Celtics And Bucks Final Injury Reports And Starting Lineups
On Thursday night, the Milwaukee Bucks are hosting the Boston Celtics in Wisconsin.
For the game, both teams have finalized their injury reports and starting lineups.
The Celtics have ruled out Payton Pritchard, Mfiondu Kabengele, Danilo Gallinari and JD Davison.
Robert Williams III and Grant Williams have been upgraded to available.
Meanwhile, the Bucks will be without Meyers Leonard, and no one else is on their injury report.
NBA's official injury report
The starting lineups for both teams have been relayed by Underdog NBA.
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Celtics will start Smart, White, Brown, Tatum, Horford on Thursday."
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Bucks will start Holiday, Allen, Middleton, Giannis, Lopez on Thursday."
The Celtics come into the night as the second seed in the Eastern Conference with a 52-24 record in 76 games.
They are 7-3 in their last ten games and 24-15 in the 39 games they have played on the road outside of Boston.
As for the Bucks, they are the best team in the NBA (and the first seed in the Eastern Conference).
They have a 55-21 record in 76 games and are 3.0 games ahead of the Celtics.
The Bucks are in the middle of a two-game winning streak and 30-7 in the 37 games they have hosted on their home floor in Wisconsin.
Last season, the Celtics defeated the Bucks in the second round of the NBA Playoffs in seven games (they made the NBA Finals for the first time since 2010).
Both teams have the talent to make a deep run in the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
