The Milwaukee Bucks will be looking to get back to winning ways on Wednesday night when they visit the Barclays Center to battle the Brooklyn Nets. The Bucks are coming off a disappointing Christmas Day loss to the New York Knicks, and they want to end their three-game stand in New York with a win.
Unfortunately for Milwaukee, they might need to do it without their best player available.
Tyrese Haliburton was referring to Giannis Antetokounmpo remarking after the Pacers and Bucks game that he was in possession of a ball but he wasn’t sure that was the actual ball used during the game. The little budding rivalry between the Bucks and the Pacers began during the in-season tournament with the Pacers eliminating the Bucks.
Should the regular season end today, the Bucks would hold the second seed in the Eastern Conference standings, while the Pacers are currently in eighth place and would be in the play-in tournament. If these standings hold, it’s possible that the Pacers and Bucks could get a first round playoff matchup which would be must-see TV.
“We know exactly where the game ball is, everyone knows where the game ball is. That’s not on us to tell you. The people who have the ball should tell you where the ball is,” Haliburton said. “You could touch the ball five minutes later and you’re not gonna know what was the game ball.”
