Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: January 20 at Philadelphia 76ers
By Adam McGee
Major key for Philadelphia – Focus on defense
Even with key offensive cogs like Antetokounmpo and Brogdon in the lineup, the Bucks have recently demonstrated just how difficult they can find it to play with any real offensive coherence.
Missing two of their more obvious individual scoring threats, the Bucks are going to have to lean on more of a team-oriented offensive approach, and that will likely spell good news for Brett Brown and his 76ers team.
Philadelphia have the league’s fifth best defensive rating and over the last 15 games only the Boston Celtics have played better defensively than this young 76ers team.
With a combination of imposing interior protectors like Joel Embiid and Richaun Holmes and rangy perimeter defenders like Robert Covington and Ben Simmons, Philadelphia boast all the tools necessary to completely shut down an often stagnant Bucks’ offense on Saturday.