After their unceremonious playoff flameout against the Miami Heat, we finally got a renewed taste of Milwaukee Bucks basketball and their revamped roster for the 2020-21 season against the Dallas Mavericks. The 112-102 loss had an unsurprising amount of sloppy play from both teams, but especially the Bucks as the game wore on and their new arrivals clearly tried to feel one another out. It was a putrid night from deep though, going 9-38 (24.3%) compared to the Mavs 17-43 (39.5%) performance.
Even with an early injury to Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks emerged from the first quarter with a narrow 21-19 advantage.