The Cleveland Cavaliers will look to bounce back from an awful loss to the Dallas Mavericks as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks on the road.
The Cavaliers have fallen on hard times. They’ve lost three out of their last five games. That stretch has coincided with Jarrett Allen being out. His absence has been sorely missed on both ends of the court as the Cavs haven’t been able to consistently establish a downhill offense, and their defense has lacked rim protection.
Cleveland will be without Allen once
again on Tuesday. We’ll see if they can find a better way to compensate for his absence than they did last game against the Mavs.
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Who: Cleveland Cavaliers (41-27) at Milwaukee Bucks (28-39)
Where: Fiserv Forum – Milwaukee, WI
When: Tue. March 17 at 8 PM
TV: NBC, Peacock, FanDuel Sports Network Ohio, FanDuel Sports App
Point spread: Cavs -10
Cavs injury report: Jarrett Allen – OUT (knee), Sam Merrill – QUESTIONABLE (hamstring), Jaylon Tyson – PROBABLE (ankle), Craig Porter Jr. – OUT (groin), Tyrese Proctor – OUT (quad), Olivier Sarr – OUT (G League)
Bucks injury report: Giannis Antetokounmpo – QUESTIONABLE (ankle), Myles Turner – QUESTIONABLE (calf), Ousmane Dieng – QUESTIONABLE (illness), Alex Antetokounmpo – OUT (G League), Cormac Ryan – OUT (G League)
Cavs expected starting lineup: James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Keon Ellis, Dean Wade, Evan Mobley
Bucks expected starting lineup: Kevin Porter Jr., Ryan Rollins, Kyle Kuzma, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Myles Turner
Previous matchup: The Cavs lost to the Bucks 118-116 in February when Allen’s potential game-tying basket came just after the buzzer.
Here’s a look at both teams’ impact stats via Cleaning the Glass.
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