Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: April 8 at Philadelphia 76ers
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks have the Philadelphia 76ers next up on the schedule, but with how the Bucks have been playing this game is far from a sure thing.
The Milwaukee Bucks need a win on Saturday night. Milwaukee will be on the road against the Philadelphia 76ers in the Bucks’ third-to-last regular season game of the 2016-17 NBA regular season.
The reason Milwaukee needs a win is because the Bucks are quickly falling in the Eastern Conference standings. The Bucks had the fifth seed locked up until the team dropped three straight games and let the Atlanta Hawks take it back.
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Being in sixth instead of fifth isn’t the worst thing possible, but there is even more room for Milwaukee to fall to a lower seed. Technically it’s even still possible for the Bucks to miss the playoffs altogether.
A win on Saturday cements the Bucks as a playoff team, and makes it much easier for the team to hold onto the sixth seed. The 76ers aren’t exactly a powerhouse, although Philly is 2-1 against the Bucks thus far this season.
To see how either team could win in their game on Saturday night, we’ll look through a major key for both club. After the keys are sorted out, then it’s time to highlight a Sixer to watch and, finally, to make some score predictions about the game.