Round three of the Milwaukee Bucks‘ season series with the Philadelphia 76ers will be held Saturday afternoon at Fiserv Forum
The Bucks have already taken the season series with the 76ers this season after taking a 124-117 victory over Philadelphia Thursday night and previously a 109-105 overtime win over the 76ers back on March 17. And the opportunity to sweep the 76ers will inch them closer to Philadelphia at the top of the East
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Going into Saturday afternoon, the Bucks now stand 2.5 games back of the 76ers, who now trail the Brooklyn Nets after taking over the first seed following their 109-104 win over the Boston Celtics Friday night.
Whether the Bucks will continue to make headway in their final push for the top spot remains to be seen, but taking all three games in their series against the 76ers would surely do the trick.
So without further ado, let’s look at three biggest things to watch for as the Milwaukee Bucks battle against the Philadelphia 76ers for the third and final time this regular season.
Milwaukee Bucks will look to shoot lights out again versus 76ers
As the Bucks got off to a fast start and quickly separated from the 76ers from the opening jump, it was their collective shooting performance that provided the biggest difference for the night.
The Bucks shot 20-for-40 from downtown in what ultimately ended up being a 7-point victory. And while the Bucks’ offense and 3-point attempts went wayward over their quiet fourth quarter, it marked the eighth occasion where they’ve hit 20 or more triples in a game and the sixth time they’ve hit 50 percent or more on such shots this season.
That certainly was a far cry from how the Bucks’ offense looked in their first go-around against the 76ers last month as they shot 9-for-39 from downtown and generally battled through one of their worst offensive performances in a half this year. That’s the second-worst efficiency mark Milwaukee has shot from long distance in a game this season.
With such shooting performances that have spanned both ends of the spectrum when going up against one of their long-standing rivals, time will only tell how the Bucks fare from 3-point range Saturday afternoon. Especially lighting it up last time out.