The Milwaukee Bucks will have a thinner roster for Friday’s home game against the Memphis Grizzlies (8 p.m. ET, NBA TV) as they look to get healthy for the upcoming playoffs.
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic, Bucks guard Khris Middleton will undergo rehab on his sore right knee in hopes of him being ready to play in the postseason, which begins on April 15. He is listed as out for the game vs. Memphis because of the knee injury.
Bucks star Khris Middleton underwent an MRI on his knee Thursday and he is expected to rehab for the next week or so in hopes of being ready for start of the playoffs, sources say.
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Milwaukee already wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the NBA and home-court advantage throughout the playoffs with its 105-92 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Wednesday night.
Middleton left the Bulls game after hurting his knee. An injury to his right knee had caused Middleton to miss 19 straight games earlier this season.
The injury report released Thursday lists Giannis Antetokounmpo as out with a sore right knee. Other Bucks unavailable to play are: Jrue Holiday (rest), Brook Lopez (rest), Grayson Allen (sprained right ankle) and Pat Connaughton (sprained right ankle).
Allen will be missing a third straight game after hurting his ankle Sunday in a 117-104 triumph over the Philadelphia 76ers. Antetokounmpo and Connaughton didn’t play against the Bulls.
Memphis (50-30) has a two-game lead over Sacramento (48-32) for second place in the West with two games left in the season, but the Kings own the tiebreaker. Denver took the No. 1 seed in the West on Wednesday.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
