Bucks, Hornets Stake Win Streaks In Regular-Season Series Wrap-Up
KEY POINTS
- The Bucks are heavily favored to snag a fifth-straight win when they host the visiting Hornets
- The Bucks and Hornets will break their regular-season series deadlock
- Giannis Antetokounmpo is listed as questionable for the Bucks against the Hornets
The Milwaukee Bucks and Charlotte Hornets are slated to collide on Tuesday, January 31 in a battle of two NBA clubs on a winning roll at the Fiserv Forum.
It will be the last regular-season meeting between the Bucks and the Hornets.
The Bucks won in the first encounter, 105-96, while the Hornets evened things up in their second meeting, 138-109.
The Bucks are on a four-game winning streak and will be eyeing their fifth consecutive win.
In their last assignment, Milwaukee won over the New Orleans Pelicans, 135-110.
In that game, Giannis Antetokounmpo had a season-high 50 points and 13 rebounds.
Jrue Holiday backed up "The Greek Freak" with 17 markers, seven boards, and six dimes.
"I'm just going to keep creating the way people in the past created, the way I can go back and watch Magic Johnson highlights, Kevin Garnett highlights, Kobe Bryant highlights, Allen Iverson highlights, KD's, LeBron's. They've created so much art throughout the years, and we can go back and see it and admire what they did. Tim Duncan," Antetokounmpo stated.
The Bucks are averaging 114.1 points per game and have an offensive rating of 112.3.
Defensively, Milwaukee is seventh in the league in limiting opponents at 111.9 points per game.
On the part of the Hornets, they are looking for a third-straight win.
They won over the Miami Heat, 112-107, last time out with Terry Rozier and P.J. Washington leading the charge.
Rozier had a game-high 31 points to go with seven assists and six rebounds. Washington added 27 markers, six boards, and five dimes.
"Everybody is back and everybody is healthy — and that is a major difference," Washington said. "At the end of the day we have to keep going the way we are right now."
Charlotte is scoring 112.2 points per game and owns an offensive rating of 109.2.
In addition, the Hornets have a defensive rating of 115.6.
The Bucks are a -11 odds-on favorite to come out on top against the Hornets, who are at +11.
Moreover, the moneyline for this clash is -645 for Milwaukee and +480 for Charlotte.
The game can be seen over the NBA League Pass and fuboTV at 8:00 PM ET.
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