Milwaukee Bucks vs. Sacramento Kings Preview: Trying to stack wins

The Milwaukee Bucks and Sacramento Kings will conclude their season series tonight. As we’ll get to, both teams will be missing a star; how will each squad’s role players step up? The series currently sits at 1-0, Milwaukee’s way, after the Bucks ended the Kings’ seven-game win streak back in January following their firing of Mike Brown.

Where We’re At

As has been well chronicled by our Riley Feldmann, Milwaukee’s offence has been sputtering lately, which was a big reason they lost five of their last eight games. But after ESPN’s Shams Charania reported that Doc Rivers had a meeting with Dame and Giannis following Milwaukee’s loss to the Golden State Warriors, there did seem to be more emphasis on ball movement in their win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Will that continue against a team in the Kings that isn’t anywhere near as depleted? We’ll see.

The Kings have been like Jekyll and Hyde recently. They beat the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers in consecutive games but lost to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday in a game where Coby White dropped 35 points. Which team will show up against the Bucks? Hopefully Milwaukee can dictate that to some degree.

Injury Report

For the Bucks, Damian Lillard (right calf soreness), Bobby Portis (league suspension), and Jericho Sims (right thumb UCL sprain) are all out. Giannis (right patella tendinopathy) and Gary Trent Jr. (left patella tendinopathy) are probable.