{"id":662001,"date":"2026-03-17T00:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/662001\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:43:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:43:26","slug":"cavs-might-avoid-giannis-antetokounmpo-in-upcoming-matchup-with-bucks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/662001\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs might avoid Giannis Antetokounmpo in upcoming matchup with Bucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tuesday\u2019s matchup will be the fourth and final time the <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> will take on the <a href=\"http:\/\/brewhoop.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a>. So far, the Cavs have only had to deal with Giannis Antetokounmpo in one and a half of those games. They could be avoiding him again on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Bucks\u2019 goals for the remainder of the season are unclear. Antetokounmpo has been heavily involved in trade rumors at the deadline. All signs point to him being dealt in the summer. And if that\u2019s the plan, there\u2019s no point in having him play in what seem like meaningless games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Right now, Milwaukee is five and a half games behind the Charlotte Hornets for the 10th seed, which is the final spot in the Play-In. Additionally, the Bucks have won just two of their last 10 games. It certainly doesn\u2019t feel like there\u2019s much to really play for at this point, especially if it puts Antetokounmpo in harm\u2019s way before a possible trade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On the season, Antetokounmpo is averaging 27.6 points, 9.8 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game on 62.4% shooting. Milwaukee has been 11-20 without Antetokounmpo this season and 17-19 when he suits up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Antetokounmpo isn\u2019t the only player the Bucks could be missing. Starting center Myles Turner is questionable for Tuesday\u2019s game with a right calf strain. Additionally, Ousmane Dieng is questionable due to an illness.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fearthesword.com\/cavs-injury-report\/46597\/cavs-injury-update-jarrett-allen-cleveland-cavaliers-nba-craig-porter-jr-tyrese-proctor-milwaukee-bucks-orlando-magic-chicago-bulls\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will be without Jarrett Allen (knee)<\/a> for the sixth game in a row. Craig Porter Jr. (groin) and Tyrese Proctor (quad) are also out. Sam Merrill (hamstring) is questionable to return. Jaylon Tyson (ankle) is probable for Tuesday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday\u2019s matchup will be the fourth and final time the Cleveland Cavaliers will take on the Milwaukee Bucks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,148,305,193,3846,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-662001","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-cavaliers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-cavaliers","10":"tag-cavs-injury-report","11":"tag-cleveland","12":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","13":"tag-clevelandcavaliers","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116241747740453053","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662001","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=662001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662001\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}