Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Feb. 1 at Utah Jazz

Mar 20, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (15) dribbles the ball as Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) defends during the third quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 20, 2016; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (15) dribbles the ball as Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert (27) defends during the third quarter at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
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Feb 5, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (15) defends against Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors (15) during the second half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jazz won 84-81. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 5, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Monroe (15) defends against Utah Jazz forward Derrick Favors (15) during the second half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. The Jazz won 84-81. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports

Finale

The Milwaukee Bucks need to win a game soon. A fully-healthy Utah Jazz team is hardly the ideal opponent for a game that needs to be won, but unfortunately for the Bucks they can’t do much about the teams they’re matched up against.

What Milwaukee can do is come out and play the right kind of basketball. The Bucks are averaging 1.5 less assists per game over this losing streak than they did over the first 38 games of the season.

That number isn’t huge, but it is indicative of the Bucks playing less pass-happy basketball lately. More energy and more passing could help Milwaukee get back to winning ways.

Predictions and Leaderboard:

Lukas Harkins:  Bucks by 4 — 27-20, 524 point differential

Rohan Katti: Jazz by 8 — 27-20, 572 point differential

Adam Coffman: Jazz by 9 — 26-21, 554 point differential

Adam McGee: Jazz by 12 — 26-21, 614 point differential

Tom Pheister: Jazz by 6 — 25-22, 619 point differential

Ti Windisch: Jazz by 7 — 24-23, 568 point differential

Tim Wray: Jazz by 10 — 23-23, 557 point differential

Jordan Treske: Jazz by 15 — 23-24, 651 point differential

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The game is on Wednesday night at 8:00 p.m. and will be televised on Fox Sports Wisconsin.