Orlando Magic (Stan Van Gundy) 12-4

(Likely) Inactives: Jameer Nelson

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Milwaukee Bucks (Scott Skiles) 8-6

(Likely) Inactives: Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Joe Alexander and Andrew Bogut

Game time: 7:30 (CST)

TV: FS Wisconsin

Match-ups

Point Guard

Brandon Jennings vs. Jason Williams

No one will be happier to be home than Brandon Jennings.  Jennings has struggled bad this year on the road, averaging 28.7 points and 6.1 assists on 57.9 percent shooting to just 16.4 points and 5.1 assists on the road at a mere 35 percent clip.  Williams doesn’t represent the same tough challenge Jennings has faced over his last three games in Tony Parker, Darren Collsion and Russell Westbrook either.  The combination of returning hom and facing a backup point guard should hopefully rejuvenate Jennings and allow him to regain his aggressiveness and scoring touch.  The Bucks dodge another starting point guard in this one, as Jameer Nelson is out for about a month after a knee injury.

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It’s funny how a problem can seem like such a huge problem over a lengthy period of time like an entire summer and then can be pronounced fixed so soon into the season.  We all knew the Bucks would struggle to score this season, but then Brandon Jennings came around and turned it on early this year and the Bucks suddenly looked like they had more punch offensively than anyone expected.  Now we sit looking at five performances with shooting percentages of:

41.5, 45.8, 49.4, 39.6, 37.8

Some of that is okay.  Most of it isn’t.  Last season, when the Bucks shot less than 45 percent from the field, they went 9-30.  So it’s no surprise that the Bucks were hammered 108-90 Friday night on ESPN.  108-90 doesn’t even really do it justice.  The Bucks were SO brutal to start the third quarter, it’s hard to put in to words.  17-0 start by Oklahoma City.  An 0-13 start by the Bucks and all those offensive problems we suspected but had begun to forget about with the great Bucks start were back in the forefront of our minds. Read more…