Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Nov. 30 at Portland Trail Blazers

Finale

A lot has changed since these two teams met in October and it’s going to be interesting to see what impact that has on the outcome of the game.

Now equipped with Eric Bledsoe, the Bucks have a very different option in the backcourt, who’s capable of making Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum work incredibly hard on both ends.

While for Portland, Terry Stotts’ team have played outstanding defense and surprisingly rank as the league’s second best team in defensive rating. That wouldn’t necessarily have been associated with Portland in years past, and as such, the Bucks may have to approach Thursday’s game with a different kind of game plan.

Predictions:

Ben Sewell: Blazers by 7 — 14-5, 187 point differential

Adam Coffman: Blazers by 6 — 12-7, 192 point differential

Mike Bossetti: Blazers by 4 — 12-7, 1194 point differential

Tim Wray: Blazers by 3 — 11-8, 200 point differential

Adam McGee: Blazers by 15 — 11-8, 206 point differential

Jordan Treske: Blazers by 5 — 11-8, 210 point differential

Joe Osterndorf: Blazers by 4 — 10-9, 219 point differential

Leander Wallace: Blazers by 4 — 10-9, 236 point differential

Rohan Katti: Blazers by 10 — 10-9,  241 point differential

Zach Pellowski:  Blazers by 7 — 10-9, 345 point differential

Ti Windisch: Blazers by 4 — 9-10, 227 point differential

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The Bucks take on the Trail Blazers at 9pm CT from the Moda Center on Thursday night, and the game will be televised locally on Fox Sports Wisconsin.