Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: April 8 at Philadelphia 76ers

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Mar 6, 2017; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Milwaukee Bucks guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) reaches for a loose ball past Philadelphia 76ers guard Sergio Rodriguez (14) during the second half at Wells Fargo Center. The Milwaukee Bucks won 112-98. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /

Major Key For Milwaukee: Play Lockdown Defense

The Philadelphia 76ers have a serious problem scoring the basketball. No NBA teams scores less points per 100 possessions than Philly does, and if the 76ers weren’t the fifth-fastest team in the NBA they would probably be last in points per game, too (they’re 24th as is.)

The Bucks, thus, should really focus to lock in on defense. Even if Milwaukee’s offense doesn’t light anybody on fire, if the Bucks can play a really strong game on defense they should have a great shot to win on Saturday.

Philly is 0-12 when the team scores less than 93 points, and 6-29 when the Sixers score 100 or less points. The 28-51 76ers don’t win a ton anyway, but when they can’t get going on offense they win even less of the time.

It should be no surprise that this team has problems scoring the ball. Philly has six players who average at least 10 points per game this year: Joel Embiid, Ersan Ilyasova, Robert Covington, Dario Saric, Jahlil Okafor and Jerryd Bayless. All of them except Saric are either hurt or otherwise not with the team anymore.

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