Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: Jan 8 at Indiana Pacers

The Milwaukee Bucks travel to face the Indiana Pacers for the second time in a week, but this time they’ll have to reckon with a healthy Victor Oladipo.

The Milwaukee Bucks cruised to one of their easiest victories of the season when they hosted the Indiana Pacers at the Bradley Center last week, but they should be in for an entirely different prospect in the return game on Monday night.

Having missed five games with a knee injury, Victor Oladipo returned to action on Saturday night, and inspired his Pacers team to a big win that put an end to what was a five-game skid.

With considerable ground lost on their rivals during that time, the Pacers will likely be very eager to start their climb back up the standings when Milwaukee visits on Monday.

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For the Bucks, they continue a run of games that could act as previews of future playoff series. Over the past week or so, Milwaukee has lost twice to Toronto, while picking up wins over Washington and Indiana.

Fresh from a busy day of roster moves on Sunday, there’ll be no DeAndre Liggins for the Bucks in this game or any others this season, there’s a chance Xavier Munford could make his Bucks debut, and there’s an even greater chance that Sean Kilpatrick will receive meaningful run now that he’s on a full NBA contract.

With all of that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the action ahead, and how things might play out on Monday from Bankers Life Fieldhouse.