on a rampage to create a miracle, scoring 40 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 14 of 22, 7 of 12 three-pointers, 5 of 5 free throws, in addition, Lillard also set a magical record, his career total points exceeded the 20,000-point mark, the 8th active man, the previous 7 were James (39282), Durant (27565), Harden (25053), Westbrook (24748), Curry (22385), DeRozan (22262) and Paul (21951). Brother Alphabet contributed 11 points, 14 rebounds and 16 assists to achieve a triple-double, which was also the 37th triple-double data of his career.
Da Lo had 14 points, 5 rebounds and 6 blocks, Middleton had 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Beasley had 7 points and 4 rebounds, and Portis had 23 points and 10 rebounds. After beating the Spurs, the Bucks won 5 in a row, with a record of 20 wins and 7 losses and continued to rank 2nd in the East, the Bucks' record this season is very unstable, the main reason is that after Lillard joined, the Bucks have more single tactics, which is a bit similar to the situation of the Suns, in addition, Lillard's state is also up and down, and there are often times when digging pits, but as the season progresses, Lillard's data has stabilized a lot, and he has cut 30+ in three consecutive games, which also makes the Bucks' winning rate gradually increase.
Spurs statistics, Collins 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Vassell 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, Keldon 28 points, 12 rebounds, 1 assist and 5 turnovers, Branham 12 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, Sochan 9 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists. Wembanyama was embarrassed not to play because of a sore right ankle, but there is also an opinion that Popovich was afraid that Wembanyama would be injured in the collision between Wembanyama and Brother Alphabet, so he simply let him rest, which can only be said that Spurs were too careful. After losing to the Bucks, the Spurs remain in bottom 1st place in the West with 4 wins and 22 losses.