basketball | Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:13 PM

Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Best Bet: Transition Offence at Its Best in Milwaukee

Aleksa Drobnjak

Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Best Bet: Tuesday, January 31st

First-place contenders the Milwaukee Bucks score are hosting the shaky Hornets team who acquired only a 15W-32L record so far this season. We are in for a banger with both teams using offence as their biggest strength.

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Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Preview
Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Best Bet

Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Preview

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The Bucks are a different beast with their co-star Khris Middleton back on the court. They won 4/4 games since his return. Although he has been steady to get in a competitive environment and hasn’t been playing high minute count so far, only his presence on the floor stretches the defences of their opponents. The bucks are scoring almost 115 PPG and acquiring an average margin of 3 points.

This shows us that they are letting their opponents keep up with them as they do not blow them out constantly. We are expecting the offensive arsenal of the Hornets to be strong tonight and to keep pace with the Bucks’ offence. For tonight, the Bucks will be missing S. Ibaka (personal reasons) and B. Portis with a knee injury.

The Hornets are having a turbulent season. Their young core was not expected to reach the playoffs but probably they weren’t hoping for such a disastrous season. They are letting their opponents score 119 PPG this season and the Bucks are ready to expose all their defensive weaknesses. Although they are battling the injuries whole season expectations were higher. M. Bridges has still not returned to the team.
L. Ball is having a solid year with 23 PPG and 8 APG and that pretty much sums up their season. They have been losing by an average margin of 7 points which is very high. They are scoring 16 PPG in fastbreaks (6th in the NBA). Tonight we expect them to keep pace with the Bucks offensively and help us get through the finish line. In the few games they won, the point count was very high, if they want to try and take out the Bucks they need to have a similar game plan tonight.

Milwaukee Bucks vs Charlotte Hornets Best Bet

The Hornets are winning games that have 240 points on average, coming off a 2-game winning streak they will probably try to match the tempo of the Bucks. They will play 6-second offence with a lot of transition during the whole game. We expect the Bucks to score their share against the weakened opponent and help us get through the finish line.