Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo out for Friday game with Bulls

Mark Sobhani NBAE via Getty Images The Roundup—Heartbreak in San Antonio

Mark Sobhani NBAE via Getty Images The Roundup—Heartbreak in San Antonio

In fact, the Bucks' reserves 70-37 edge over their Bulls' counterparts snapped a streak of 10 straight games in which the Bulls' bench had outscored its opponent.

The Bulls were unable to buck their recent trend with a fourth consecutive defeat, falling 118-105 to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks are fighting for playoff seeding and we expect them to not take their foot off the gas pedal this entire game.

The Chicago Bulls don't have much going for them.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's brother Kostas is leaving the University of Dayton to pursue a professional career, says a news release from the team.

Cristiano Felicio led the Bulls with 16 points, Bobby Portis had 15 points to go with eight rebounds and Noah Vonleh chipped in with 14 points.

Currently, Antetokounmpo isn't featured on any prominent National Basketball Association draft boards, something that could change in the coming days given he wasn't expected to leave until next year at the earliest. To that end, Chicago will again need to wrestle control of the boards - at both ends of the court.

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During their last five games, the Bulls have scored an average of 104.0 points per game (0.5 above their season average) and allowed an average of 116.2 points per game (6.3 above their season average).

Milwaukee ranks eighth in points in the paint per game (46.4) while Chicago ranks 25th (41.7). Now most of that offense comes from Antetokounmpo, but even with him out of action tonight, it would still benefit the Bulls to make the Bucks hit shots from far away. In order to stay competitive most nights they have to try to exploit their speed and athleticism by establishing a fast pace.

Ball security could play a significant role in this contest.

Each time the Bulls snare a defensive rebound look for their guards and wings to immediately sprint to the other end of the court in search of an outlet pass. Chicago has gone over in three of four and four of six.

The Bucks certainly aren't alone in terms of injury problems, though, as the Bulls will definitely be without Kris Dunn and Zach LaVine, while Lauri Markkanen, Paul Zipser and Antonio Blakeney may all potentially miss out too.

In short, the Bulls need to aggressively come out of the gates from the jump. They had 29 free throw attempts, while Milwaukee had 17.

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