Philadelphia 76ers (12-9, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (10-13, 10th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n
Milwaukee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> 76ers -1.5; over\/under is 223.5<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia plays Milwaukee in Eastern Conference action Friday.<\/p>\n The Bucks have gone 8-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Milwaukee ranks second in the NBA averaging 15.7 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 41.0% from downtown. AJ Green leads the team averaging 3.4 makes while shooting 49.7% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n The 76ers have gone 10-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 32.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Andre Drummond averaging 6.3.<\/p>\n The Bucks score 115.8 points per game, 1.2 fewer points than the 117.0 the 76ers allow. The 76ers are shooting 46.1% from the field, 1.3% lower than the 47.4% the Bucks’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The teams play for the second time this season. The 76ers won the last meeting 123-114 in overtime on Nov. 21, with Tyrese Maxey scoring 54 points in the victory.<\/p>\n TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Rollins is averaging 17.9 points, 5.9 assists and 1.6 steals for the Bucks. Green is averaging 5.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n VJ Edgecombe is shooting 41.3% and averaging 14.4 points for the 76ers. Maxey is averaging 4.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n LAST 10 GAMES: Bucks: 2-8, averaging 110.1 points, 38.9 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.5 points per game.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n 76ers: 5-5, averaging 113.9 points, 45.5 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 9.6 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.3 points.<\/p>\n INJURIES: Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo: out (calf), Taurean Prince: out (neck).<\/p>\n 76ers: Trendon Watford: out (thigh), Kelly Oubre Jr.: out (knee), Paul George: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers (12-9, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (10-13, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[29846,27813,15351,23935,23936,23927,15352,69,1002,71,70,23930,23933,29845,23928,27814,12920,10795],"class_list":{"0":"post-52836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-aj-green","9":"tag-andre-drummond","10":"tag-eastern-conference","11":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","12":"tag-kelly-oubre-jr","13":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","14":"tag-paul-george","15":"tag-philadelphia","16":"tag-philadelphia-76ers","17":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","18":"tag-philadelphia-news","19":"tag-ryan-rollins","20":"tag-taurean-prince","21":"tag-the-76ers","22":"tag-the-bucks","23":"tag-trendon-watford","24":"tag-tyrese-maxey","25":"tag-vj-edgecombe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}