{"id":704933,"date":"2026-04-08T09:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704933\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:17:23","slug":"milwaukee-faces-detroit-on-4-game-road-skid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/704933\/","title":{"rendered":"Milwaukee faces Detroit on 4-game road skid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Milwaukee Bucks (31-48, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (57-22, first in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p>Detroit; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"http:\/\/betmgm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE:<\/a> Pistons -18.5; over\/under is 220.5<\/p>\n<p>BOTTOM LINE: Milwaukee will aim to end its four-game road losing streak when the Bucks face Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons are 10-4 against the rest of their division. Detroit is sixth in the Eastern Conference with 27.6 assists per game led by Cade Cunningham averaging 9.9.<\/p>\n<p>The Bucks are 20-29 in Eastern Conference play. Milwaukee is fourth in the NBA averaging 15.0 made 3-pointers per game while shooting 38.8% from downtown. AJ Green leads the team averaging 2.8 makes while shooting 41.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n<p>The Pistons average 10.9 made 3-pointers per game this season, 3.9 fewer makes per game than the Bucks allow (14.8). The Bucks average 15.0 made 3-pointers per game this season, 2.5 more made shots on average than the 12.5 per game the Pistons allow.<\/p>\n<p>The teams square off for the fourth time this season. The Pistons won the last meeting 124-112 on Dec. 7, with Cunningham scoring 23 points in the win.<\/p>\n<p>TOP PERFORMERS: Cunningham is averaging 24.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.5 steals for the Pistons. Duncan Robinson is averaging 2.4 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 27.6 points, 9.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists for the Bucks. Ousmane Dieng is averaging 13.6 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 40.4% over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n<p>LAST 10 GAMES: Pistons: 7-3, averaging 116.8 points, 42.0 rebounds, 31.2 assists, 10.2 steals and 5.9 blocks per game while shooting 50.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.0 points per game.<\/p>\n<p>Bucks: 3-7, averaging 106.9 points, 40.0 rebounds, 24.4 assists, 7.8 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.0 points.<\/p>\n<p>INJURIES: Pistons: Cade Cunningham: day to day (lung), Isaiah Stewart: day to day (calf).<\/p>\n<p>Bucks: Kyle Kuzma: day to day (achilles), Kevin Porter Jr.: out for season (knee), Myles Turner: day to day (ankle), Ryan Rollins: day to day (hip), Giannis Antetokounmpo: day to day (ankle), Bobby Portis: day to day (wrist), Gary Trent Jr.: day to day (hip).<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dataskrive.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Data Skrive<\/a> and data from <a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportradar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Milwaukee Bucks (31-48, 11th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Detroit Pistons (57-22, first in the Eastern Conference) Detroit;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3773],"tags":[2745,7,507,909,76733,296,188,3860,4958,122,123,1016,2744,124,102,121,367,6,446,6609,297,2763,66,580,1980],"class_list":{"0":"post-704933","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-pistons","8":"tag-aj-green","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-bobby-portis","11":"tag-cade-cunningham","12":"tag-data-skrive","13":"tag-detroit","14":"tag-detroit-pistons","15":"tag-detroitpistons","16":"tag-duncan-robinson","17":"tag-gary-trent-jr","18":"tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","19":"tag-isaiah-stewart","20":"tag-kevin-porter","21":"tag-kyle-kuzma","22":"tag-milwaukee","23":"tag-milwaukee-bucks","24":"tag-myles-turner","25":"tag-nba","26":"tag-nba-basketball","27":"tag-ousmane-dieng","28":"tag-pistons","29":"tag-ryan-rollins","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-wi-state-wire","32":"tag-wisconsin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116368339747953414","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704933","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=704933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}