Luca Donsic of the Dallas Mavericks fires a jump shot over the reach of Giannis Antetokunampo of the Milwaukee Box in the second half of a game at the Fischer Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on April 03, 2022. (Getty Images via AFP)
LOS ANGELES – Luca Donsic has won his doubles fight against Giannis Antetokunampo as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Milwaukee Box on Sunday.
Mavs star Donsick finished with 32 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds as the Mavs underscored their post-season evidence with a 118-112 road win against the NBA champions.
Donsick led a balanced offensive performance in Dallas, finishing with six players in double figures.
Donetsk was backed by Dwight Powell with 22 points and Reggie Bullock with 16 points.
Point guard Jalen Brunson added 15 points while Dorian Finney-Smith and Spencer Dinweed chipped in with 11 points for Dallas, who improved to 49-30 in fourth place in the Western Conference standings.
The Box fell to 48-30 after a 153-119 thrashing by the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday.
Box was leading by 10 points at the start of the second quarter but slowly came back from Miami, who finally cleared in the fourth quarter after scoring 11-points from Donsick.
Antetokounmpo led the Bucks scorers with 28 points, Jrue Holiday added 20.
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