How are the Trail Blazers going to slow down Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is averaging 39.4 points, 14.7 rebounds and 5.0 assists over his last seven games? Jerami Grant is giving up a lot of size to him, and Drew Eubanks will be playing the majority of the minutes at center with Jusuf Nurkic (calf) out. Slowing down Damian Lillard won’t be easy for the Bucks, but they do have one of the best defensive guards in the league in Jrue Holiday to try and do so. Expect Giannis to have a huge night and for the Bucks to do enough defensively to help them cover.

The Milwaukee Bucks are 8th in the league in points allowed to point guards. In Damian Lillard’s career he’s averaged 22.1 Points Per Game against the Bucks. That's his third lowest average against any team. The only two teams where he has averaged less, Celtics and Clippers. In the last three games against the Bucks, he averaged 25.6 PPG but lost all three by an average margin of 22 points. On the Buck's side of the ball, Middleton coming off the bench for the Bucks has propelled them to another level of basketball. And the Blazers are still 27th in the league in Defensive Rating. 4 points isn’t enough for me to go with the Blazers.