On February 14, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Bucks lost 97-123 at home to the remnants of the Heat, suffering a humiliating defeat.
In this game, the Bucks are missing Middleton, but the Heat are missing Butler, Rozier, Richardson and others. The Bucks, who were playing at home, pulled their hips on both offensive and defensive ends in the first quarter, conceded 40 points in a single quarter, and dug a 12-point hole. The Bucks narrowed the margin to single digits in the third quarter, but the Heat soon widened the margin again, trailing by as many as 31 points. With 7 minutes and 40 seconds left in the game, the Bucks withdrew all their main forces, conceded defeat early, and finally lost to the residual Heat by 26 points.
After Rivers took over, the Bucks' record has been even worse, winning only three of their nine games, just one ahead of the Knicks, who are fourth in the East5 wins. Lillard scored 11 points in this game except for a brief flash in the third quarter, and his overall performance was average, with 16 points and 5 assists on 5-of-14 shooting from the field and 2-of-7 from the outside, with a team-low plus/minus of -25. He finished with 23 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists on 11-of-18 shooting, but only scored 4 points and had 5 turnovers in the second half, with a plus/minus of -23.