Who: New Orleans Pelicans at Milwaukee Bucks
When: Wednesday, Dec. 11, 9:30 p.m ET
Where: Fiserv Forum
How to watch: ESPN, Fox Sports New Orleans
The New Orleans Pelicans have not been at a lower point this season than the one they’re currently at. Fittingly, a trip to the best team in the Eastern Conference awaits them to only pile onto their misery.
While New Orleans is on a nine-game losing streak, Milwaukee is on a 15-game win streak. During the nine-game losing streak, the Pelicans are 28th in defensive rating, 26th in offensive rating and 28th in net rating. In that same span, Milwaukee is second in offensive rating, first in defensive rating and first in net rating.
Giannis Antetokounmpo has elevated his already MVP-level form this season, averaging 30.9 points, 13.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per contest while playing fewer minutes per night than last season through the opening 24 games of the season.
This season, the Bucks take the third-most three-pointers per contest and have the best effective field goal percentage in the league. Defensively, the Bucks hold teams to the lowest effective field goal percentage in the league, though 27th in three-pointer percentage.
New Orleans could take advantage of that on the night as they take the fourth-most three-pointers in the league but only shoot the 11th-best three-point percentage in the league.
It’ll be a daunting task for the Pelicans no matter how it’s sliced as the team looks for an improbable win to stop its losing skid.
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