Milwaukee Bucks Game Preview: March 7 vs Houston Rockets

The Milwaukee Bucks welcome the league-leading Houston Rockets to the Bradley Center on Wednesday, with their opponents looking for a 17th straight win.

After just falling short to the Indiana Pacers in what was a grueling contest between two tired teams on Monday, the Milwaukee Bucks return to action on Wednesday with the toughest task in the NBA facing them.

Following a close game between the teams at the Toyota Center back in December, the Houston Rockets make their sole visit of the season to the Bradley Center on Wednesday night.

Not only do the Rockets’ boast a 50-13 record that stands as the league’s best so far this season, but they’re also in the midst of a 16-game win streak.

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Houston extended their good run with a road win over the Thunder on Tuesday night, and although they’re still a long way off the 27 and 28 game streaks of the Heat and Warriors respectively –never mind the Lakers’ all-time mark of 33 — they’ve reached a point when the wider NBA audience is starting to pay attention to potential history in the making.

For Milwaukee, there are no such lofty goals at present, but instead a simple focus of winning. A poorly timed downturn in form has seen the Bucks slide down the rankings, and now in seventh place in the East, wins are vital not just for playoff seeding but to keep the team’s first round pick in this summer’s draft.

With all of that in mind, let’s take a closer look at the action ahead, and how things might play out on Wednesday night.