Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Oct. 20 vs Cleveland Cavaliers
By Ti Windisch
The Milwaukee Bucks take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in their first home game of the 2017-18 NBA season on Friday night.
The Milwaukee Bucks were given everything they could handle by the Boston Celtics on Wednesday, but the Bucks managed to squeeze out a tight victory thanks in large part to the heroics of Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Giannis won’t have long to rest before an even greater challenge awaits him. LeBron James and the reigning Eastern Conference Champion Cleveland Cavaliers roll into town on Friday night for Milwaukee’s home opener.
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Both the Cavaliers and Bucks are 1-0 after they each gave the Boston Celtics a loss in the season’s earliest days. Like Boston, Cleveland is without a key player for the foreseeable future. Isaiah Thomas, acquired from the Celtics in the Kyrie Irving trade, will miss a significant portion of the year due to a hip injury.
The Bucks are no strangers to injuries themselves. As sad as it is, injuries are a huge part of NBA basketball. The best teams find ways to overcome them. One of the Cavs or Bucks will do just that when these teams meet on Friday.
To find out which one will emerge triumphant, let’s look at a major key for both of them. After that a Cavalier to watch will be identified, and we’ll share some score predictions from our staff on the game action.