Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Jan. 25 vs Philadelphia 76ers
By Ti Windisch
Major Key For Milwaukee: Shoot Some Threes
The 76ers best players are their big men. Even with Embiid and Okafor sitting on the bench all night (actually Embiid isn’t even making the flight to Milwaukee, but still,) the 76ers get the most production from their bigs.
Dario Saric, Nerlens Noel and Richaun Holmes put in work against the Clippers. Expect those players to continue to be important when the Sixers take on Milwaukee. To counter the big men Philly uses, the Bucks should consider doing a lot of shooting in this game.
Milwaukee has recently gotten away from the effective three-point shooting the team employed earlier in the season, partly because Mirza Teletovic‘s minutes had dried up for a while. Getting Mirza and some of Milwaukee’s other shooters going would help a lot against Philly.
The 76ers are 4-15 when their opposition makes ten or more threes in a game this season. That’s because Philadelphia has the worst offense in the NBA, as per offensive rating. Most of the time the Sixers just can’t keep up with the other team starts stroking threes, so they lose. The Bucks might want to look like the Rockets on Wednesday, and let loose a volley of threes early on.