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00:00Okay, so, you know, speaking of continuity, I mean, let's be honest, the 76ers, you know,
00:08are used to playing without Joel Embiid.
00:10They're going to do it again tonight.
00:12Maxey usually steps up when he doesn't, and I guess that's why the line is what it is,
00:17Carl.
00:18And most would be surprised a couple of weeks ago if I would have said, all right, they're
00:21not going to have George.
00:22They're not going to have Embiid.
00:23What are the Bucs favored by?
00:25Maybe some would have thought five and a half, six, seven.
00:28No, not the case.
00:29The Dixers have played okay without their stars, Milwaukee minus four on the road to
00:35open up the season.
00:36I believe Middleton also not playing in this game tonight, if I'm not mistaken.
00:40Yeah.
00:41Chris Middleton is going to miss time, you know, to start the season here.
00:44And you talk about the Bucs, the one thing, the continuity, they made the big trade last
00:48year where they got Damian Lillard on the team.
00:51And it really never seemed like him and Giannis Antetokounmpo were able to figure out and
00:55fit perfectly together.
00:57And that probably lends to the fact that, you know, this line going into it is probably
01:00a little bit, you know, shorter than it could be because this Milwaukee Bucs team is still
01:03trying to figure out who they are under Doc Rivers.
01:07Remember last year, they started the year with Adrian Griffin.
01:08They started off, I think there were 30 and 13 or something crazy like that.
01:12They were one of the better teams in Eastern conference, but it didn't feel like they were
01:16making steps towards winning a championship.
01:19They go and get Doc Rivers who has an under 500 record, but we really can't, the jury's
01:23still out on what he can bring to this table because Giannis Antetokounmpo missed that
01:26playoff series.
01:27They got bounced in the first round and, you know, without your best player, not much is
01:31going to happen there.
01:32This year is the year they have a full training camp.
01:34They have a team together.
01:36They have their unit, Lopez is playing, you know, Bobby Portis is playing.
01:40You want Chris Middleton back.
01:41They have that core group that has won a championship before.
01:44Plus you add Damian Lillard.
01:45So you try to figure out what you can actually do, you know, with this team going forward.
01:49And tonight's going to be a good test for them to figure that out as a group going up
01:53against the Sixers squad.
01:54As you mentioned, they're also adding a big piece in Paul George.
01:57There's no continuity there so that, you know, how much time is it going to take the Sixers
02:01to really ramp up?
02:02I expect the Bucks to win this game.
02:04I expect them to win it going away.
02:06There's going to be, it's probably going to be close for the first half.
02:09So if you're looking at a first half bet, I would say it's going to be a little closer
02:12than expected, but then the Bucks pull away later in the game because that first half
02:17crowd is going to be hot.
02:18Sixers are going to come out blazing a little bit.
02:20You mentioned Maxi.
02:21He probably goes over whatever his point total is going into this game, but then talent will
02:25prevail and Milwaukee will be able to pull this one out on the road and definitely cover
02:29that three and a half.