The No. 1 seed will go to the Milwaukee Bucks. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference when they play the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
After defeating the Washington Wizards 140-128 on Tuesday, the Bucks (57-22) will play on the second night of a back-to-back. Milwaukee was led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who scored 28 points, had 10 assists, and grabbed 11 rebounds.
However, Antetokounmpo praised several other Eastern Conference teams and slightly downplayed the significance of having home court advantage.
Bucks mentor Mike Budenholzer, thus, was only glad to with the each game in turn approach.
Chicago (38-41), which appears destined for the No. 1 spot, has secured a spot in the play-in tournament. 10 spot. If the Bulls make it to the first round, they might play Milwaukee in the first round.
Chicago is falling off a 123-105 misfortune at home against the Atlanta Birds of prey on Tuesday night. DeMar DeRozan had 21 points, Zach LaVine had 26 for the Bulls, and Nikola Vucevic had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
This season, Antetokounmpo leads the Bucks in both rebounding (11.8) and scoring (31.1 points per game). Brook Lopez has an average of 2.5 blocks and Jrue Holiday has a team-best 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.
The Bulls are driven in scoring by LaVine and Derozan with 25.1 and 24.9 focuses per game, separately. Vucevic averages 11.1 rebounds per game, while Derozan also holds the record for assists (5.1).
Despite missing Tuesday’s game to oversee his rehabilitation from a knee injury, the Bucks anticipate that Khris Middleton will be able to play. Budenholzer claims that Pat Connaughton will not play in Wednesday’s game because of a right ankle sprain he suffered on Monday. Due to an ankle injury, Grayson Allen is not expected to play Wednesday.
For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Bulls want to win the series against their I-94 rival. The Bucks won their first two games this season, one of which went to overtime, but on February 16, they won 112-100.
