Lakers record: 15-41 Bucks record: 32-25 Last 10 Laker games: 3-7 Last 10 Bucks games: 7-3 Lakers probable starters- Clarkson/Ellington/Kelly/Boozer/Sacre Bucks probably starters- Carter-Williams/Middleton/Antetokounmpo/Ilyasova/Pachulia Outlook- Well things are a little more interesting in this game after the last couple of games from the Lakers. Despite what seems to be a solid effort to lose most games both from Byron Scott and Mitch Kupchak, the Lakers have won two in a row. Oh and let's not forget the Lakers are down now Nick Young as well. Not to mention Julius Randle, Kobe Bryant, Xavier Henry, Ronnie Price, and Steve Nash who will miss the remainder of the season. Jordan Clarkson is the name on everyone's tongue though as he's excelled in his role as a starter. Against the Jazz, Jordan exploded for 22 points on 10/16 from the field to go along with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. He also had a tremendous steal, dunk, and-one over fellow rookie Dante Exum who was taken by the Jazz with the #5 pick in the draft. The Bucks also have a young group of players, but their season has gone a little differently. Jabari Parker has been missing ever since he tore his ACL in December. They recently were involved in a block-buster trade that netted them last season's rookie of the year Michael Carter-Williams (for Brandon Knight). But maybe more importantly they're winning games and find themselves in the playoff hunt in the East. Some of this falls on the shoulders of the outstanding young athlete: The Greek Freak aka Giannis Antetokounmpo. Giannis is showing great strides in his second season averaging more points, more assists, more rebounds, and more importantly more minutes! MIchael Carter-Williams made his Bucks debut in their last game (coincidentally against the Sixers) where he scored 7 points and dished out 8 assists. Prediction: Lakers 88 - Bucks 98 The Lakers are playing pretty well right now behind the surprisingly solid leadership of Jordan Clarkson. His fearless style offensively and the way he plays with heart on the floor have really brought up the energy level of the Lakers. That being said, they're still not a very good roster. It's difficult to predict a win for them when you see how they've performed for most of the season. Meanwhile the Bucks are playing for a playoff spot and need to be focused night in and night out. I could see the Lakers taking them by surprise like they did with Utah, but I don't think they'll be able to pull out a victory. The Lakers lost to the Bucks once already this season. I think it'll happen again tonight.
No worries. I was inspired by @trodgers and I was getting sick of seeing some of the slides from like December on the Home page.
I'm swamped with school - so I really appreciate that you're doing this. Bucks should work us, but you never know when JC will get Messianic.
I don't know what fans expected honestly? We have one of the easier 2nd half schedules and the East absolutely is horrible. We have OKC coming up and even without Westbrook there a more talented team that should be able to beat us. After than, we have a 3 game road-trip. All is not lost. We weren't going to lose every game; that's just not realistic thinking...
Yeah, but winning three in a row isn't a great look either. Winning one game every once in a while is fine, but three in a row is a literal win streak and that's not a good thing for a tank.
NY 2-8 in their last 10 Philly 3-7 in their last 10 Minnesota 5-5 in their last 10 Lakers 3-7 in their last 10 Orlando 4-10 in their last 10. Perspective.
