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GAMEDAY PREVIEW AND INJURY REPORT: The streaking Milwaukee Bucks host the struggling Detroit Pistons
Milwaukee is playing the third game of a six-game homestand. The Bucks have won their last 11 games at home, making them the heavy favorites against a Pistons squad that is in a serious struggle.
Winner of two straight games, the Bucks are currently tied with the Philadelphia Sixers at second place in the Eastern Conference with identical 17-7 records.
Contrasting campaigns
Milwaukee is coming off a 140-126 win over the Indiana Pacers in a game where Giannis Antetokounmpo erupted for a career-high and a franchise-record 64 points.
Milwaukee and Detroit are meeting for the second time this season. In their first meeting on November 8th, the Bucks went through some anxious moments before prevailing, 120-118.
While Milwaukee is on a roll by winning 12 of their 15 games, Detroit has been having a rocky season.
The Pistons absorbed a franchise-record 22nd straight loss when they bowed to the Sixers on Friday night, 124-92.
Detroit, who also lost to Philadelphia, 111-129, on Wednesday night, eclipsed the franchise mark set at the end of the 1979-80 season and the start of 1980-81.
The Pistons’ current slide is the sixth-longest single-season skid in NBA history.
They are dead last in the East with a dismal 2-23 record this season.
Injury report
Antetokounmpo (illness) is listed as probable, while Khris Middleton (rest) and Jae Crowder (left adductor surgery) are out for the Bucks.
Marvin Bagley (back), Jalen Duren (ankle), and Monte Morris (quad) are out for the Pistons.
