In what has to be the most surprising of their four preseason wins, the Mavericks without Luka Doncic, Kristaps Porzingis, Tim Hardaway Jr. and Reggie Bullock took down the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks 114-103. The Bucks played some of their starters, including Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jru Holiday and Brook Lopez.
It was a fun game to watch, as the Mavericks backups put on a show and played extremely hard from opening tip to final buzzer. Seemingly every Maverick that played had a cool play or entertaining highlight.
Let’s go to the three stats we noticed.
30: Number of Mavericks assists
Dallas entered its final preseason game averaging 30 assists per game and the Mavericks hit that number once again in the win against the Bucks.