{"id":426085,"date":"2025-12-05T08:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426085\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T08:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T08:49:11","slug":"milwaukee-plays-philadelphia-in-conference-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/426085\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee plays Philadelphia in conference matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia 76ers (12-9, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (10-13, 10th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p>Milwaukee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> 76ers -1.5; over\/under is 223.5<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: Philadelphia plays Milwaukee in Eastern Conference action Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks have gone 8-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Milwaukee ranks second in the NBA averaging 15.7 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 41.0% from downtown. AJ Green leads the team averaging 3.4 makes while shooting 49.7% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>The 76ers have gone 10-9 against Eastern Conference opponents. Philadelphia ranks fifth in the Eastern Conference with 32.7 defensive rebounds per game led by Andre Drummond averaging 6.3.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks score 115.8 points per game, 1.2 fewer points than the 117.0 the 76ers allow. The 76ers are shooting 46.1% from the field, 1.3% lower than the 47.4% the Bucks&#8217; opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The teams play for the second time this season. The 76ers won the last meeting 123-114 in overtime on Nov. 21, with Tyrese Maxey scoring 54 points in the victory.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Ryan Rollins is averaging 17.9 points, 5.9 assists and 1.6 steals for the Bucks. Green is averaging 5.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>VJ Edgecombe is shooting 41.3% and averaging 14.4 points for the 76ers. Maxey is averaging 4.0 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Bucks: 2-8, averaging 110.1 points, 38.9 rebounds, 27.0 assists, 8.0 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 47.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.5 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>76ers: 5-5, averaging 113.9 points, 45.5 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 9.6 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.3% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.3 points.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo: out (calf), Taurean Prince: out (neck).<\/p>\n<p>76ers: Trendon Watford: out (thigh), Kelly Oubre Jr.: out (knee), Paul George: day to day (knee).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Data Skrive;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sportradar;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers (12-9, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (10-13, 10th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":359282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5132],"tags":[197619,5229,156835,1518,3368,109867,3130,1448,3525,2830,1311,3123,66605,25869,198350,49866,167287,36689,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,41713],"class_list":["post-426085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-aj-green","tag-america","tag-andre-drummond","tag-eastern-conference","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-kelly-oubre-jr","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-pa","tag-paul-george","tag-pennsylvania","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-76ers","tag-ryan-rollins","tag-taurean-prince","tag-the-76ers","tag-the-bucks","tag-trendon-watford","tag-tyrese-maxey","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-vj-edgecombe"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115666102866959141","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}