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The Milwaukee Bucks (2-0) have a home outing at BMO Harris Bradley Center on Monday night when they take on the New York Knicks (1-2).
Milwaukee last played on Friday when they defeated the Indiana Pacers on their home floor by the score of 118-101. The ball was moving rather well for them as they finished with 27 assists on 44 field goals. Giannis Antetokounmpo finished with 26 points and 15 rebounds while Khris Middleton scored 23. According to ESPN, the Bucks' 47 attempts from behind the arc on Friday are their most in franchise history.
The Knicks lost their second straight outing in heartbreaking fashion on Saturday when they fell to the Boston Celtics 103-101.
Trey Burke got fouled near the end of the game on a three-point try which gave him the opportunity to tie the game, but he missed the first free throw. As a team, they missed 10 of their 27 tries from the charity stripe. Tim Hardaway Jr. led the team with 24 points while Enes Kanter scored 17 and grabbed 15 boards.
Injury report
- New York: Out - Kristaps Porzingis (knee), Kevin Knox (ankle), Courtney Lee (neck), Emmanuel Mudiay (ankle), Isaiah Hicks (groin)
- Milwaukee: Out - D.J. Wilson (hamstring)
Projected starting lineups
- New York: PG - Trey Burke, SG - Tim Hardaway Jr., SF - Frank Ntilikina, PF - Lance Thomas, C - Enes Kanter
- Milwaukee: PG - Eric Bledsoe, SG - Malcolm Brogdon, SF - Khris Middleton, PF - Giannis Antetokounmpo, C - Brook Lopez
Team stat leaders
- New York: Scoring - Tim Hardaway Jr. 28.0, Rebounding - Enes Kanter 12.0, Assists - Trey Burke 5.7
- Milwaukee: Scoring - Giannis Antetokounmpo 25.5, Rebounding - Giannis Antetokounmpo 16.5, Assists - Giannis Antetokounmpo, Malcolm Brogdon 6.5
What to know and watch for
Much like nearly every team in the league, the Knicks had a difficult time stopping Giannis Antetokounmpo from putting up numbers last season.
In three games versus New York, he averaged 26.7 points, 10.7 rebounds, and 4.3 assists.
The Bucks have outrebounded their two opponents by an average of 12.5 a game early on in the season. New York has not done a great job cleaning the glass in their three games as they have been outrebounded by 6.3 an outing thus far.
After breaking out for 126 points in their season opener, the Knicks' scoring output has dropped to an average of 103 over the last two games.
They have played Lance Thomas and Ron Baker a combined 37.3 minutes per contest just to see them average a total of 4.7 points.
Regular season history between Knicks/Bucks
In 210 all-time meetings between Milwaukee and New York, the Bucks have prevailed 109 times according to Land of Basketball.
The Bucks have dominated the head-to-head matchup of late, winning five in a row and 12 of their last 15 versus the Knicks. Milwaukee won all four of the head-to-head meetings by an average of 9.25 points in 2017-18.
