7:10 pm
November 26

Bucks @ Hornets

Who will WIN this matchup?

Milwaukee Bucks (14-5)

@ Charlotte Hornets (9-10)

 

Current odds:

Milwaukee Bucks: (-190)

Charlotte Hornets: (+165)

 

• The line for this game is Bucks by 4.5 points.

• The Milwaukee Bucks will play their first road game in over two weeks when they visit the Charlotte Hornets on Monday. The Bucks capped a 4-2 homestand with a 135-129 win over San Antonio on Saturday behind a 34-point, 18-rebound performance by star forward Giannis Antetokounmpo. The two-time All-Star recorded 25 points, 18 rebounds and eight assists in a season-opening 113-112 win at Charlotte.

• The Hornets will be opening a four-game homestand after falling 124-123 at Atlanta on Sunday, with Kemba Walker having a potential game-winning shot blocked in the closing seconds. Walker finished with 22 points, nine assists and just one turnover – a shot-clock violation in the final minute – as Charlotte dropped to 3-7 on the road.

• Antetokounmpo led a quartet of 20-point scorers in the win over the Spurs as Milwaukee shot 57 percent, just shy of its season high. Malcolm Brogdon was the most accurate of the bunch with 23 points on 10-of-15 shooting, and the third-year pro – who sealed the win with a 3-pointer in the closing seconds – is averaging 22.5 on 72 percent shooting over his last two games. Eric Bledsoe recorded the assist on Brogdon’s late basket en route to a 20-point, 10-assist effort, giving him his second double-double of the season.

• Malik Monk came off the bench to score a career high-tying 26 points in 24 minutes in the loss to Atlanta after producing a total of 27 over his previous five contests. He hit a personal-best seven 3-pointers one game after never getting off the bench – a first this season – in a loss at Oklahoma City. “He was great tonight,” coach James Borrego said of Monk during a postgame television interview. “Didn’t play last game. I thought he was great tonight. Came out with an aggressive mentality. He was ready for the moment, stepped up and gave us a chance to get back in that game.”

• Walker scored 41 points in the loss to the Bucks earlier this season.

• Hornets PG Tony Parker (ribs) has missed the last two games and is day-to-day.

• Milwaukee PF Ersan Ilyasova (knee) sat out Saturday’s win.

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