The Bucks play a very wounded Mavericks outfit
The Milwaukee Bucks match up tonight with a wounded Dallas Mavericks team. Can the Bucks put out a professional performance and secure the win? Because even with the slew of injuries, this Mavericks team has been frisky of late. Tonight is the first of two times these teams play this season, with the second coming four nights from now.
Where We’re At
The Bucks have now won five of their last six games; they rank second in defensive rating during that span. Now, if they could just get the offence humming, which ranks 22nd in the same period, they’d be unstoppable, LOL. Most recently, Milwaukee beat the Miami Heat in a fourth-quarter comeback, lost to the Houston Rockets in a game neither team wants to remember, and responded by upsetting the Denver Nuggets behind some clutch fourth-quarter playmaking.
Like I mentioned, it’s not like Dallas lost Luka and everything went to crap; they won three of their next four games. However, things have gone a little worse over their last three, losing to the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers, and beating the Charlotte Hornets. As some might’ve expected, the Mavs have been holding opponents to relatively low totals since trading Luka; the issue has been them scoring enough themselves to win. But make no mistake about it, this team will fight and scrap on defence against the Bucks.
Injury Report
For the Bucks, Giannis (left calf strain) and Dame (right hamstring soreness) are both probable. Pat Connaughton (left calf strain) and the newly signed Pete Nance (left ankle sprain) are out.
For the Mavs, the following players are out: Anthony Davis, Daniel Gafford, Dereck Lively II, and Caleb Martin. PJ Washington (right ankle sprain) is questionable.
Player To Watch
There are ways to be adventurous with this, but who am I kidding, it’s Kyrie Irving. To say Irving has been “given the keys to the car” would be an understatement. Since the trade, he’s averaging 28.1 points, 4.3 assists, 5.9 rebounds, 1.7 steals, and 1.3 blocks in 39 minutes per game. And the worrying part is that with AJax not playing of late, there really isn’t a great matchup for Kyrie. Do they just double him, and hope others miss shots?
How To Watch
FanDuel Sports Network Wisconsin at 7:30 p.m. CST or watch locally on the following stations:
WMLW & WYTU (Milwaukee)
WISC (Madison)
WMEI (Green Bay)
WECX (Eau Claire/La Crosse)
WYOW (Wausau)
WQAD (Davenport, IA, Rock Island/Moline, IL)
Playback Streaming
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