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Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks players talk about last-second loss to Wizards<\/p>\n

Giannis Antetokounmpo, AJ Green, Kevin Porter Jr. and Bobby Portis Jr. speak on the Bucks’ last second loss to Wizards on Dec. 31, 2025.<\/p>\n

The Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> will try to bounce back from a tough loss on New Year’s Eve<\/a> when they face the Charlotte Hornets<\/a> on Jan. 2 at Fiserv Forum before heading out on a long road trip.<\/p>\n

It’s only been a few days since the teams met. The Bucks (14-20) beat the Hornets (11-22), 123-113, in Charlotte on Dec. 29.<\/a><\/p>\n

More: Giannis Antetokounmpo outlined changes for Bucks to start winning<\/a><\/p>\n

Follow along for live updates from the game:<\/p>\n

Is Giannis Antetokounmpo playing?<\/p>\n

Antetekounmpo was a late addition to the injury report as probable with right calf injury management. But before the game, Bucks head coach Doc Rivers said Antetokunmpo would play.<\/p>\n

What about Kon Knueppel?<\/p>\n

Yes. The Milwaukee-area product had a big game in his hometown debut on Nov. 14<\/a>, but he missed the game in Charlotte on Dec. 29 with a right ankle injury. Knueppel returned against the Golden State Warriors on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n

Taurean Prince, out (neck surgery)Gary Harris, out (neck strain)Giannis Antetokounmpo, probable (right calf injury management)What channel is Bucks vs Hornets on tonight?TV:\u00a0FanDuel Sports Wisconsin.Stream:\u00a0You can stream the game on the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin app through your television or streaming carrier. Fubo also has a\u00a0free trial for new subscribers<\/a>.Announcers:\u00a0Lisa Byington (play-by-play), Marques Johnson (analysis) and Melanie Ricks (sideline reporter) will call the game on FanDuel Sports Wisconsin.Bucks vs Hornets odds<\/p>\n

Odds courtesy of\u00a0BetMGM<\/a>\u00a0as of Jan. 2<\/p>\n

Spread:\u00a0Bucks by 5.5Over\/under: 231.5Moneyline:\u00a0Bucks -225, Hornets +185Bucks schedule 2025-26<\/p>\n

Here are the Bucks’ next five games (all times are Central):<\/p>\n

Jan. 2:\u00a0Charlotte, 7 p.m.Jan. 4:\u00a0at Sacramento, 8 p.m.Jan. 7:\u00a0at Golden State, 9 p.m.Jan. 9:\u00a0at Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, 9:30 p.m.Jan. 11:\u00a0at Denver, 7 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks players talk about last-second loss to Wizards Giannis Antetokounmpo, AJ Green, Kevin Porter Jr. and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3777],"tags":[299,108,7,103,684,473,3878,60,40373,115,127,116,104,404,107,123,2718,2700,39114,685,12039,300,298,150,39113,102,121,6,62,239,40374,67,61,81,263,118,66,83,262,281,117,128,11366],"class_list":["post-512883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-charlotte-hornets","tag-angeles","tag-antetokounmpo","tag-basketball","tag-bucks","tag-charlotte","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-charlottehornets","tag-content","tag-eve","tag-fiserv","tag-fiserv-forum","tag-forum","tag-gary","tag-gary-harris","tag-giannis","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-harris","tag-holiday","tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","tag-hornets","tag-hub","tag-lakers","tag-los","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-marketplace","tag-milwaukee","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-neutral","tag-new","tag-new-years-eve","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-prince","tag-sharing","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-taurean","tag-taurean-prince","tag-wi","tag-wi-content-sharing","tag-years"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}