Milwaukee Bucks: Breaking Down Their Remaining Schedule

The Road Trip

The Milwaukee Bucks kick off the stretch run with a trip out west, where Jason Kidd and his squad will play six straight games on the road against Western Conference foes.

Three of their first four games are against teams currently projected to make the playoffs, starting with the Memphis Grizzlies and ending with the Golden State Warriors.

Recent struggles aside, both the Grizzlies and the Warriors are loaded with talent and Milwaukee will not be favored in either game. They dropped the initial game to the Grizzlies 113-93 Monday evening as Vince Carter had a career-reviving game.

The three-night stay in Los Angeles offers more opportunity and not just in the way of night life. The Los Angeles Lakers are in all-out tank mode, trying to keep their win total depressed enough to stay in the top-three of the draft and retain their pick.

Their Staples Center roommates, the Clippers, are a much better team — but one that recently lost to the Bucks by 11 in Milwaukee.

After the Warriors, the trip eases up with games against the Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings. The Blazers have been playing well of late with the addition of Jusuf Nurkic, but for the season have played significantly worse than Milwaukee.

The Kings have lost eight games in a row and have no path to playing successful basketball.

It’s not unreasonable to expect the Bucks to struggle on their road trip, but this team is playing well and many of the teams they will face are not. A bad showing on the road could drop them behind one or more of their challengers for the postseason.

A 3-3 trip is likely, but a 4-2 mark is not out of the question.