Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Jan. 18 at Houston Rockets
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks are slumping at the moment, and the Houston Rockets being next up doesn’t make things any easier for the Bucks.
The Milwaukee Bucks road has been tough, and after dropping back-to-back games against the Atlanta Hawks and Philadelphia 76ers things are about to get a whole lot tougher. The Houston Rockets are the third-best team in the West and likely one of the best four teams in the NBA.
They’re the Bucks next opponent, and the game is in Houston. Luckily for Milwaukee they might have a chance–the Rockets have dropped three of their last four, including a road game at the Miami Heat.
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The Rockets are great this season, but they’re slumping too. That could mean the Bucks can sneak in and steal a game from James Harden and company, or that Houston will be battling extra hard to turn things around. We won’t know which until Wednesday night.
Harden has the best case for winning the Most Valuable Player award this season. He’s been fantastic all year long, and he’s the reason this odd team assembled by Daryl Morey is playing at such a high level. Mike D’Antoni trusted Harden to be his point guard, and Harden is responding with his best-ever season by a mile.
To find out how each team could win this game, we’ll look through some major keys for both squads, plus highlight a Rocket to watch. Finally after that, we can make predictions about the final score.