Orlando @ Milwaukee preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 1, 2019 ) Milwaukee 123, Orlando 91

The Milwaukee Bucks are riding a 14-game winning streak and are coming off their most impressive victory of the bunch - a 119-91 stomping of the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday. The Bucks will try to make it 15 straight and pull within one of tying the franchise-record winning streak when they host the Orlando Magic on Monday.

Milwaukee star Giannis Antetokounmpo celebrated his 25th birthday with 27 points against the Clippers but made sure to highlight the importance of his teammates after the win. "I think we've realized what we got as a team," Antetokounmpo told reporters. "It's not a one-player team, it's not a two-players team, it's not a three-players team - it's a team. I think we showed that (Friday). The bench was unbelievable. Khris (Middleton), Brook (Lopez), everybody, Robin (Lopez), everybody that stepped on the floor played great. We have an opportunity to be great this year and just going to take it day-by-day, try to improve and get to our goal." The Magic are enjoying their own winning streak at four in a row and pulled to .500 by topping the Cleveland Cavaliers 93-87 on Friday. "We won that game defensively," Orlando guard Evan Fournier told reporters. "We have (shooting) talent, but we're not a top-five offense team. For us, it was a matter of getting back to Magic basketball, which is being a hard-playing team, one that out-executes the other team and is really disciplined defensively."

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ABOUT THE MAGIC (11-11): Orlando will get a chance to prove itself against top-level competition during a three-game stretch against Milwaukee, the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston this week and will challenge those three teams with a defense led by forward Jonathan Isaac. The 22-year-old, who will likely draw some time against Antetokounmpo on Monday, blocked four shots in Friday's win and leads the league entering play on Sunday at an average of 2.75 blocks. "He is one of the best defenders in the league," Magic forward Aaron Gordon told the team's website of Isaac. "With J.I., I'm going to say it over and over - he's a special defender. He's gotta be in contention for Defensive Player of the Year or Defensive first team. He can guard (point guards) through (centers)."

ABOUT THE BUCKS (20-3): Milwaukee owns the best record in the Eastern Conference and Antetokounmpo is on his way to a second consecutive NBA MVP award, but daily improvement of the team and getting to a championship level is the only focus. "We got to keep learning and keep getting better," Antetokounmpo told reporters. "Keep going out there playing hard. Doesn't matter if you have two wins in a row, 14 wins in a row. We just got to keep playing together and keep being humble." Antetokounmpo is averaging 30.8 points on 56.4 percent shooting, 13.1 rebounds and 5.4 assists and scored 20 or more points in each of the last 20 games.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Fournier is averaging 25.5 points on 56.5 percent shooting during the four-game winning streak.

2. Middleton is 20-of-31 from the floor, including 7-of-11 from 3-point range, over the last three games.

3. Milwaukee breezed to a 123-91 victory at Orlando on Nov. 1 behind 29 points and 14 rebounds from Antetokounmpo.

PREDICTION: Bucks 118, Magic 106