Portland Trail Blazers (23-34, 10th in the Western Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (35-22, fourth in the Eastern Conference)
Milwaukee; Monday, 8 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks take on the Portland Trail Blazers. Antetokounmpo is second in the league scoring 29.0 points per game.
The Bucks have gone 19-9 in home games. Milwaukee is second in the Eastern Conference in rebounding with 46.5 rebounds. Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks with 11.2 boards.
The Trail Blazers have gone 7-18 away from home. Portland allows 112.0 points to opponents while being outscored by 4.3 points per game.
The teams meet for the second time this season. The Bucks won 137-108 in the last matchup on Feb. 6.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jrue Holiday is averaging 18 points, 6.6 assists and 1.5 steals for the Bucks. Antetokounmpo is averaging 30.6 points over the last 10 games for Milwaukee.
Jusuf Nurkic is averaging 14.6 points and 11 rebounds for the Trail Blazers. Anfernee Simons is averaging 3.9 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games for Portland.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bucks: 7-3, averaging 117.3 points, 43.5 rebounds, 25.0 assists, 7.7 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 48.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 114.2 points per game.
Trail Blazers: 3-7, averaging 104.3 points, 43.7 rebounds, 23.0 assists, 7.6 steals and 3.7 blocks per game while shooting 45.1% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 112.3 points.
INJURIES: Bucks: George Hill: out (neck), Brook Lopez: out (back).
Trail Blazers: Nassir Little: out for season (shoulder), Dennis Smith Jr.: out (elbow), Didi Louzada: out (kne), Damian Lillard: out (abdominal), Keon Johnson: out (ankle), Eric Bledsoe: out (achilles), Joe Ingles: out for season (knee).
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