The Bucks will sq. off in opposition to the Orlando Magic for the second time in six days on Wednesday when the groups meet in Milwaukee.
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It is the second night time of a back-to-back for the Bucks, who recorded a 130-115 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday in a sport during which it led by double digits for a lot of the night time.
Giannis Antetokounmpo picked up his fiftieth profession common season triple-double, ending with 33 factors, 13 assists and 11 rebounds. Damian Lillard chipped in 24 factors and 7 assists.
Bucks head coach Doc Rivers spoke on the 2 stars’ passing capacity and the way it impacts their offense, regardless of the dearth of consistency with it at occasions.
“They know when they do it, they’re really good. The good part of that is you know you can play against anybody. The bad part is you know, if you don’t have it, you can lose against anybody, and we’ve shown that too much.”
Orlando is rested after posting a 104-99 win at residence over the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday. At one level within the sport, the Magic had been down to only eight gamers together with Paulo Banchero, who was on a minutes restriction.
“The Orlando Magic are gritty, they’re relentless and they found a way to will us to that game,” Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley mentioned. “That’s the identity, where they are.”
Enjoying in his second sport again from harm , Banchero scored 20 factors, together with seven within the closing 1:32 of the sport. Cole Anthony led the Magic with 27 factors.
Regardless of Banchero’s return, Orlando’s harm report remains to be busy. Franz Wagner has but to return and has been dominated out of the Wednesday sport.
Wagner nonetheless leads Orlando with 24.4 factors, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals per sport throughout 25 video games earlier than the harm. Banchero is averaging 28.4 factors and eight.4 boards in simply seven video games on the season.
Wagner spoke with the media on Tuesday about what’s left for him earlier than he returns to the courtroom.
“Just turning up the volume, making sure my body responds well to that,” he mentioned. “I think everything is going in a really good direction, it’s more just getting back in shape and checking all the boxes before I play a game.”
Gary Harris and Jalen Suggs additionally will miss the sport. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Goga Bitadze are each questionable and Jett Howard is uncertain.
Milwaukee was with out each Gary Trent Jr. and Khris Middleton on Tuesday night time. The Bucks’ harm report remains to be to be decided on the second night time of the back-to-back.
Antetokounmpo leads Milwaukee with 31.5 factors and 11.9 boards per sport. Damian Lillard is averaging 7.3 assists.
The Bucks received the primary two conferences between the groups on the season. They posted a 114-109 victory on Dec. 10 and a 109-106 win on Friday
Antetokounmpo excelled with 41 factors and 14 boards whereas Lillard added 29 on Friday. In Banchero’s first sport again in motion, he led Orlando with 34 factors.
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