{"id":646726,"date":"2026-03-08T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646726\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T07:24:18","slug":"magic-play-the-bucks-seek-4th-straight-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/646726\/","title":{"rendered":"Magic play the Bucks, seek 4th straight win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orlando Magic<\/a> (34-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> (27-35, 11th in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n

Milwaukee; Sunday, 8 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Magic -4; over\/under is 221.5<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: Orlando looks to keep its three-game win streak alive when the Magic take on Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are 19-23 against conference opponents. Milwaukee averages 13.9 turnovers per game and is 10-8 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents.<\/p>\n

The Magic are 20-19 in conference play. Orlando is ninth in the Eastern Conference scoring 114.8 points per game and is shooting 46.2%.<\/p>\n

The Bucks are shooting 47.9% from the field this season, 0.4 percentage points higher than the 47.5% the Magic allow to opponents. The Magic average 114.8 points per game, 0.7 fewer than the 115.5 the Bucks give up.<\/p>\n

The two teams square off for the third time this season. The Bucks defeated the Magic 116-108 in their last matchup on Feb. 12. Cam Thomas<\/a> led the Bucks with 34 points, and Desmond Bane<\/a> led the Magic with 31 points.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> is averaging 27.5 points, 9.9 rebounds and 5.5 assists for the Bucks. Ryan Rollins<\/a> is averaging 14.2 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Bane is scoring 20.4 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Magic. Tristan da Silva<\/a> is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Bucks: 5-5, averaging 109.1 points, 42.3 rebounds, 25.2 assists, 7.5 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

Magic: 6-4, averaging 113.0 points, 43.8 rebounds, 27.1 assists, 8.5 steals and 5.3 blocks per game while shooting 45.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 107.5 points.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Bucks: Kevin Porter<\/a> Jr.: day to day (knee), Taurean Prince<\/a>: out (neck).<\/p>\n

Magic: Franz Wagner<\/a>: out (ankle), Anthony Black<\/a>: day to day (back), Jonathan Isaac<\/a>: day to day (knee), Jase Richardson: day to day (back), Colin Castleton<\/a>: out (thumb).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic (34-28, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Milwaukee Bucks (27-35, 11th in the Eastern Conference) Milwaukee;…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3779],"tags":[1130,7,959,20641,497,78812,403,123,2821,365,48,121,1407,6,47,76,3883,2763,281,1253],"class_list":["post-646726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-orlando-magic","tag-anthony-black","tag-basketball","tag-cam-thomas","tag-colin-castleton","tag-desmond-bane","tag-event_preview","tag-franz-wagner","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jonathan-isaac","tag-kevin-porter-jr","tag-magic","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-nba","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-magic","tag-orlandomagic","tag-ryan-rollins","tag-taurean-prince","tag-tristan-da-silva"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116192363715430054","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646726","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=646726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}