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Milwaukee's Antetokounmpo (No. 34) attempting an attack in the game against Cleveland.

The Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), who fired their coach mid-season despite being at the top of the league, won their first game played under an acting coach system.

Milwaukee won 126-116 in a home game against the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2023-2024 NBA regular season held at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA on the 25th (Korean time).

Milwaukee, which recently won three games in a row, remained in second place in the Eastern Conference with 31 wins and 13 losses.

Milwaukee fired coach Adrian Griffin the day before despite its leading performance.In particular, Coach Griffin was a 'first-year coach' who took charge of Milwaukee ahead of this season, but he resigned from his position just past the halfway point of the regular season.

Milwaukee general manager John Horst explained the reason for the dismissal in an interview ahead of the game, saying, "We decided to replace the coach because we believed we could maximize the talent of the players."

While former Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers was mentioned as a likely successor, coach Joe Prunty served as acting head coach on this day.

Giannis Antetokounmpo led the team to victory by recording a triple-double with 35 points, 18 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Antetokounmpo has achieved triple-doubles three times in the last four games, and in the game against Detroit Pistons on the 21st, the only player not to have a triple-double in that period, he scored 31 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists.

Milwaukee suffered a crushing defeat against Cleveland on the 18th under coach Griffin, 95-135, by a whopping 40 points, but avenged themselves by 10 points in the game they clashed with again a week later.

Portland's Grant (left) throws a 3-pointer just before the end of the game against Houston.

The Portland Trail Blazers won 137-131 in an away game against the Houston Rockets after sending the game into overtime with Jeremy Grant's dramatic game-tying 3-pointer just before the end of the fourth quarter when they were down 121-124.

The Golden State Warriors, whose last two games had been postponed due to coach Dejan Milojevic's death from a heart attack, defeated the Atlanta Hawks 134-112 in the game played nine days after the Memphis Grizzlies game on the 16th. 19가이드03