Coming in on a five-game win streak with its huge three lastly wholesome, the Milwaukee Bucks continues its four-game homestand on Thursday evening towards the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Bucks had been in a position to cling on for a 124-115 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday evening due to a 34-point, 18-rebound effort from Giannis Antetokounmpo. As for Milwaukee’s two different stars, Khris Middleton added 18 factors and Jrue Holiday scored 15 whereas grabbing a career-high 13 boards.
“Jrue’s capable of doing so much, it was an emphasis that our guards needed to help getting rebounds,” Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer stated after the win. “He’s good playing around the basket. He does a ton for us.”
The Bucks had been in a position to stand up to a triple-double from Charlotte’s LaMelo Ball, who completed with 27 factors, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Milwaukee bounced again towards the Hornets after Charlotte had pulled off a stunning 138-109 blowout of the Bucks again on Jan. 6.
The Clippers are persevering with their six-game Eastern Conference highway journey after taking down the Bulls in Chicago on Tuesday evening, 108-103. Kawhi Leonard led the way in which with 33 factors, Norman Powell dropped 27 on 7-for-11 capturing and Paul George chipped in 16 whereas grabbing 10 rebounds.
“We went small and I thought our small unit did a really good job of getting us back in the game,” Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue stated. “Norman Powell did a great job off the bench. He’s instant offense and has been for a while. It really got us going.”
The Clippers had been as soon as down 19 factors within the second quarter of Tuesday’s sport. The Bulls, who commit the seventh-fewest turnovers within the league, turned it over 20 instances.
Antetokounmpo sits third within the NBA in scoring behind Joel Embiid and Luka Doncic with 31.8 factors per sport whereas additionally rating second in rebounds per sport (12.2). Holiday leads the Bucks with 7.2 assists and 1.4 steals per sport, whereas Brook Lopez paces the crew with a median of two.5 blocks following his five-block evening towards Charlotte.
For Los Angeles, Paul George leads the crew with 23.3 factors, 5.4 assists and 1.5 steals per sport in his 37 begins this season. Ivica Zubac leads the crew with 10.2 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per sport.
The Bucks proceed to overlook Bobby Portis after he sustained a knee harm final week, and former Clipper Serge Ibaka stays out for private causes because the crew searches for a commerce associate.
The Clippers had been with out John Wall and Marcus Morris Sr. on Tuesday, and Wall presently has no timetable for return with an stomach harm whereas Morris is coping with a rib harm.
The two-game season collection between these groups has been cut up in every of the previous two seasons, with Thursday marking the primary of two video games this 12 months. The Bucks lead an in depth all-time collection 69-54 with the second matchup between these groups scheduled for Feb. 10 in Los Angeles.
