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the Bucks to take care of the tired and miserable Trail Blazers. After Friday's 15-point loss at Cleveland, Portland is now a woeful 2-13 SU and 3-12 ATS in its last 15 games. Yuck!
They're beat up physically and now are having to suit up for the fourth game in five nights. Friday night, the Blazers were without injured players Juan Dixon (knee) and center Theo Ratliff. They struggle to score (just five fourth quarter points in Wednesday's 78-65 loss at New Jersey) and they flat out just don't play good basketball away from home.
With the setback in Cleveland, the Blazers are 6-28 SU on the road this year and have dropped nine straight on the highway scoreboard. Truly, coach Nate McMillan is finding it difficult to motivate this sorry team.
Now, the Bucks aren't exactly world beaters and they themselves are coming back from a tough loss. Milwaukee had won three of its last four before Friday's disastrous 97-96 loss at Toronto. In that one, the Bucks were outscored 19-2 in the final five-plus minutes to let a sure win slip away.
Still, unlike the Blazers, the Bucks have plenty to play for tonight. Sitting seventh in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, the Bucks control their own destiny.
This is the first of a home-and-home series with the Blazers and Milwaukee has to look at this as a solid late-season opportunity to pick up two easy wins. After Friday's epic meltdown at Toronto, I expect the Bucks to bounce back in style and rout this weary and wounded Portland team.
the Bucks to take care of the tired and miserable Trail Blazers. After Friday's 15-point loss at Cleveland, Portland is now a woeful 2-13 SU and 3-12 ATS in its last 15 games. Yuck!
They're beat up physically and now are having to suit up for the fourth game in five nights. Friday night, the Blazers were without injured players Juan Dixon (knee) and center Theo Ratliff. They struggle to score (just five fourth quarter points in Wednesday's 78-65 loss at New Jersey) and they flat out just don't play good basketball away from home.
With the setback in Cleveland, the Blazers are 6-28 SU on the road this year and have dropped nine straight on the highway scoreboard. Truly, coach Nate McMillan is finding it difficult to motivate this sorry team.
Now, the Bucks aren't exactly world beaters and they themselves are coming back from a tough loss. Milwaukee had won three of its last four before Friday's disastrous 97-96 loss at Toronto. In that one, the Bucks were outscored 19-2 in the final five-plus minutes to let a sure win slip away.
Still, unlike the Blazers, the Bucks have plenty to play for tonight. Sitting seventh in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, the Bucks control their own destiny.
This is the first of a home-and-home series with the Blazers and Milwaukee has to look at this as a solid late-season opportunity to pick up two easy wins. After Friday's epic meltdown at Toronto, I expect the Bucks to bounce back in style and rout this weary and wounded Portland team.
