Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Jan. 21 at Miami Heat

Finale

The NBA as a whole is moving away from post play, but that doesn’t mean teams can give up on defending down low. Especially when the new class of centers is taken into account, it’s important for teams to be able to slow down guys like Whiteside and Embiid.

The Bucks have been getting torched by centers lately, something that has definitely contributed to the current losing streak. The Heat don’t have many weapons, so if that losing streak does grow to five Whiteside will probably have a lot to do with it.

Giannis and Jabari will both have to have themselves a game to prevent that from happening, but other Bucks need to step up as well. Some bench players have really struggled recently–the Bucks need more from their whole team to stop this streak.

Predictions and Leaderboard:

Rohan Katti: Bucks by 19 — 26-16, 488 point differential

Lukas Harkins:  Bucks by 6 — 24-18, 478 point differential

Adam Coffman: Bucks by 10 — 24-18, 494 point differential

Tom Pheister: Bucks by 13 — 24-18, 533 point differential

Adam McGee: Bucks by 22 — 23-19, 540 point differential

Tim Wray: Bucks by 8 — 22-20, 504 point differential

Jordan Treske: Bucks by 11 — 22-20, 571 point differential

Ti Windisch: Bucks by 15 — 21-21, 512 point differential

Next: Bucks Player Power Rankings, Jan. 12 - Jan. 18

The game is on Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised on Fox Sports Wisconsin.