The Milwaukee Bucks and Washington Wizards will face each other in the NBA regular season.
Tournament – NBA;
Date – 04.01.2023;
Kick-Off – 01:00 UK;
Venue – Fiserv Forum (17.385);
City – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (+9) for Wizards – 1.805.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Points Over 224.5 – 1.74.
The Washington Wizards have looked too confident in recent games. Even with Antetokounmpo, the Bucks are unlikely to crush the visitors from the capital city. Unseld’s men are more likely to put up resistance.
There are no complaints about the Wizards’ forwards. They are excellent offensively. The Wizards have scored at least 118 points in their last three games. It’s likely that the Milwaukee Bucks will play a lot faster too. With Antetokounmpo back, the home team’s output should improve, so we expect the meeting to be high-scoring.
The Milwaukee Bucks lost ground in their conference. Recently, the Bucks were battling the Celtics for the lead in the East. The team is now down to the third place with 23 wins and 13 losses.
The Milwaukee Bucks lost two important road games. First to the Brooklyn Nets (100-118) and then to the Boston Celtics (118-139). It was these two opponents who outscored the Bucks in the table.
One win and four defeats. That’s the result of the Bucks’ recent games. For example, last game day, the team lost at home to the Washington Wizards (95-118). Without Giannis and Jrue, the Bucks don’t have a good offence.
The Bucks have lost in five of the last six meetings.
10 games – 10 losses. From 1 to 19 December, the Washington Wizards only knew how to lose to their opponents. However, since December 24, the situation around the team has changed dramatically. Delon Wright, William Burton, Monte Morris and Rui Hachimura returned to the lineup.
Now the team is on a winning streak. Five games, five wins. One of them was over the Milwaukee Bucks (118-95).
Other victories were over the Orlando Magic (119-100), Phoenix Suns (127-102), Philadelphia 76ers (116-111) and Sacramento Kings (125-111).
The Washington Wizards rank 10th in the Eastern Conference. The team played 38 games in the regular season. There were 17 wins and 21 losses.
The Wizards have conceded 117 or fewer points in 16 of their 21 away games.
In our opinion, the teams will take to the field with the following line-ups:
Milwaukee Bucks: Jevon Carter – Grayson Allen – Pat Connaughton – Giannis Antetokounmpo – Brook Lopez.
Washington Wizards: Monté Morris – Corey Kispert – Kyle Kuzma – Kristaps Porziņģis – Daniel Gafford.
Khris Middleton (Out), Jrue Holiday (Out), Giannis Antetokounmpo (Day-to-day) and George Hill (Day-to-day) are listed as injured for the Milwaukee Bucks.
Bradley Beal (Out), Taj Gibson (Day-to-day) and Daniel Gafford (Day-to-day) are injured players for the Washington Wizards.
The fixture will be played at Fiserv Forum (17.385) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
This starting whistle will sound on the 4th of December, 2023, at 01:00 UK Time.
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