The Milwaukee Bucks, leading the Eastern Conference, continue a west coast trip as they head to Denver to take on the Western Conference-leading Nuggets. The Bucks will be playing the second game of a back-to-back and are in line to end with the best record in the NBA. Denver has a three-game cushion in the loss column over Memphis in the Western Conference for the top spot and home-court advantage throughout the Western Conference playoffs. The opening tap is scheduled for 9:00 PM EST.
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The Milwaukee Bucks have been one of the hottest teams in the NBA over the last few months. The team is 30-10 over the past 40 games and has a three-game cushion for the top spot in the NBA with just ten games to play. On Friday night, Milwaukee traveled to Utah to take on a Jazz team that has fallen out of playoff contention over the past month. The Bucks have won four out of five games heading into Utah, including a 36-point drubbing of the Spurs at home on Wednesday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points and 14 rebounds and played just 24 minutes in the blowout win. Starting last night in Utah, the Bucks will play four straight on the road including Saturday's game against the Nuggets.
“I've never in my career believed in seeding, but we're No. 1 right now, we should just take it,” Antetokounmpo said. “We should just keep on building good habits, take it and maybe it helps us in a playoff run.”
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With a three-game cushion and just ten games to play, the Bucks are in great position to end with the best record in the NBA. Milwaukee comes in at ninth in the NBA in scoring this season. The Bucks are 20th in field goal percentage and 12th in 3pt field goal percentage. Defensively, Milwaukee is fifth in scoring defense and second in opposing team's field goal percentage. The Bucks have the fifth best 3pt defense in the NBA. In addition, they are first in total rebounding. The Bucks are 22nd in turnovers per game and just 30th in forced turnovers.
Key Injuries: Khris Middleton, Goran Dragic and Jae Crowder all sat out Friday night's game and their status is day-to-day.
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