Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Nov. 3 at Detroit Pistons

The Milwaukee Bucks visit the Detroit Pistons’ new arena on Friday as they look to get back to winning ways as their four-game road trip continues.

The Milwaukee Bucks entered the week riding a wave of optimism following a good start to the season and a dominant win in Atlanta on Sunday, and will close it on the road in Detroit looking for a win to snap a losing run and prevent any talk of early season crisis.

The NBA season is well and truly back, and with it comes small sample size overreactions!

The likelihood is that regardless of what happens on Friday, the Bucks are probably still a good, but also flawed team. In other words, the feeling around Milwaukee should be similar to where it was last week, particularly knowing that in the Eastern Conference their current flaws alone wouldn’t necessarily project to be fatal.

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Still, nobody likes to lose, and a win would certainly be good for morale among the players and fanbase alike.

The last time the Bucks rolled off consecutive losses came back in the preseason, and that slump was swiftly put paid to by a four-point win to close out the NBA’s exhibition schedule.

Can the Bucks repeat that result on Friday in their first visit to the Pistons’ new downtown home? Let’s take a closer look at the keys to victory for both teams, Detroit’s player to watch and our staff predictions to find out.