Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Feb. 27 at Cleveland Cavaliers
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks are going against the King on Monday night, and they best not miss often against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Milwaukee Bucks managed to hold off the chippy Phoenix Suns on Sunday night, but they’ll have to play a lot better to keep up with their next opponents. The Cleveland Cavaliers are next on the schedule, and the game is the very next evening, in Cleveland.
Luckily for Milwaukee, the Cavaliers are dealing with both injuries and illness at the moment. Both J.R. Smith and Kevin Love will certainly miss the nationally-television showdown, and LeBron James might sit out with strep throat again.
All three players missed the Cavs’ last game against the Chicago Bulls, and Cleveland lost by 18 points. It turns out it’s easier to win against a team missing three starters than it normally would be!
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The Bucks aren’t exactly going to tear up over anybody else’s injury problems. After an ugly win against the Suns just one night before their game against the Cavs, Milwaukee will have a chance to pull out two games in a row.
Their win against Phoenix and a Detroit Pistons loss to the Boston Celtics on Sunday means the Bucks are just one game behind the Pistons, although the Heat are in the mix for the eighth seed now too.
To see how the Bucks could pull off another victory, we’ll go through major keys to success for both Milwaukee and Cleveland. Then it’s time to choose a Cavalier to watch, before making some score predictions on the game.