The game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls will take place at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Milwaukee Bucks will welcome the Chicago Bulls to the Fiserv Forum for an NBA game on Wednesday. Milwaukee Bucks won 128-140 in their last game over the Wizards. The Milwaukee Bucks were eliminated last season in a Game 7 on the road. One more victory, and they won’t have to worry about that. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, and Jrue Holiday nearly added a triple-double of his own as the Bucks took another step toward wrapping up the NBA’s best record with a 140-128 victory over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
Holiday finished with 26 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds, and Bobby Portis added 19 points and 20 rebounds for Milwaukee. The Bucks (57-22) moved to three games ahead of Boston with three to play, although the Celtics — who beat Milwaukee in that seven-game series last year — have the head-to-head tiebreaker. Boston lost a 103-101 thriller at Philadelphia on Tuesday, with ex-Buck P.J. Tucker hitting big 3-pointers down the stretch as Milwaukee players watched in their locker room.
After that game ended, Antetokounmpo downplayed the importance of home court just a little, noting that the Bucks were the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference when they won it all two years ago. “At the end of the day, Boston is a beast, Philly is a beast, Cleveland is a beast, New York is a beast,” Antetokounmpo said.
The Chicago Bulls on the other hand lost 105-123 against the Hawks in their last game. The Bulls managed only seven fast-break points, and the Hawks had a 66-48 advantage in points in the paint. Saddiq Bey added 18 points while Dejounte Murray had 17 and Jaylen Johnson 16. LaVine led the Bulls with 26 points, and DeMar DeRozan added 21 and Nikola Vucevic 19.
Without Young or Hunter, Atlanta still managed to expose Chicago’s porous defense by shooting 55.8% from the field (47-for-85), including 10-of-28 shooting from 3-point range. “I think the key thing is we responded collectively, and that’s what it takes,” Snyder said. “There was no one guy that said, ‘OK, I’m going to be the guy who closes the door on a run. They did it as a group, and they did it defensively, getting stops at various times.”
The Bulls’ defensive efforts were challenged after specialist Alex Caruso committed his second foul six minutes into the game. Caruso returned midway through the second quarter but left two minutes later after being charged with his third foul.
Milwaukee Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Jae Crowder, Brook Lopez, Jrue Holiday, Pat Connaughton
Chicago Bulls: DeMar DeRozan, Alex Caruso, Nikola Vucevic, Zach LaVine, Patrick Beverley
Milwaukee Bucks: Jevon Carter, Pat Connaughton, Khris Middleton, Grayson Allen
Chicago Bulls: Lonzo Ball, Justin Lewis
The game between the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls will take place at Fiserv Forum on Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Milwaukee Bucks and Chicago Bulls will be telecast live on Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin, ESPN, NBC Sports Chicago.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Wisconsin, Fox Sports Wisconsin, ESPN, NBC Sports Chicago. | April 5 (7:30 PM ET) |
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