It ended up being a tighter affair than it had any right to be, but the Bucks maintained their perfect record in the preseason after handling the Dallas Mavericks in a 118-111 win. Giannis Antetokounmpo was an absolute force of nature and it took a very late Mavs run to undo the damage he wrought in limited minutes.
The entire first half was a see-saw brought to life with run answered by run, defensive intensity matched by subsequent defensive intensity, and traveling violation followed by traveling violation. Milwaukee got a gut punch in during a 38-27 third quarter before their all-bench units of the fourth quarter had to sweat a 16 point Dallas run and hold onto the W by the skin of their teeth.