Last Updated on December 13, 2024 11:31 pm by Keston Paul | Published: December 13, 2024

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Atlanta Hawks @ Milwaukee Bucks

Game Time: 4:30 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

ATL +4.5 (+150), MIL -4.5 (-180)
Game Total 228.5

Key Storylines

Trae and his big-wing crew: The Hawks are beginning to find the formula, surrounding Trae Young with long, two-way wings in Dyson Daniels, Jalen Johnson and No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher in the starting five. Johnson is ascending but all three have a long way to go on the offensive end to turn Atlanta into an upper-echelon team. We do see the glimpses from this NBA Cup run though, and don’t forget, Daniels went off in a win against the Celtics during the group stages in a game Young missed. Onyeka Okongwu has rounded into form for fantasy as well and everything seems to be firing for them at the moment.

Can the Hawks pull off the upset on Saturday?

The Bucks are clicking: The Bucks are 11-3 in their last 14 games as they have finally begun to figure things out. Bobby Portis is on a two-game heater as well, accompanied by some appalling play from Brook Lopez which could make him a slight buy-low candidate at the moment. Khris Middleton also looks excellent in his limited (21.0 MPG) so far, averaging 6.3 assists and 1.7 steals for top-100 per-game 9-cat value despite shooting 25.0% from the field and barely scoring the ball. The early returns are enough to have him rostered in standard formats to see where things go.

Can the Bucks give us a glimpse of their ceiling when everything is working?

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Keston majored in Biology and minored in Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), St. Augustine. Hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Kes grew up loving cricket, then football (soccer, not NFL) & never missed a Barça game in the 2010s. Later on, he grew obsessed with basketball/fantasy basketball & unfortunately claims to be a Sixers fan for some reason.

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