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Milwaukee Bucks @ Chicago Bulls

Present Information: Milwaukee 39-21, Chicago 28-31

How To Watch

• When: Friday, March 1, 2024 at 10 p.m. ET
• The place: United Heart — Chicago, Illinois
• TV: ESPN
• Observe: CBS Sports activities App
• On-line streaming: fuboTV (Attempt at no cost. Regional restrictions could apply.)
• Ticket Value: $55.00

What to Know

The Bulls can be in entrance of their house followers on Friday, however a take a look at the unfold exhibits they may want that home-court benefit. They’ll tackle the Milwaukee Bucks at 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday. Each groups come into the recreation bolstered by wins of their earlier matches.

It could have taken double additional time to complete the job, however the Bulls in the end obtained the end result they hoped for on Wednesday. They got here out on prime in opposition to Cleveland by a rating of 132-123. The success was a return to issues as regular for the Bulls, who of their earlier outing suffered a stunning 105-95 upset defeat to the Pistons.

The Bulls obtained their victory on the backs of a number of key gamers, nevertheless it was DeMar DeRozan out in entrance who dropped a double-double on 35 factors and ten rebounds. It was the primary time this season that DeRozan pulled down ten or extra rebounds. One other participant making a distinction was Andre Drummond, who dropped a double-double on 17 factors and 26 rebounds.

In the meantime, the Bucks had already gained three in a row (a stretch the place they outscored their opponents by a median of 21.3 factors), they usually went forward and made it 4 on Thursday. They walked away with a 111-99 victory over Charlotte. The group ran away with 70 factors within the first half and principally simply sat on these to select up the victory.

Giannis Antetokounmpo continued his behavior of posting loopy stat traces, dropping a double-double on 24 factors and ten rebounds.

Chicago’s win bumped their report as much as 28-31. As for Milwaukee, they’ve been performing effectively lately as they’ve gained six of their final eight matches, which offered a pleasant bump to their 39-21 report this season.

This contest is one the place the variety of possessions is more likely to be a giant issue: The Bulls have not given up the ball simply this season, having solely averaged 11.7 turnovers per recreation (they’re ranked third in turnovers per recreation general). Nevertheless, it isn’t just like the Bucks battle in that division as they have been averaging solely 12.4 turnovers per recreation. Given these competing strengths, it’s going to be fascinating to see how their conflict performs out.

The Bulls got here up brief in opposition to the Bucks of their earlier assembly again in December of 2023, falling 133-129. A giant consider that loss was the dominant efficiency of Antetokounmpo, who dropped a double-double on 32 factors and 12 rebounds. Now that the Bulls know the injury he could cause, will they have the ability to cease him this time? Test CBSSports.com after the match to seek out out.

Odds

Milwaukee is a 4-point favourite in opposition to Chicago, in response to the most recent NBA odds.

The oddsmakers had an excellent really feel for the road for this one, as the sport opened with the Bucks as a 3.5-point favourite.

The over/underneath is 221.5 factors.

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Sequence Historical past

Milwaukee has gained 7 out of their final 10 video games in opposition to Chicago.

• Dec 11, 2023 – Milwaukee 133 vs. Chicago 129
• Nov 30, 2023 – Chicago 120 vs. Milwaukee 113
• Nov 13, 2023 – Milwaukee 118 vs. Chicago 109
• Apr 05, 2023 – Milwaukee 105 vs. Chicago 92
• Feb 16, 2023 – Milwaukee 112 vs. Chicago 100
• Dec 28, 2022 – Chicago 119 vs. Milwaukee 113
• Nov 23, 2022 – Chicago 118 vs. Milwaukee 113
• Apr 27, 2022 – Milwaukee 116 vs. Chicago 100
• Apr 24, 2022 – Milwaukee 119 vs. Chicago 95
• Apr 22, 2022 – Milwaukee 111 vs. Chicago 81