Milwaukee Bucks: Game Preview Against the Orlando Magic In Quarterfinals of the NBA Cup

The Milwaukee Bucks will be facing the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night during the quarterfinals of the NBA Cup. Tip-off for this game will be at 6 p.m. CT on TNT. The winner of this matchup will face the Atlanta Hawks or the New York Knicks in the semifinals.

This season, the Bucks have a 12-11 overall record and the Magic have a 17-9 record. It will be intriguing to see how this matchup goes.

Projected Starting Lineups For the Milwaukee Bucks and the Orlando Magic

Jahaml Mosley is the head coach of the Orlando Magic. They have injuries right now and some of the star players who are out for them are Paolo Banchero, Gary Harris, and Franz Wagner. The projected starting lineup for Orlando against Milwaukee will be Goga Bitzdale, Wendell Carter, Tristan da Silva, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, and Jalen Suggs.

The Orlando Magic have someway somehow ridden the storm right now with all of the injuries they have on the roster. Orlando has a promising future ahead of them. The projected starting five for head coach Doc Rivers and the Milwaukee Bucks is Brook Lopez, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Tauren Prince, Andre Jackson, and Damian Lillard.

Antetokounmpo has been carrying the Bucks right now. Without him, they would be one of the worst teams in the NBA.

Magic Will Miss Wagner

Earlier in the season, Paolo Banchero went down with an oblique injury. Franz Wagner over the last week suffered a torn right oblique and is out indefinitely for the Magic. This season, Wagner averaged 24.4 points per game, which is currently ranked 16th in the NBA.

He also was averaging 5.6 RPG, 5.7 APG, 0.5 BPG, and 1.7 SPG. It will be intriguing to see when Wagner returns for the Magic. His presence will be missed against the Milwaukee Bucks and other teams. Hopefully, for Orlando’s sake, they can float around .500 until Banchero returns and then hope that Wagner will come back for them later this NBA season.

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