Overview
- Tipoff is 7 p.m. CT at Fiserv Forum, with Milwaukee favored by 4.5 points and the total at 240.5, per BetMGM.
- Milwaukee is unbeaten in NBA Cup pool play (8-0) and enters as the defending in-season tournament champion.
- Chicago opened 6-1 and is 1-0 in Group C after a Cup win over the Knicks, led by Josh Giddey’s consecutive triple-doubles.
- Coby White (calf) and Zach Collins (scaphoid) are out for Chicago and Ayo Dosunmu is questionable; Milwaukee’s Kevin Porter Jr. is out following right meniscus surgery as Taurean Prince is listed questionable.
- The Bucks look to rebound from a blowout loss in Toronto after an up-and-down 5-3 start marked by shooting swings and foul-line disparities.