On January 16, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the defending champion Bucks sat at home to meet the Raptors. The Bucks have been in good shape lately, winning the Last Big Win over the Warriors, they quickly took the lead, but after that the Raptors launched a counterattack, successfully completed the reversal in the second half, and in the last quarter, the two teams were in a tug-of-war, and Siakam scored consecutive points to help the team seal the victory. In the end, the Bucks lost to the Raptors 96-103.
In this game, the Bucks started with a very strong momentum, blasted a 16-2 offensive attack, and once established a 15-point lead, but after that, the Raptors quickly adjusted and responded to a wave of 13-2 offense, narrowing the point gap. The Bucks then slipped in their own hands, and the Raptors managed to catch up with the score, but Connaughton hit a three-pointer to help the team finish the half-time to take a three-point lead. In the second half, the Bucks still had a sluggish feel, only 20 points in two consecutive quarters, the Raptors successfully seized the opportunity, and played 4 points in the third quarter; in the last quarter, the two sides played more fiercely, the alphabet brother scored consecutive points to narrow the point gap, Siakam threw a shot to lock in the victory, and the Raptors successfully ended the 2-game losing streak.
In this campaign, the Raptors played well in Siakam, facing the alphabet brother was not in too much disadvantage, playing 40 minutes, shooting 11 of 20, 3 of 3 three-pointers, and got a triple-double of 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, but there were also 6 mistakes. In the crucial final quarter, 4 of 5 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 13 points alone to help the team win the game. In addition, Anunoby had 24 points and eight rebounds, Van Vliet had 17 points and seven assists, Achuva had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Boucher had 15 points and seven rebounds.
The Bucks side Of Holliday is still absent, this time the whole team feels bad, alphabet brother 17 out of 6, good in the free throws 17 free throws, set a career free throw record, contributed 30 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, but also 4 mistakes. Brother Alphabet was in a slump, and his teammates failed to provide enough support, Middleton only scored 16 points on 3 of 12, Matthews scored 2 of 10, Portis had 11 points and 11 rebounds on 4-of-8, and Allen had 18 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists on 11-of-11 shooting, the only two of the team to shoot 50 percent.
The reason for the Bucks' upset and reversal in this game was mainly the explosion of the inside line, the rebounds were 41-51 behind, the offensive rebounds were 9-16 behind, and the interior scores were 24-44 enough to be 20 points less. This is still a bit rare for the Bucks who have a letter brother, which also shows the downturn of the Bucks in this game. Of course, the Raptors' targeted defense is also very effective, not giving alphabet brothers too many opportunities to easily impact the inside line.