The Milwaukee Bucks will be taking on the Sacramento Kings tonight. Despite not having Giannis Antetokounmpo completely healthy, Milwaukee has still been doing very well this season led by Jrue Holiday. In fact, they are the best team in the NBA record-wise with 48 wins and 19 losses.
Perhaps this should be expected considering they won an NBA title back in 2021. However, the Sacramento Kings are a team that NBA fans definitely didn’t see coming this season. Heading into this season, the team had not made the NBA playoffs dating all the way back to 2006.
Nonetheless, this new team has exceeded preset expectations this season. The Kings currently hold a record of 40 wins and 26 losses, giving them the 2nd seed in the West. As both these high-achieving teams get ready to play, let us take a look at the injury reports and expected rosters for this game. Moreover, we can also take a look at the expert predicitions on which team is more likely to win.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed out for the Milwaukee Bucks vs Sacramento Kings game tonight
Unfortunately for Bucks fans, the Greek Freak doesn’t look completely healthy for this game and is unlikely to play. As some of us can remember, he has been dealing with an injury ever since the NBA All-Star break. In fact, he barely played for a minute in that game and exited soon after making just one shot.
Not having Antetokounmpo for this game will certainly hamper the Bucks’ chances of winning. Especially against a rising team like the Sacramento Kings. After all, Giannis is the undisputed best player on the Bucks and arguably makes them the contender they are today.
If he does not play the other members of his squad will have to step up and get the job done tonight. That said, here are the injury reports and expected rosters for the Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings game tonight.
Milwaukee Bucks injury report
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (out)
- Wesley Matthews (out)
Milwaukee Bucks expected roster
- Jrue Holiday
- Khris Middleton
- Grayson Allen
- Bobby Portis
- Brook Lopez
Sacramento Kings injury report
(There are no injuries reported for the Sacramento Kings tonight)
Sacramento Kings expected roster
- De’Aaron Fox
- Malik Monk
- Harrison Barnes
- Keegan Murray
- Domontas Sabonis
As we can tell, the Kings look completely healthy for this game. On the other hand, the Bucks will be missing both Giannis Antetokounmpo and Wesley Matthews. Finally, here are the expert predicitions for the Bucks-Kings game.
The Bucks are slightly favored over the Kings tonight
Although this is expected to be a very close game between two of the best-performing teams currently in the league, we still have the Bucks coming out on top. Even though they will not play Giannis, the squad is still quite deep and more than capable of giving the Kings a good fight.
While it doesn’t make sense to bet against a team with no injuries, we eventually have to wonder when Sacramento’s newfound luck will run out. Since they are coming off a win against the Phoenix Suns, it is possible that their guard will be down tonight against the Bucks. This game could still go either way.
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