On February 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Mavericks played at home against the Bucks. In this game, the Mavericks came up to the outside and felt hot, taking a 44-20 lead in a single quarter, but in the second quarter, the Bucks fought back, a wave of 15-0 offensive approaching the score, and quickly overtook the score in the second half, and then began to take the initiative. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Mavericks 129-117, and Rivers ushered in his first victory.
In the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks came up to the outside and felt hot, Kleber, Green and Doncic hit three points one after another, occupying the initiative on the court, and then Kleber scored three points again, and then scored a dunk in the air, the Bucks had a good momentum at the beginning, and Brother Alphabet counterattacked and scored a dunk to chase it to 16-17. But then the Bucks suddenly had no feelings, the Mavericks scored points in a row, Hardaway Jr. hit 2 three-pointers in a row, Lillard stopped the bleeding from the middle distance, but the opponent's offensive momentum was hot, and the point difference was further widened, Doncic hit 2 three-pointers in a row, and then scored points on consecutive free throws, and the Mavericks hit 9 three-pointers in a single quarter, leading the Bucks 44-20 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter of the game, the Mavericks still took the initiative, Doncic scored points one after another, Brother Alphabet hit a three-point shot, Hardaway Jr. scored three points again, and then the Mavericks continued to counterattack and score points, taking a 56-32 lead. Portis stopped the bleeding under the basket, Lillard hit a three-point shot, Portis scored 2+1, Doncic scored three points again, but then the Mavericks suddenly lost fire, Lillard and Brother Alphabet scored points in a row, Beasley hit a three-point shot, Brother Alphabet broke through and kicked Doncic's stomach, and the referee replayed without additional punishment. Lillard hit a three-pointer at the buzzer in the final minute, and the Bucks went on a 15-0 offensive run to tie the score at 60-65 at halftime.
Yibian fought again, the Mavericks came up to stabilize the situation, the Bucks continued to chase points, Lillard hit a three-point shot, Green responded, Brother Alphabet counterattacked and dunked, Middleton also stood up and scored points one after another, chasing the score to 75 draws. Then counterattacked Middleton's three-point surge, the Bucks overtook the score, the Mavericks fell into a slump, and they couldn't hit the outside line, Brother Alphabet hit both free throws, Crowder broke through and scored, and a wave of 13-0 offensive took an 83-75 lead. Doncic broke through to stop the bleeding, Hardaway Jr. finally hit a three-point shot, Powell dunked, the two teams fell into a tug-of-war, the score alternated leads, Brother Alphabet hit a three-point shot, Kleber replied, and finally Brother Alphabet broke through and scored, and the Bucks overtook the score 93-92 after the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, Brother Alphabet came up to score consecutive points, Green hit a three-point shot to equalize the score, Middleton hit two free throws, the Bucks still took the initiative, Brother Alphabet scored 2+1, Posti hit a three-point shot, and took a 109-101 lead. After that, the Bucks kept the initiative, and Doncic's consecutive points didn't help. In the end, the Bucks defeated the Mavericks 129-117 and ended a two-game losing streak.
Trailing by as many as 25 points and winning by 13 points in the end, Rivers' first win was also a bit crazy. This time, Brother Alphabet scored 48 points and 10 assists, and Lillard also had 30 points and 8 assists, playing very strongly. On the Mavericks' side, Doncic scored 40 points, 11 assists and 9 boards, and without Irving, he still had some impact on the team.