Bucks Season Debut Featuring New Addition Damian Lillard
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00:03 All right, anyway.
00:03 >> Not even real votes?
00:04 >> Let's break down this game.
00:06 Yeah, [LAUGH] let's break down this game tonight inside the Pfizer Forum.
00:10 The debut for both the Bucks and the Sixers this NBA season.
00:15 It is the first game, Donnie, for Philadelphia and Milwaukee.
00:18 They are the final two teams in the 30 in the NBA
00:21 that have yet to play their opening game of the year.
00:24 So without James Harden, the Bucks are a six and a half point favorite.
00:28 The over under, 227.
00:31 It's not just the start of this year for two Eastern Conference contenders.
00:35 Of course, Donnie, it's also the debut of Dame Time in the state of Wisconsin.
00:40 Damian Lillard, his first game in a Bucks uniform as well.
00:44 With all of that entering this basketball game, Donnie,
00:47 what do you expect the outcome to be tonight inside the Pfizer Forum?
00:50 >> Look, is everybody just laying down the lumber on the Milwaukee Bucks tonight,
00:56 right? It's a six and a half to six point spread here.
00:58 It's not 13 and a half to 15 and a half.
01:00 The Philadelphia 76ers still have the MVP of basketball rested, ready, and
01:04 healthy here.
01:05 Legitimate starters in Tyrese Maxey and
01:07 see what you get out of Tobias Harris and PJ Tucker.
01:10 The bench has been rebuilt with Kelly Oubre coming off the bench.
01:12 What are you missing?
01:13 James Harden, could they use him?
01:14 Absolutely, yes.
01:16 But this isn't a foregone conclusion in night number one that you're just going
01:19 to get steamrolled.
01:20 Now, most of the public probably would think that way,
01:22 because the Sixers in a little bit of turmoil.
01:24 Dame Lillard now brand new to the Milwaukee Bucks, and
01:26 they should have one of those Cinderella seasons where everything was a match
01:30 made in heaven.
01:31 Let's see if that plays out that way tonight.
01:33 But if I'm just being in a contrarian better tonight,
01:35 I'm probably leaning towards the Philadelphia 76ers.
01:37 They're professionals.
01:38 They're going to show up with a great player and a beat.
01:40 I think he's just going to throw this game out and also keep him on.
01:43 This isn't one of 15 games being played tonight.
01:45 There are two marquee games tonight, centerpieces in the NBA.
01:49 I'll be damned if Joel Embiid and the 76ers go, what do you want us to do?
01:52 It's no Harden.
01:53 We're not going to show up tonight.
01:54 So buyer beware if you're just looking to blindly fade the 76ers tonight in this
01:58 spot.
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