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2021/22 National Basketball Association (NBA) season
Regular Season
New Orleans Pelicans v Milwaukee Bucks
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, USA
Saturday, 18 December 2021
03h00 CAT
New Orleans Pelicans will battle it out with the Milwaukee Bucks in a National Basketball Association (
NBA) match on December 18.
This will be the 42nd NBA meeting between the two teams in regular-season games since 2002.
The Pelicans have the upper hand in this rivalry having registered 27 wins compared to the Bucks' 14 victories.
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Their last meeting was on 26 February 2021 and the Bucks secured a 129-125 victory over the Pelicans at the Fiserv Forum.
The Pelicans are placed 15th on the Eastern Conference standings having recorded eight victories and 22 defeats.
They claimed a 109-93 win over Detroit Pistons in their last home game on December 12 and the win ended the team's two-match losing run.
While the Bucks are placed third on the Eastern Conference standings having registered 18 victories and 11 defeats.
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The Bucks suffered a 117-103 defeat to Boston Celtics in their last away match on December 14 and the defeat ended their two-match winning run on the road.
Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer said they would wait until Tuesday to make a determination on the severity of the injury which he picked up against Khris Middleton in the game against the Celtics.
"I think we’re terming it a left knee hyper-extension,” Budenholzer said at the postgame news conference.
“We’ll know more tomorrow, but I think there’s some hope that it’s not serious, but you gotta wait and give it time.”
Head-to-Head (Last Five NBA Matches)
Matches - 5
Pelicans - 3
Bucks - 2
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