Wolves gameday: Bucks have NBA's best record and top defensive rating

Milwaukee started the season with seven consecutive victories despite missing two key players.

November 4, 2022 at 4:14AM
Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks seem ready to challenge for another NBA title. (Jeffrey Phelps, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Milwaukee Bucks at Timberwolves

9 p.m., Target Center

TV: ESPN, BSN

Radio: 830-AM

About the Bucks: The 2021 NBA champions have started the season 7-0 and are the league's lone unbeaten team. ... They are the NBA's best defensive team (101.9 rating). ... F Giannis Antetokounmpo is averaging 33.6 points and 12.7 points per game. ... F Khris Middleton (offseason wrist surgery) and G Pat Connaughton (calf) are out.

About the Wolves: Both C Rudy Gobert and G Anthony Edwards were ill Thursday and are listed as questionable. ... At 4-4, the Wolves start a four-game homestand 23rd in the NBA in offensive efficiency and are 25th in three-point shooting (.326). ... F Kyle Anderson (back) and G Jordan McLaughlin (heel) are questionable. ... Late start for this game as it's the second of an ESPN doubleheader.

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Chris Miller

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Chris Miller supervises coverage of professional sports teams. He has been at the Minnesota Star Tribune since 1999 and is a former sports editor of the Duluth News-Tribune and the Mesabi Daily News.

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