The Milwaukee Bucks, who replaced their manager during the season despite leading the league, won their first game as acting coach.
Milwaukee beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 126-116 at home in the 2023-2024 NBA regular league at the Payserve Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the 25th.
Milwaukee, which recently won three consecutive games, remained the only second-ranked team in the Eastern Conference with 31 wins and 13 losses.
Despite its leading performance, Milwaukee fired its manager Adrian Griffin on the previous day. Griffin was the first-year head coach who took the helm of Milwaukee ahead of this season, but he stepped down just after half of the regular season.
Milwaukee general manager John Host explained the reason for the dismissal in an interview ahead of the game, saying, "We decided to replace the coach because we thought we could further maximize the talent of the team."
With former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers being considered as the next head coach, coach Joe Prunty took charge of the game.
Yanis Antetokounmpo led the team to victory with a triple-double with 35 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists.
Antetokounmpo has achieved triple-doubles three times in the last four games and also had 31 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in a game against the Detroit Pistons on the 21st, the only time he failed to do a triple-double in the period.
Milwaukee suffered a crushing defeat of 95-135 and a whopping 40 points in the game against Cleveland on the 18th under Griffin, but it avenged it by 10 points in the game, which it clashed again in a week.
The Portland Trail Blazers won 137-131 after Jeremy Grant's dramatic tying 3-pointer just before the end of the fourth quarter, trailing the Houston Rockets 121-124.
The Golden State Warriors, who postponed the last two games after coach Dejan Milojevic died of a heart attack, defeated the Atlanta Hawks 134-112 in a game nine days after the Memphis Grizzlies on the 16th. 먹튀검증
On the 25th, NBA match
Detroit 113-106 Charlotte
Minnesota 118-107 Washington
Memphis 105-96 Miami
Portland 137-131 Houston
Milwaukee 126-116 Cleveland
Phoenix 132-109 Dallas
140-114 San Antonio, Oklahoma City
Golden State 134-112 Atlanta