Chicago Bulls at Milwaukee Bucks 4/20/22 - NBA Picks & Predictions

The Chicago Bulls look to even their NBA Eastern Conference quarterfinals best-of-seven series at 1-1 with a victory on Wednesday against the Milwaukee Bucks. Chicago lost the series opener 93-86 on Sunday. The leading scorer for Chicago was Nikola Vecevic with 24 points but Chicago shot only 32.3% overall. Regular season leading scorer DeMar DeRozan was held to 18 points as was second-leading scorer Zach LaVine.

Through one game of the postseason, Nikola Vecevic is leading Chicago in scoring and rebounding with 24 points and 17 rebounds, while DeMar DeRozan is the second leading scorer and the leader in assists with 18 points and six assists. Four players scored in double figures for Chicago on Sunday in Game 1 of the series when the Bulls scored only 86 points.

Milwaukee looks to take a 2-0 series lead when hosting Chicago on Wednesday. Giannis Antetokounmpo was the leading scorer for Milwaukee in Sunday's victory with 27 points. The Bucks shot only 40.5% overall in a defensive struggle with the Bulls, but outrebounded Chicago 58-53. Milwaukee must take better care of the ball, as the Bucks committed 21 turnovers in the victory over Chicago.

After one game of the postseason, Giannis Antetokounmpo is leading Milwaukee in scoring and rebounding with 27 points and 16 rebounds, while Jrue Holiday is the leader in assists with six. Brook Lopez is the second-leading scorer with 18 points. In Sunday's victory over Chicago, five players for Milwaukee scored in double figures, when Milwaukee scored 93 points.